1970 43 Jack Aker
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| Jack Aker |
I am not sure what uniform he is wearing here, but it is not a Yankees uniform. I think that the airbrushing conceals an A's uniform and cap.
Three different PCL teams. All of them apparently affiliated with the Kansas City A's. The Portland Beavers were a charter member of the PCL in 1903. Aker missed being a teammate of Satchel Page in Portland by two years. But Aker and Page may have been teammates with the A's in 1965 for one game.
In 1969, the Pilots traded him to the Yankees in mid-season for Fred Talbot. This trade received a fair amount of ink in Bouton's book.
Aker was AL Fireman of the Year in 1966. In 1970, he achieved an ERA of 2.06 in 70 innings.
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