DICK RADATZ 1965 Boston Red Sox Vintage News Wire Photo

DATE SHOT: 1-23-1965

SUBJECT: Dick Radatz

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10"

MARKS / STAMPING: Associated Press Wirephoto stamp. Stamped file date of Jan 24 1965. Affixed clipping from article as published. Caption is embedded in the obverse image as is typical with wire photos.

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot

COMMENTS / CONDITION: GEM OF THE RED SOX BULLPEN---BOSTON: Dick Radatz, star relief pitcher of the Boston Red Sox as he sits at the mike before his sports broadcast on a Boston radio station. Radatz, who signed his 1965 contract with the Boston Red Sox, said, "I'm in my best shape in five years in baseball. I foresee my best season." Although the figures were not made public, Radatz received a substantial raise.

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BIO: Richard Raymond Radatz (The Monster, Moose) was born in 1937 in Detroit, MI and died in 2005 in Easton, MA. He went to college at Michigan State University. He played major league baseball from 1962 to 1969 as pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and the Montreal Expos, and was selected in 1963 and 1964 as an All-Star. Radatz was one of the ten best relievers according to The Relief Pitcher as a result of being the most dominant reliever of his era. He holds the major league record for strikeouts in a season by a reliever when he fanned 181 for the Boston Red Sox in 1964. Radatz died on March 16, 2005 after falling down the stairs of his home and suffering a head injury.

SKU: L11148

Item: L11148

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