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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 22, 1969
THE BATTALI
Cards Acquire .348 Hitter from Pittsburgh Piratei
ST. LOUIS 6P>—The St. Louis
Cardinals acquired a .348 hitter
Tuesday—Carl Taylor from Pitts
burgh—in another step toward
remedying a major weakness of
the Cards’ poor 1969 season, in
ability to get baserunners across
home plate.
The 25-year-old right-handed
hitting Taylor can catch, play
first base or the outfield. And
manager Red Schoendienst said
he doesn’t know yet where he
will use him. But it was Taylor’s
bat, anyway, that prompted gen
eral manager Bing Devine to send
pitcher Dave Guisti and reserve
catcher Dave Ricketts to the
Pirates for Taylor and a minor
league player.
The Cardinals produced fewer
runs in 1969 than any of the Na
tional League teams except the
expansion clubs, Montreal and
San Diego. And there were 18
games they could have won and
didn’t with a hit or even a long
fly ball, when they had a runner
on third with less than two men
out.
The inability to get the clutch
hit was the factor which saw the
Cards fall to fourth in the East
ern Division rather than win
their third straight pennant as
they were heavily favored to do.
Two weeks ago, the Cards made
their first trade of the off-season,
getting power hitter Richie Al
len from Philadelphia in a seven-
player deal which sent catcher
Tim McCarver and outfielder
Curt Flood to the Phillies, assum
ing Flood has second thoughts
about retiring.
Schoendienst, off on a hunting
trip, told Cardinal headquarters
he would have to evaluate Taylor
in spring training to determine
where the new acquisition would
be played. But he has several
options.
Schoendienst said after the
trade for Allen he planned to use
him in left field, with Lou Brock
shifting to right and Vada Pinson
from right to center. Allen has
a weak arm, however, because of
an injury, and there has been
some concern whether he will be
able to throw well enough to play
the outfield.
If Allen is shifted to first base,
perhaps young Joe Hague, tenta
tively slated for first base, and
Taylor would share outfield duty.
Taylor gives the Cards a third
catcher, too. Joe Torre and young
Ted Simmons are the others.
Right now Torre is the No. 1
catcher, but he has agreed to go
to Florida soon for work in the
Instructional League to see how
he can perform at third base, a
position he hasn’t played since
high school.
Guisti, a 30-year -old right
hander, was disabled part of the
season with a back injujy
worked only 100 innings. ; jjj Rich)
three and lost seven and hatl^ oac ^
3.60 earned run average, ~
The 34-year-old Ricketts
the Cards’ third-string C a|
and hit .275 in 44 at bats, mi
in pinchhit roles.
The minor leaguer the
picked up, outfielder Frank
zin, will be sent to Tulsa i ^
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