Tom Dukes

Dukes signed with the New York Yankees in 1960 but never appeared for the Bombers, who traded him to the Milwaukee Braves for veteran reliever Bobby Tiefenauer in June 1965. The Braves passed him along to the Astros in a six-player trade at the end of 1966. In August 1967 he finally made the majors in his eighth pro season, and he pitched out of the Houston bullpen through the end of 1968, working in 60 games and notching six saves. On October 14, he was the 33rd player selected by the Padres in the National League portion of the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft. He appeared in 66 total games for San Diego during 1969 and 1970, picking up 11 more saves. Then, in December, he was part of a high-profile interleague trade with the defending world champion Orioles. While his San Diego teammate Pat Dobson became one of the 1971 Orioles\' four twenty-game winners—and the Baltimore st…