TTM Stats
- Sent: 3/15/2021 | Received: 3/26/2021 | 11 Days
- ’81 Fleer, ’82 Fleer, ’82 Topps, ’83 Fleer, ’83 Topps, ’89 T&M
- Address: Home (address from Sports Card Forum)
The Story of the Autograph
Fred Stanley is a former shortstop in the major leagues. He played from 1969 to 1982 with the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, and Oakland Athletics.
Stanley was born in Iowa and went to high school in California. He was drafted by the Astros out of high school in the eighth round of the 1966 MLB Draft. Before appearing with the Astros though, his contract was purchased by the Seattle Pilots in September of 1969. He made his major league debut for the Pilots on September 11, 1969. The Pilots would not be in Seattle long and he moved with the Franchise to Milwaukee where he played for another year before having his contract purchased by Cleveland where he played a year.
His next few moves were via trade with the second being the most fortuitous. In 1972 he went to the Padres via trade from Milwaukee and then after the 1972 season he was traded to the Yankees. He would be the backup to Bucky Dent and become a double World Series Champions when the Yankees won the World Series in 1977 and 1978, both against the Dodgers. After eight seasons in New York he was traded to Oakland where he played his final to years.
Stanley was pretty much the typical light-hitting shortstop of those days. His career batting average is .216 with his career high being .261 in 48 games in 1977 (he hit .279 in his first season but in only 17 games so I didn’t want to count that). He also only hit 10 home runs and had 120 RBI in his fourteen year career.
He was the last active player in the major leagues to have played with the Pilots. In more recent years he’s been the Director of Player Development for the San Francisco Giants and prior to that a manager in the minor leagues.
The Score on Fred Stanley – 6.0
Fred has a signature that kind of borders on a fancy style. I would almost classify it in a “revolutionary war” style like you might see signed on the declaration of independence (much like Geoff Zahn). But I would say that more applies to his first name than his last name. I do love the little tail he puts on the “y” too.
Thanks Mr. Stanley! I’m giving this return a 6 overall.
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