Showing posts with label Paul Splittorff. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

1976 Topps #43 - Paul Splittorff



Paul Splittorff spent a long career with one team (KC Royals) in the 70s and 80s. He was 166-143 with a 3.81 ERA from 1970-1984. Paul is still the all-time Royal leader in victories.
In 1976 Paul went 11-8 with a 3.97 ERA to help the Royals to their first division title. He was creditied with a victory in game 2 of the 1976 ALCS and also started and won game 1 of the 1977 ALCS.
After his retirement Paul became a color commentator on Royals TV broadcasts and a commenator for NCAA games. He recently announced that he would be taking some time off to recover from an off-season illness.