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Milt Pappas

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The Resume

    (May 11, 1939-April 19, 2016)
    Birth name was Miltiades Stergios Papastergios
    MLB pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1957-65), Cincinnati Reds (1966-68), Atlanta Braves (1968-70) and Chicago Cubs (1970-73)
    Career record: 209-164, 3.40 ERA, 520 games, 129 complete games, 43 shut outs, 858 walks, 1,728 strikeouts
    Pitched a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres (September 2, 1972)
    Appeared in two All-Star games (1962, 1965)
    First pitcher to win 200 games without a single 20-win season
    16th pitcher to strike out three batters on nine pitches in an inning (4th inning against the Montreal Expos on September 24, 1971)
    Retired in 1974 ranked 20th all time amongst pitchers in hitting homers (20)

Why he might be annoying:

    He claimed to have let Roger Maris hit his 59th home run in 1961 by telling him he would throw nothing but fastballs.
    He was angered that commissioner Ford Frick put an 'asterisk' on the Maris record.
    He felt Joe Nuxhall had a personal vendetta against him while both were pitching for the Reds.
    In the 1988 movie 'Bull Durham' Susan Sarandon's character says, 'Bad trades are a part of baseball; I mean who can forget Milt Pappas for Frank Robinson for gosh sakes.'
    Though aware of his talent, Cubs manager Leo Durocher considered him an ingrate and cancer on the team.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was scouted and signed by the Orioles at the suggestion of Hall of Fame pitcher Hal Newhouser.
    He came within one out of a perfect game, walking the 27th batter on questionable calls by the home plate ump.
    Other than less strikeouts his statistics are hauntingly similar to baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale.
    He had just three losing seasons his entire career.
    He was a control pitcher who never walked more than 83 batters in a season.
    His wife disappeared on her way to the dentist in 1982 and was found murdered in a shallow pond five years later.

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 80 Votes: 51.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 38.64% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 57 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 33 Votes: 42.42% Annoying