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Rocky ColavitoRocco Domenico Colavito (born August 10, 1933 in New York, NY), best known as Rocky Colavito, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder (primarily playing right field, but also at the other outfield positions, as well as a small number of games as a pitcher and first baseman) and right-handed batter who played for the Cleveland Indians (1955-59, 1965-67), Detroit Tigers (1960-63), Kansas City Athletics (1964), Chicago White Sox (1967), Los Angeles Dodgers (1968) and New York Yankees (1968). Colavito made himself a complete player. He slammed 30-plus homers in seven seasons, was a high run-producing slugger, and a superb rightfielder with a strong arm. In 1958 Colavito batted .303 with 41 home runs and 113 runs batted in. One year later he became the first Indian to have two 40-HR seasons; his 42 tied him with Harmon Killebrew for the American League lead. The same season he smashed four homers in consecutive at-bats. In 1965 he played in 162 consecutive errorless games (274 total chances) for a perfect 1.000, a MLB season record. In his 1841-game career, Colavito batted .266, with 374 HRs, 1159 RBI, 971 runs, 1730 hits, 283 doubles and 21 triples. As a rightfielder, he posted numbers of 3223 putouts, 123 assists, 26 double plays, committed only 70 errors in 3516 total chances for a .980 of fielding percent average. Highlights - 6-time All-Star (1959, 1961-62, 1964-66)
- Twice led league in extra base hits (1958-59)
- Led league in slugging average (.620, 1958)
- Led league in games played (163, 1961)
- Led league in total bases (301, 1959)
- Led league in home runs (42, 1959)
- Led league in runs batted in (108, 1965)
- Led major leagues in fielding average (1965)
Quotation - "Boston Red Sox fans speak of the Curse of the Bambino to explain why their team has failed to win a world championship since Babe Ruth was traded away in 1919. Pluto (Tall Tales) draws an analogy with the Cleveland Indians, who won two pennants and finished in second place six times between 1948 and 1959, then in 1960 traded away their beloved home-run hitter Rocky Colavito and have never again been a top team. The author flags eccentric general manager Frank Lane, who arranged the unpopular trade, plus managers who have been hated by most of the players; talented athletes who were traded away before their full potential was realized and became stars with other teams; athletes who soured on playing for a perennial loser; and, after the advent of free agency, stars with salary demands that the team could not meet. It's a story of gloom and depression that Cleveland fans will probably enjoy". --Excerpt from book Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-year Slump, by Terry Pluto.
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