Swingin’ A’s stars Ray Fosse, Sal Bando and Joe Rudi now have a date for his or her induction into the Athletics Corridor of Fame.
Together with Eric Chavez, Keith Lieppman and Steve Vucinich, the trio of Seventies All-Stars can be honored by the A’s Aug. 7 forward of a Sunday matinee recreation towards the Giants.
Fosse, who was a shade commentator for the A’s radio and TV broadcast groups from 1986 by way of final season, died of most cancers final October.
Fosse solely spent three years with the A’s in between stints in Cleveland however he gained two World Sequence championships in Oakland in 1973 and 1974.
Bando has been ready a very long time for his induction and can get it 46 years after he performed his final recreation in inexperienced and gold. “Captain Sal” manned third base for the Swingin’ A’s of the early Seventies and helped lead the staff to 3 consecutive World Sequence titles between ’72 and ’74.
He by no means missed greater than 16 video games in any of his 9 full seasons in Oakland, offering regular management and changing into simply the second AL third baseman behind Brooks Robinson to succeed in the 200-home run mark.
Rudi, a three-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner, was additionally a key determine within the outfield of these Swingin’ A’s World Sequence groups.
His unimaginable catch on a Denis Menke line drive on the wall in Recreation 2 in ’72 was one of many defining moments of the A’s three-year championship run. He was AL MVP runner-up in 1972 and 1974.
Becoming a member of Rudi, Bando and Fosse within the Class of 2022 amongst former gamers are third baseman and fan favourite Eric Chavez, who gained six consecutive Gold Gloves for the A’s within the early 2000s as they made the playoffs 5 occasions between 2000 and 2006, profitable the AL West 4 occasions.
Two off-field contributors may also make their means into the staff’s Corridor of Fame: Lieppman and Vucinich, each of whom have greater than a half-century of historical past with the A’s.
Lieppman spent 29 years because the director of participant growth after taking part in within the minors for 9 seasons and managing for eight extra. He’s now a particular advisor to participant growth with the membership.
Vucinich was a longtime mainstay across the Coliseum, first as a clubhouse assistant starting in 1969 earlier than practically 20 years because the visiting clubhouse tools supervisor. In 1993, he turned the house clubhouse supervisor, a submit he held till he required after final season.