Baseball Musings announced the death of Pirates Announcer Nellie King. I wasn’t familiar with the man but something in the post on his death struck me.
He pitched two outstanding seasons in 1955 and 1956, and then was out of baseball after the 1957 season.
I looked at his stars from baseball reference.com and his stats looked ok.
What struck me was the 4 seasons and out. If he came up today he might have made enough to live pretty comfortably and with current sports medicine the injury (of which I have no details about) might have only shelved him for a season or less.
Then again the pirates would have been deprived of a fine announcer.
Pretty soon we will run out of players who played under the old reserve clause and there will be nobody with actual baseball experience to remind young ballplayers just how lucky they are to have been born after 1970.
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Thanks for your kind words about our Dad. His arm injury could indeed have been treated if it had happened in the late 60s. He was one of about four or five dozen surviving players who did not manage to get the MLB pension package. One more year in the Bigs, and he would have qualified for a pension. His last years were spent in a so-so skilled nursing facility, and we daughters had to constantly find funds and make sure he did not fall through the cracks of our failing health care system.
He was always kind and optimistic, though, and never let bitterness slow him down. His public persona and his actual self were one and the same: Kind, humble, generous, and friendly.
We miss him very much.
Thanks
Dr. Laurie King
Washington, DC
You are quite welcome, and my best to you and yours during this time of grief.