ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #26

by Rev Halofan on Dec 18, 2009 5:16 PM PST in Jersey Numbers

Angels Uniform #26 ... Retired for the team’s "26th Man" Gene Autry

1961 - 63: Ken Hunt
1964: Lenny Green
1965: Al Spangler
1966: Al Spangler and Jackie Warner
1967: Moose Stubing
1968: Chuck Hinton
1969: Lou Johnson
1970: Terry Cox
1974: Bill Stoneman (pictured below)
1977 - 80: Joe Rudi
1981: Bill Travers

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Man, what a face

He looks like he could split a log with his nose.

Fire Mickey Hatcher. An entire generation of Angels offense depends upon it.

by scareduck on Jan 17, 2007 6:53 PM PST reply actions

For a minute there

I thought the photo was Sandy Koufax in reverse.

by PieceOfAase on Jan 17, 2007 11:51 PM PST reply actions

STONEMAN

Half as many no-hitters as Koufax with one-tenth the talent!

by Rev Halofan on Jan 17, 2007 11:54 PM PST up reply actions

Joe Rudi

and Finley’s sale of his players :)

Confidence breeds success, self-doubt breeds failure

by Blaze453 on Dec 18, 2009 5:38 PM PST reply actions

Ah yes, Charlie O's attempted fire sale

With the advent of free agency, Finley was determined to get something for his players before they bolted, so tried to sell Rudi and Rollie Fingers to the Red Sox and Vida Blue to the Yankees (even then it was Yankees/Red Sox $$). But Bowie Kuhn voided the sales in “the best interest of baseball”, and Rudi ended up signing with the Angels.
In my garage I have a plaque that has a Joe Rudi baseball card on it and a mounted Joe Rudi baseball glove (not one of his, just his signature brand glove).

by Hoppity Hooper on Dec 18, 2009 6:50 PM PST up reply actions

I just looked up his stats

I never realized how low his career OBP was. Different era, I suppose.

1 line siggy line because I was asked nicely. Go Angels! helpfindscottajob@gmail.com

by Slasher52 on Dec 18, 2009 10:12 PM PST up reply actions

Bill Travers

An early Angel free agent bust. Record of 0 – 4 for 3 years, and didn’t play all of ’82.

by Hoppity Hooper on Dec 18, 2009 6:51 PM PST reply actions

He aged welll...?

He looked 50 years old back then!

by Culero on Dec 18, 2009 9:13 PM PST reply actions

Unlucky x 2?

Any theories as to why no one wants to wear 26?

by Sethy on Dec 18, 2009 9:18 PM PST reply actions

It could be because

the number is retired for the Angels. In honor of Gene Autry.

1 line siggy line because I was asked nicely. Go Angels! helpfindscottajob@gmail.com

by Slasher52 on Dec 18, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions

Ah yes, the 26th player on the roster

Sort of like being the “Fifth Beatle” Now I have a vision of Gene Autry in a Beatle wig. Yeah yeah yeah!

by Hoppity Hooper on Dec 19, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions

Moose Stubing

The main thing I remember about him was in Game 2 of the 1986 series with the Red Sox when he was the Angels third base coach. In the sixth inning Bob Boone had hit a single to left and as Bobby Grich dashed to third, Moose made no signal to him as Moose seemed unsure of whether to give him the green light or put up the stop sign. As Grich rounded third, Moose suddenly snapped to and put up the stop signal, and as Grich hit the brakes and tried to get back to third he stumbled and was thrown out. Grich was furious and as he turned towards Stubing he jammed his batting helmet into the ground and made the hands up stop gesture at Moose, basically telling him he should have done that BEFORE he had already rounded third. I always remembered that exchange.

by Hoppity Hooper on Dec 19, 2009 11:57 AM PST reply actions