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Friday Afternoon Name That Cub

Obviously, the last one was too easy. This one... shouldn't be. Courtesy of BCB reader carmen_fanzone.

Who am I?

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Mickey Mantle wannabe
Just a guess

Mel Wright?

Carl Sawatski?
None of the above.
Johnny Briggs?
Now THERE is an obscure Cub.

Pitched 26 games over three seasons from 1956-58.

But no, it’s not him.

Don't have a guess

but doesn’t he kind of look like Tom Brady?

Or Ken Rudolf?
Looks a lot like Selma

…funky nose shape.

Oh man, can we have a hint?
It's too early for hints
Hey, Arnold, do you need another clue?
Sure, I wouldn't mind

haha

He pitched one year for the Cubs
Thats what I was figuring

I’m still having a hell of a time, haha.

There's a clue in this part of the thread.
I'm going to negatory Ken

…I think this guy’s carrying to much face fat, but, I mean, we’re looking at people from 20 years before I was born.

OK

I know there are better baseball minds here than my own, but with the hat logo alone, this has to be after 1958 right? If I remember correctly the C changed to that style in 57, but they had white piping on the seams.

Someone tell me if I am way off base.

you're off by 5-10 years
This assumes I know who this is

which I’m pretty confident I do

Off on the player??

Which means I’m 5-10 too early, because I think I got the logo stuff right.

it is after '58
Then tell

who it is flachimesa

Then tell

Us who it is flachimesa

Cleveland Spiders

won only 20 games in 1899

This is better than I thought.

No one’s got it yet.

Am I giving too many hints, Al?
Apparently not, since no one has it yet.
Johnny Klippstein?
I'm going to negatory Klippstein
Well, if flachimesa's hints are right, my guess certainly isn't

But I just felt like guessing him, anyway.

John Goetz

…and I have to leave work now so I’m done.

Need another hint
Too late.

(That’s a hint.)

This is more aganizing than watching re-runs of the Cubs playoff performance
Arnold C Earley
Correct!!!!

Arnold pitched 13 games for the 1966 Cubs after being acquired by the Braves. Pitched most of his career with the Red Sox. We traded him the following season for Marv Breeding, who hadn’t played in the majors since 1963 and never played for the Cubs.

He wore #47 for the Cubs.

I'd say Arnold C Earley is it
Arnold C Earley

But I wouldn’t call him an ACE

His initials are A.C.E.

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