Camilo Pascual

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right 5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)
Born: January 20, 1934 in La Habana, Cuba
Debut: April 15, 1954 (11,104th in major league history) vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: May 5, 1971 vs. KCR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Full Name: Camilo Alberto Pascual
Nicknames: Patato Pequeño, Camile or Little Potato View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
Relatives: Brother of Carlos Pascual

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April 17, 1956

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits a pair of tape measure home runs against Camilo Pascual at Griffith Stadium

August 8, 1956

Mickey Mantle’s opposite-field homer‚ off Camilo Pascual in the 1st inning, jump starts the Yankees to a 12 – 2 win over the Senators. Mantle is now 9 games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace.

April 18, 1960

Ted Williams becomes the first major leaguer to homer in four different decades 

August 14, 1960

Mantle booed and benched during a double header lose to the Senators

October 13, 1965

Mudcat Grant does it all himself, hitting a three-run home run and pitching a 5 – 1 win at Minnesota to knot the World Series with the Dodgers after six games.

December 3, 1966

Camilo Pascual is traded by the Minnesota Twins, along with IF Bernie Allen, to the Washington Senators for P Ron Kline.

Biography

Despite a recurring bad arm and years pitching for bad teams, Pascual was one of the dominant AL righthanders for a decade beginning in the late 1950s. Originally recommended to the Senators by his older brother, Carlos “Big Potato” Pascual, who pitched briefly for the team in 1950, Camilo arrived in Washington in 1954 and spent five seasons struggling to a 28-66 with the hapless team. But his stuff was overpowering when he developed a wicked sidearm curve in 1959 to go with his blazing fastball and sharp control, and he posted a 17-10 record for a last-place club. Two years later the Senators moved to Minnesota and built a powerful lineup. Pascual prospered, going 20-11 and 21-9 seasons in 1962 and 1963. He led the AL in strikeouts for three straight seasons, beginning in 1961. In the second ’61 All-Star Game he pitched three hitless innings and fanned four. He was 9-3 for the pennant-winning Twins in 1965, as arm miseries reduced him to a spot starter. After a trade sent him to the new Washington franchise, he won 25 games over the 1967-68 seasons.

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