6/18/1974: Game 2 was rained out after KC’s Amos Otis homered in Milwaukee off Bill Travers. The hit came in the top of the first with two out and no one on.
Oakland Athletics outfielder Reggie Jackson wins the American League MVP Award in unanimous fashion. The future Hall of Famer led the AL with 32 home runs, 117 RBI, 99 runs and a .531 slugging percentage, in helping the Athletics to their second straight World Series title.
1973 – In a 10 – 1 win over the Royals, Oriole Paul Blair hits an inside-the-park grand slam off Paul Splittorff. Amos Otis and Steve Hovley collide in midair while chasing Blair’s ball to help the O’s win their 13th straight.
Royals OF Amos Otis scores the game’s only run, swiping home in the 4th inning with a surprised John Mayberry at bat. Otis reached 3B when Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan makes two of his three errors trying to pick his former teammate off base. This is only the second time in the post-war years that a steal of home accounts for a game’s only run.
1971 – The Sporting News announces Gold Glove Award winners. Among newcomers are outfielders Amos Otis in the American League and Bobby Bonds in the National League.
Kansas City’s Amos Otis collects four hits and five stolen bases in a 4 – 3 win over Milwaukee. Darrell Porter’s wild throw on a steal allows Otis to score the winning run.
The Mets, in one of the worst trades in franchise history, deal outfielder Amos Otis to the Royals for third baseman Joe Foy. The 22 year-old flycatcher will go on to have an outstanding 14-year career with Kansas City and will become a member of the team’s hall of fame, while Foy will play just one season in New York, hitting a meager .236 in 99 games.
On September 15, 1969, Steve Carlton of the St. Louis Cardinals sets a major league record by fanning 19 batters including three in the final frame, to establish a new major league mark for strikeouts for a nine-inning game but loses a 4-3 decision to the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. Carlton, a 24-year-old lefthander,…
Amos Otis Position: CenterfielderBats: Right • Throws: Right5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)Born: April 26, 1947 in Mobile, AL usDraft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Williamson HS (Mobile, AL).High School: Williamson HS (Mobile, AL)Debut: September 6, 1967 (12,634th in major league history)vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: August 5, 1984vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR,…
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