Bad Decisions: Robbing Frank Malzone
The best rookie in the American League in 1957 was Frank Malzone of the Red Sox. This is not really debatable.
No rookie pitcher had a good enough year to contend for the title, the best probably being Billy O’Dell of the Orioles or maybe Jack Urban of the A’s, but they were mostly relievers on second-division teams and didn’t have much chance of being r…
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