Traded for ones self??

[Baseball Guru]

Who was the first player to be traded for himself???

Neat story behind this.....

[amag]

I heard of that!.... Forget the guys name, but I remember he was traded for a player to be named.....well I don't have all the details but if I remember I'll come back

[RockieBill]

*RB waves hand frantically* Did this involve a Mets' catcher, say circa 1962?

[Baseball Guru]

Heehee....
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm, maybe:naughty: :wink:
Funny, I actually heard the story yesterday while watching one of the Ken Burns videos....I wasn't familar with it before.....
Go ahead Bill and answer.....:biggrin: Geek:uhoh: :biggrin:

[RockieBill]

...OK, since no one else will...

As I understand it, Harry Chiti, a Cleveland catcher, was traded to the Mets in 1962 for a player to be named later. After the season, Chiti was returned to the Indians, as the player to be named later. That's all I really know...is there more?

[Baseball Guru]

Nope that is pretty much the story...I find this hilarious for some reason.....
Apparently this guy was so bad even the HORRIBLE "62" Mets didn't want him:hmm:


Good job Bill:biggrin:

[imgreat95]

Originally posted by JamesMetFan

Apparently this guy was so bad even the HORRIBLE "62" Mets didn't want him:hmm:




James.. you could have saved yourself some time and left out the "62" and your sentence would have still had the same point.

[>TC<]

There is a bit more to the story. Casey Stengel had been saying that you needed strong catching to build a team, and when the trade was made he claimed that the catching problem was solved. The only thing was that he hadn't actually seen him play. It didn't take any time at all for Casey to figure out that he was worse off than before, and away Harry went, back to Cleveland.

Rush