To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. '', The scuffle between Jackson and Nettles took place at Vince's Restaurant near the Oakland Coliseum during a private victory party organized by Steinbrenner. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Fleer scrambled to correct the error, and in no time at all Graig Nettles was back where he should have been, on both sides of his 1981 Fleer baseball card. So far this year Tim has not won an everyday position with Staten Island. This page was last edited on 12 January 2012, at 17:08. The players were hurried into a fleet of limousines that took them to their homes. Nettles best season came in 1977 when he belted a career high 37 homeruns and drove in 107 runs while scoring 99 times. The Yankees drafted Jeff in the 47th round of the 1998 June draft. With the Yankees I have accomplished both."[23]. I said, Dont ever show me up like that on the field, Goose. He and I are the best of friends, but it took me an hour after the game to calm down about it. Graig and his wife Ginger have four children: Michael (deceased),[28] Barrie, Tim, and Jeff. He was a five-time All-Star, led the American League (by a lot) with 32 homers in 1976 and made two of the greatest defensive plays in World Series history in Game 3 against the Dodgers in 1978. It's Graig Nettles' son taking ground balls at third base. Nettles is in the top 0.6% of all players in the history of the game. On the one hand, it was fabulous to suddenly have roughly three times as many cards to pursue. I remember being 10, 12, 13 years old and my folks would let me go downtown by myself to watch the ballgames. We've received your submission. us. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. We could see Dick Williams sitting in the box with George. The photos were dark and grainy, the latter a considerable weakness for Donruss. Not even the Nettles name can save the 6-foot-2, 200-pound player from scrutiny about his age. Now, part of this discrepancy is due to the increased collector interest in the error version, but there seem to be enough of both to go around these days. Thats part of being at my age. Having a father like Graig helps. I feel great on the field. He really enjoys being close to guys, whereas Dick never really wanted to be near the players . He wont retire, either. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Legal Statement. While his dad captained the Yankees and won a pair of Gold Gloves in the late 1970s, Tim is just beginning his career as an outfielder, fresh out of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Graig Nettles had 390 home runs over his career. He graduated from San Diego High and played basketball and baseball for San Diego State. When you get in the paper what you think of New York, and the fans there understand you have a weakness, theyll just play on that weakness. They like their players to be tough guys. As an 11-year old baseball fan in October 1978, watching Game 3 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, I marveled at the greatest defensive performance I had ever seen on a baseball diamond. I owe a lot to him, Nettles said. But then, history makers do tend to have that effect on folks. . His wife, meanwhile, blamed herself. He is the 122nd best player in history (as measured by WAR). Later day reports also incorrectly cite Steinbrenner as the culprit. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Week Team League; 04/13/1974: New York Yankees: AL: 04/20/1974: New York Yankees: AL He was an All-Star six times, he finished in the MVP voting four times, with a high of fifth in 1977. The Washington Nationals will meet the New York Yankees in MLB Spring Training on Wednesday afternoon at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/06/ken-griffey-jr-junior-yankees-incident, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. When a veteran on the field made a mistake, Billy would scream at all of us rookies on the bench, Nettles said. They had agreed to do it again and would bring along Nettles son, Mike. [21][22], Nettles famously characterized his career with the Yankees when he said that "[w]hen I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and join the circus. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. From 2003 to 2007, he played for the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. In raw form, it usually fetches $10 or less. Both teams are coming off losses, the Nationals will look to rebound after a 5-3 loss yesterday to the Cardinals, while the Yankees got crushed 12-0 and will look to put some runs on the board in a bounce-back game for them. [7][8] The Indians traded Nettles due to a feud between Nettles and manager Ken Aspromonte. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. He wrote that I had lost it. During a brawl in a game against the Boston Red Sox on May 20, 1976, Nettles, who was on second base at the onset of the brawl, tackled Boston pitcher Bill Lee from behind. That enabled me to play in 83 and get a contract for 84 and 85, and just continue from there.. . It's Graig Nettles' son taking ground balls at third base," Griffey Jr. said. Graig Nettles adored Billy Martin. Nettles managed the Bakersfield Blaze of the California League in 1996 to a 39-101 record. When I was 25 or 27, I probably made 20-25 errors a year, and people said: Hes a great fielder. Now, if I make 20 errors a year, they say thats bad. Just two weeks before, Nettles had flown with Munson. [3] and played for both the Aztecs' basketball and baseball teams. He was the second of three sons (older brother Paul and younger brother Jim). But even before the two men talked, it was obvious that they, and George Steinbrenner, the team's principal owner, were in conciliatory moods. . The fracas resumed when Nettles swung at Lee. While Nettles talked, his wife tossed the ball toward her 11-yearold son, Michael, who looked for a home-run pitch. He is the son of former New York Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles, a six-time All-Star and two . ''Everybody has dents in their armor,'' said Steinbrenner, who, in a reference to Jackson's uniform number, had angrily called him ''the former No. Jackson missed last night's game, and most of Wednesday's, with a sore calf that he says is still quite painful. And that sounds like a good reason for Griffey to despise the franchise. According toSteven MarcusofNewsday,the incident occurred in the 1983 season. . THE EARLY YEARS. He's my son.' Many thanks to him. Its a rare honor, indeed, but the mere mention of C Nettles still makes any veteran collectors heart go pitter-patter. ., Ah, the people treated Goose pretty well. Copyright 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. He ripped Steinbrenner in it (Not any more than hed been ripped in the papers, Nettles said), and hes convinced Steinbrenner traded him because of it. One player, who asked that he not be quoted by name, observed that Jackson had a knack for upstaging his teammates on nights when they excelled and he did not. Now, Graig Nettles admittedly spells his first name funny, so it's easy to see why someone at Fleer might have thought his name was actually "Craig." And so that's how it appeared on the back of his card, #87, in the first print run. It didnt take long for collectors to notice, either, and we were chasing down Pete Rose with that number and this photo or Steve Carlton with or without his Golden Arm on the right or wrong card number. At its height, collectors willingly paid $20 or more for a copy, and the Nettles error helped usher in a mad search for any other card mistakes we could find. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. Rarely does the course of human endeavor pivot so abruptly as baseball cards did in the spring of 1981. More information on Graig Nettles can be found here. Baseball writer Bill James noted in his 1984 Baseball Abstract that Nettles is arguably the best position player (i.e., non-pitcher) in major league history whose surname begins with the letter "N." As of 2022[update] this judgment appears to hold up: the only three players elected to the baseball Hall of Fame with "N" surnames are pitchers Hal Newhouser, Kid Nichols and Phil Niekro. We present them here for purely educational purposes. A five-time All-Star third baseman who played for six major league clubs over his 22year career, including 11 seasons with the New York Yankees, Graig Nettles is more interested in tracking the. Legal Statement. Ive been doing this for 13 years, so just stop bothering me.. Graig Nettles is one of the most under-appreciated stars in baseball history. But hobbyists didnt really mind any of that. 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Data Provided By ''There were never any hard feelings before or afterward.'' My dad was like, 'What? You get ready at around 3:30, just like he used to do.. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (You can find current prices for this hobby trendsetter on both eBay and Amazon note that these are affiliate links). But this could be the last act, and Nettles has a little more than four months to get his act in gear, to prove its not how old you are, its how you feel. [30], On March 21, 2008, he announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in late November 2007 and would undergo surgery at Manhattan's Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center on April 8. It's Graig Nettles' son taking ground balls at third base," Griffey Jr. said. . Nettles main reason for going to the Yankees was to play for Ralph Houk, his favorite manager in 19 years of big league ball. Itd be a great tribute if I did get one . the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. [17], In the fall of 1982, George Steinbrenner, the Yankees owner, stated that Nettles "is in the twilight of his career, and if he never plays another game for me, he has earned more than what I have paid him. The Minnesota Twins selected Nettles in the fourth round of the 1965 MLB Draft . In 2010, he hit .299 with 12 home runs and 52 RBI in 82 games and in 2011, he hit .266 with 15 home runs and 72 RBI in 120 games. Well, as of this writing, PSA had graded 59 of the Graig Nettles variation and 69 of the rare Craig Nettles error card. 11/27/72 - Indians send Graig Nettles and Jerry Moses to the Yankees for John Ellis, Jerry Kenny, Charley Spikes, and Rusty Torres Graig Nettles came to the Indians from the Twins in 1969 as . Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 15 Copy quote. BOBBY BROWN BASEBALL JSA $44.00 Free shipping Graig Nettles Yankees Captain Signed Autographed Rawlings Big Stick Baseball Bat $159.00 Free shipping or Best Offer Was this a break up? He said that he had come up to New York to visit his father, who was playing for the Yankees in the 1980s when a security guard told the senior Griffey that then-Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (didnt) want anybody in the dugout. So Griffeys father sent him to sit in his locker, but he pointed out that taking ground balls at third base at that very moment was the son of Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles. The reconciliation was orchestrated by Rich Gossage, who urged Jackson to join his teammates in the back of the plane and make amends. I got somebody a little younger. We walked in, and we were there for about an hour, and it was just like Jerry said. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? or redistributed. The one big to-do came in August when George invited Dick Williams to sit in his private box . [6] After playing three seasons with the Indians, Nettles was acquired with Jerry Moses by the New York Yankees for John Ellis, Charlie Spikes, Rusty Torres and Jerry Kenney at the Winter Meetings on November 27, 1972. In his career against the Yankees, Griffey Jr. batted .311 with a .987 OPS and 36 home runs. Nettles was a key player on teams that won five pennants and two World Series titles. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Ill play as long as I can.. [26] Nettles re-signed with the Braves for the 1988 season. Upon closer inspection, Nettles hits many high notes in both traditional and . Great big game 3B better in postseason than anyone other than Brooksie. 12-10-1969. Graig Nettles, Tim's father, is recognized as one of the finest third basemen in Yankee history. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. When Lee got . Find out more. Today, the C Nettles card still draws hobby interest and can pull in decent money in higher slabbed grades. He was also a clutch power hitter for four pennant-winning Yankees teams during the 1970s and 1980s. Odds are this is his last go-round, that the man nicknamed Puff because he would escape like a magic dragon after ballgames will disappear once and for all this fall. In addition, he set an American League record for career home runs by a third baseman. NEW YORK Holding back the years. Hes not happy that I came over here (to San Diego) and had success over here. 1981 Fleer Baseball PSA 9, 10 * You Pick * Pitchers with 300 Wins and Their Baseball Cards. [15], In July 1980, Nettles hit his 267th career home run, the most among AL third basemen. That was in December, 1983, just before Nettles signed his last Yankee contract. Graig Nettles played 22 seasons in the major leagues for six different teams and is best known for his Yankee days from 1973 to 1983 in which he earned five of his six career All-Star selections. The former Seattle Mariners star detailed an incident with then-Yankees owner George Steinbrenner when he was younger and visiting his father Ken Griffey Sr. before a game. By Jim Griffin Sep 23, 2013, 9:00am EDT Share this story Jr., carried that notion throughout his career. (Age 23-017d, ''I felt bad right away,'' Jackson said, as he described the incident that interrupted the Yankee victory celebration in Oakland last night after New York swept the A's in the American League championship playoff to move into the World Series. George Steinbrenner, the team's new principal owner, was on hand for the game . ''We had a nice talk,'' Jackson said. According to Newsday, the incident happened in 1983 and it was then-manager Billy Martin and not Steinbrenner who didnt want anyone in the dugout before games. Graig Nettles was born on August 20, 1944, in San Diego, to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Nettles. Both Fleer and Donruss cards came packed with gum, which was great, but plentyof old collectors tell stories about card fronts ruined by cemented-on pink slabs. Thats something hell probably answer for us over the course of this year. Before tonight's reconciliation, Steinbrenner was far angrier at Jackson than at Nettles. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. All rights reserved. pic.twitter.com/2v7DoBYyYC, Roger Cormier (@yayroger) June 22, 2020. Hes going to build you up, praise you, have nothing but great things to say about you. I didnt know what to think about that, because that had never happened before. 1.) See the article in its original context from. He hit 390 career home runs, 368 while playing third base, and 319 of them were in the junior circuit a still-standing record for most home runs by an American League third baseman! Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. --After Steinbrenner hired Martin back on old-timers day: Some kids want to grow up being a big league ballplayer; some kids want to join the circus. You cant afford to have a bad year because they blame your age. (George) Steinbrenner told me I wouldnt make it past 32 or 34 or something like that. Theres no team #Junior wanted to take down more than the #Yankees https://t.co/rGmxp11pDe. But enough of the C version escaped into the wild for stories of its existence to spread throughout the hobby, and soon everyone was clamoring for a copy of this rare card. ', "There's certain things a dad drills into you as a kid that just sticks with you. Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965). Graig Nettles Biography. 9 Some defensive statistics Copyright Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. When I was growing up, I wanted to play professional baseball like most kids do, and I wanted to play for the Padres. His father, who worked as a San Diego police officer for ten years, then became a high-school teacher, was away on active duty in World War II when he was born. . Every team up here is like an all-star team. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. These shortcomings were a small price to pay for the largesse bestowed upon us by the wax pack gods. $1.03 shipping. The next time up, he hit a broken-bat single. ), Just take a look at the list of 1981 Donruss errors and variations over at The Trading Card Database:http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Errors.cfm/sid/83/1981-Donruss. ''We're both sorry. I think he might have overreacted to the book because I was traded like two days after the book came out, Nettles said. The son of Graig Nettles, Jeff Nettles is also a third baseman and shares a birthday with his father. Historic sales data are completed sales with a buyer and a seller agreeing on a price. On March 30, 1984, the Yankees traded Nettles to the San Diego Padres for Dennis Rasmussen and a PTBNL. The Royals' George Brett swung at Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles after hitting an RBI triple in first inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in Kansas City. If youre 41 and have a slump, its, Hey, this is the end. Hes hitting .205. Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. Nettles graduated from San Diego High School in 1962 then attended San Diego State College on a basketball scholarship. That didnt set too well with Billy. Dad was a ballplayer, an end on the San Diego State football team. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Keep track of your collection value over time. Graig Nettles's early life . Theres no reason to put it in terms of years. James William Nettles (born March 2, 1947) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Asked to provide a scouting report of himself, Tim said that his quickness and arm strength are the sharpest parts of his game. or Best Offer. Jeff is also the nephew of former big leaguer Jim Nettles. Graig Nettles was born on August 20, 1944. Mrs. Nettles and her children and Nettles's mother, who was weeping, had already returned to the hotel, although Nettles remained for several hours and apologized to Steinbrenner. I got to the ballpark early and I'm sitting in the dugout and the security guard comes over and says, '[Then-Yankees owner George Steinbrenner] doesn't want anyone in the dugout.' The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. But if this is the end--if it really is--such memories there are. I remember growing up in San Diego, Graig Nettles said. While Nettles, now 55, has since retired to the scouting ranks, his son now toils for the. $20.00 End Date: Monday 03/27/2023 10:23:19 EDTBuy it now | Add to watch list Thanks for contacting us. In 2008, he was released by the Royals and signed on with the Baltimore Orioles where he played third base and first base for the AA Bowie Baysox belting 24 home runs and helping the Sox to the Eastern League playoffs. [25] He signed with the Braves for the 1987 season as a non-roster player, making the Braves' 24-man Opening Day roster. Graig Nettles has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. Or write about sports? Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Just ask Craig Nettles. In terms of WAR, Nettles (65.7) ranks right in front of Martinez (65.5), and close behind Rolen (69.9). By entering your email address you agree to receive email versions of the Wax Pack Gods newsletter. MULTIPLE YANKEES EMPLOYEES TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS IN FLORIDA. In Montreal this year, Tim Raines looked Nettles over from head to toe, shut his eyes tight, shook his head and said: Man, when I get to be your age, Im gonna pray to God I can do the things youre doing now.. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. When I get in there, I have to produce, get on base.. And the book, Balls, was the last straw. While Nettles talked, his wife tossed the ball toward her 11-yearold son, Michael, who looked for a home-run pitch. 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