Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1954), Kansas City Athletics (1957), New York Yankees (1958-1961), Los Angeles Angels (1961-1962), Philadelphia Phillies (1963-1965), Cincinnati Reds (1964) and Washington Senators (1965).
Sportswriters wrote that I wore glasses that resembled the bottoms of Coke bottles. Everyone agreed that it was a dangerous combination: a guy wearing glasses that thick and throwing a pitch that fast. But what everyone didn't know was that was another dimension that made me more dangerous than they thought. I had a drinking problem.