RIP Mel Stottlemyre

Maybe the worst timing of anyone in baseball history. He put up some good numbers for the dregs of Yankee history. His rookie season was the last pennant winner of the 1921-1964 dynasty. Win the first of the "Steinbrenner Pennants" two years after he retired. If he pitched like he did for the 1954-1964 Yankees, he would probably have won 25 games a year and be in the HOF. Instead of Yogi Berra, he had Jake Gibbs. Instead of Billy Martin, he had Horace Clarke. Instead of Mickey Mantle, he had Steve Whittaker. And still he won 20 games three times and was 164-139 for a 10 year career.