Del Unser

Delbert Bernard Unser (born December 9, 1944 in Decatur, Illinois) is a former starting center fielder and later a utility player with a 15-year major league baseball career from 1968 to 1982. His father was MLB catcher Al Unser. Del played for the Washington Senators (1968-1971) and Cleveland Indians (1972), both of the American League, and the Philadelphia Phillies (1973-1974, 1979-1982), New York Mets (1975-1976), and Montreal Expos (1976-1978), all of the National League. In 1977 he began to be used often as a pinch-hitter, and also to split time between the outfield and first base.

He led the American League in triples in 1969 with 8.

Other regular season highlights include:

one 5-hit game...four singles and a home run vs. the Oakland Athletics (August 20, 1968)
seven 4-hit games, with the most impressive being a single, two doubles, and a home run good for 4 RBI and 2 runs scored vs. the Cleveland Indians (July 5, 1971)
seven 4-RBI games, including a game against the St. Louis Cardinals when he hit a 3-run homer off Bob Gibson and a run-scoring single against Al Hrabosky (June 26, 1973)
hit a combined .384 (73-for-190) against All-Stars Ray Culp, Larry Dierker, Mike Krukow, Milt Pappas, Gary Peters, and Mel Stottlemyre
hit a combined .432 (16-for-37) against Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Ferguson Jenkins, and Nolan Ryan