Gus Triandos
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Gus Triandos (born July 30, 1930, in San Francisco, California) was a solid player with a 13-year career from 1953 to 1965. He played for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers of the American League and the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros of the National League. He primarily played catcher, and logged many hours at first base as well. Triandos batted and threw right handed.
As an Oriole, Triandos held the then-record for home runs by an American League catcher, at 30. He also was user of an outsized catcher's mitt designed by Manager Paul Richards to handle the dancing knuckle ball of Hoyt Wilhelm. Although perhaps the slowest runner in the league, Gus once scored on a inside-the-park homerun. A popular player in Baltimore, a street remains named "Triandos Drive" in suburban Timonium, MD.
As a Phillie, Triandos caught Jim Bunning's perfect game against the New York Mets on June 21, 1964.
He was elected to the All-Star team 3 times (1957, 1958, 1959). Triandos' family origins are from Koronos, Messenia, Greece.[1]
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