Career Cardinal
Impressed Joe enough to move
Phenom Zeile to third
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| 1989 Score #483 Tom Pagnozzi |
Pagnozzi spent the first few years in the Majors backing up Tony Pena. When Pena left as a free agent, it looked like the Cardinals were going to hand the starting job to young prospect Todd Zeile. Joe Torre, himself a former catcher-turned-infielder, moved Zeile to third base and put Pagnozzi behind the plate. Pagnozzi would go on to become an All-Star and win 3 Gold Gloves in his 12 seasons with the Cardinals.
Perfect timing. I'm sorting my baseball inserts right now (well not right this second, but I'm in the middle of a sort) and yesterday I noticed he had two inserts in the 1992 Ultra set.
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