Nine Cards from a TCDB Trade

 Just a quick trade for today:

1.  Tanner Houck.  It's easy to forget that Houck was an All Star in 2024 before injuries derailed his 2025 season and kept him out until the very end of the 2026 season.  He pitched in one game at the end of the season, giving up three runs in three innings with no walks and a strikeout.  It will be interesting to see if he comes back next season.

2.  Wade Boggs.  Boggs was an All Star eight consecutive times with the Red Sox and then four more times with the Yankees for a total of 12 consecutive All Star games.  He also won eight Silver Slugger Awards (six with Boston, two with New York) and two Gold Gloves (both with the Yankees).

3.  David Ortiz.  Ortiz was a ten-time All Star (2004 through 2008, 2010 through 2013 and 2016).  He was a Silver Slugger winner seven times.  All of these accolades came with the Red Sox.  

4.  Ted Williams.  Williams was an All Star every season of his career except 1939 (his rookie year) and 1952 when he played just six games due to military service in Korea.  Obviously he was not an All Star in the years he was serving in World War II, but he did not play at all those seasons.  All told he was an All Star 19 times.

5.  Carl Yastrzemski.  Yaz was an All Star 18 times.  He made it for the first time in 1963, the year he won his first batting title.  Then he was an All Star every year from 1965 through 1979 and then 1982 and 1983, his final season.  He was the All Star Game MVP in 1970 when he had four hits in six at-bats, including a double.  He scored a run and drove in a run.

6.  Ted Williams.

7.  Vaughn Grissom.  Grissom sticks out like a sore thumb in this post.  The trade of Chris Sale for Grissom is one of the worst trades in recent memory for the Red Sox.  Grissom made it into 31 games for the Red Sox and hit .190/.246/.219.

8.  Manny Ramirez.  Ramirez was an All Star 12 times in his career: four times with Cleveland and eight times with the Red Sox.  That is the only significant difference between his time with those two teams.  His stats are remarkably similar.  If he ever makes the Hall of Fame, it will be an interesting decision as to which cap will be on his plaque.  

9.  Pedro Martinez.  Martinez was an All Star eight times: twice with the Expos, four times with the Red Sox and twice with the Mets.  He won the All Star Game MVP in 1999 on his home turf when he struck out five of the six batters he faced.