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Gerald William Arrigo
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher
Born: June 12, 1941, Chicago, IL
Signed: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1960 season
Major League Teams: Minnesota Twins 1961-1964; Cincinnati Reds 1965-1966; New York Mets 1966-1967; Cincinnati Reds 1967-1969; Chicago White Sox 1970
Splitting his time almost equally between starting and relieving throughout his career, Gerry Arrigo was a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 194 games over 10 different big league seasons. He was drafted away from the White Sox by the Twins as part of the 1960 expansion draft, and he wouldn't appear in more than seven games for the Twins until the 1964 season. He found his most success during his second stint with the Reds, hitting his career highs in 1967 for wins (12), games (36), innings pitched (205 1/3) and strikeouts (140). Arrigo had a career 35-40 record with a 4.14 ERA and 433 strikeouts.
Building the Set
August 21, 2020 from Charleston, SC - Card #143
In my largest (by volume) purchase to date, I spent an enjoyable hour or so in mid-August browsing the eBay store of seller mantlerulz and clicking Add to Cart on 30 different cards. We had previously added 29 cards to our set back in February from the Philly Show. The 30 cards, all commons, cost me $52 total (before shipping and taxes) with the cards ranging in prices from $1 to $6. I love this haul and I found the seller's store by accident when I was browsing eBay in an attempt to add a few more cheap cards from the set's first series. With the exception of the cards for Dick Howser (#92) and manager Birdie Tebbets (#301), along with the few former Phillies in the lot, most of the players featured on these cards are unknown to me. In the coming weeks, I'll go through each of these new cards for our set in detail, and we've now passed the quarter mark for completion of the complete set. We still have a long way to go, and quite a few pricey cards to add but any day I can add 30 commons in excellent shape and at a low prices is a great day. This Arrigo card set me back only $1.
The Card / Twins Team Set
The angle of this picture makes Arrigo's glove look enormous.
Arrigo appeared on a Twins Rookie Stars card in 1964 with fellow pitching prospect Dwight Siebler (#326), and this is his first solo card. As mentioned on the back, Arrigo was already with the Reds by the time this card came out as on December 4, 1965, the Twins had traded him to Cincinnati for Cesar Tovar (#201). The shutout mentioned happened on June 26th against the White Sox, with Arrigo taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning. Mike Hershberger (#89) promptly singled to center to lead-off the ninth and ruining the bid, but Arrigo retired the next three batters to complete his shutout.
1965 Season
Arrigo pitched for the Reds and two different teams in the Reds' minor league system in 1965. With the Reds, he appeared in 27 games (5 starts), going 2-4 with a 6.17 ERA and a pair of saves. He'd rebound somewhat in 1966, and then enjoyed his best season in 1967. Arrigo spent a very brief time with the Mets in 1966, traded to the team in May but then sold back to the Reds in August.
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First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #516
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7): 1964-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2019 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-GA
35 - Arrigo non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/23/20.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
Previous Card: #38 Jim King - Washington Senators
Next Card: #40 Frank Howard - Los Angeles Dodgers
Dwight Siebler was a former Phillies' farmhand.
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