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Deigo Pablo Segui
Kansas City Athletics
Pitcher
Born: August 17, 1937, Holguin, Cuba
Signed: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1962-1965; Washington Senators 1966; Kansas City Athletics 1967; Oakland Athletics 1968; Seattle Pilots 1969; Oakland Athletics 1970-1972; St. Louis Cardinals 1972-1973; Boston Red Sox 1974-1975; Seattle Mariners 1977
Diego Segui was a durable right-handed pitcher who played in parts of 15 big league seasons, spending most of his career with the Athletics in three separate stints. Left unprotected by the Athletics, Segui was chosen as the 14th pick in the 1968 expansion draft by the Pilots, and he was the team's top reliever during their only year of existence. Segui appeared in a team-leading 66 games for the Pilots, going 12-6 with 12 saves, and his teammates named him the club's MVP following the season. He didn't move with the Pilots to Milwaukee however, as the team dealt him back to the Athletics in December 1969. Known for his forkball, Segui led the American League in ERA in 1970 with a 2.56 mark.
Building the Set
June 19, 2021 from Moorestown Mall Baseball Card Show - Card #313
Following our youngest son Ben's flawless performance of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy at his piano recital, our family headed to the Moorestown Mall in New Jersey to browse a real live baseball card show. Traditionally, I only venture into malls for baseball card shows and I can't honestly remember the last time, pre-pandemic, I had stepped foot into a mall. The show was small, hosted by S&B Sports Promotions, with about a dozen tables and not much vintage to offer, but it was a sight for sore eyes. It took us only about 15 minutes to scout the whole place out and I was lucky enough to find a friendly dealer with 1960s and 1970s Topps cards in great shape, in order and (best of all) reasonably priced. I took my time going through his 1965 Topps commons, settling on 29 cards we needed and adding a card from the star pile to give us 30 new cards total. I spent an even $100 (after a generous dealer discount) and this Segui card was a little over $2.
The Card / Athletics Team Set
The yellow and green Athletics uniforms of the mid-1960s were glorious. The photo used here is from the same session that yielded the photo used for Segui's 1964 Topps card. Flipping to the back, Segui was tied for the team lead in complete games with Orlando Pena (#311), who also had five. Segui had the league lead for losses all to himself with 17. In the other pitching categories mentioned, Segui was second on the team in both strikeouts and innings pitched behind Pena. Segui, at card #24, is one of 72 players featured within the 1965 Topps Embossed insert set and one of three Athletics in the set. He's also in the harder to find 1965 Topps Transfers insert set.
1965 Season
In 40 games (25 starts), Segui went 5-15 with a 4.64 ERA over 163 innings pitched for the 10th place Athletics club. He'd move primarily to the bullpen beginning with the 1966 season.
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First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #157
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13): 1963-1966, 1968-1975, 1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1990 Pacific Legends #104
64 - Segui non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/20/21.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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