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Gus Triandos (July 30, 1930 – March 28, 2013) was a Greek American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball mostly as a catcher but also played as a first baseman 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.〔(Gus Triandos ) at ''Baseball-Reference''〕 He batted and threw right-handed. ==Playing career== Born in San Francisco, California, Triandos was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948.〔(Gus Triandos Trades and Transactions ) at ''Baseball Almanac''〕 He joined the Yankees' major league roster briefly in 1953, but was sent back to the minor leagues in 1954. Triandos was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in 1955 where he played mostly as a first baseman for his first two years with the team, before becoming the Orioles' regular catcher in 1957. As the Orioles' catcher, he used an outsized catcher's mitt designed by manager Paul Richards to handle the unpredictable knuckleball of Hoyt Wilhelm.〔("Gus Triandos Looks Back on his Catching Career" ), ''Baseball Digest'', June 1997, Vol. 56, No. 6, ISSN 0005-609X〕 Triandos was behind the plate when Wilhelm threw a no hitter against the New York Yankees on September 20, 1958, and also scored the only run of the game when he hit a home run in the eighth inning.〔(September 20, 1958 Yankees-Orioles box score ) at Baseball-Reference〕 Triandos said catching for Wilhelm was incredibly taxing, telling a reporter, "Wilhelm nearly ruined me." Although perhaps the slowest runner in the league, Triandos once hit an inside-the-park home run.〔(Inside the Park: Home Runs by Catchers ) at ''The Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers''〕 As of 2007, he also holds the record for the most consecutive games without being caught stealing, 1,206. That accounts for his entire career, in which he had exactly one stolen base.〔''Sporting News'' ''Baseball Record Book'', 2007, p.52.〕 That stolen base came on September 28, 1958, the last game of the season, at Yankee Stadium, off rookie pitcher Zach Monroe and catcher Darrell Johnson〔(''Baseball Almanac'' )〕 Triandos had his best year in 1958, when he hit 16 home runs by mid-season to earn the starting catcher's role for the American League in the 1958 All-Star Game, breaking Yogi Berra's eight-year stranglehold on the position.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1958 Gus Triandos Batting Log )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1958 All-Star Game )〕 He ended the season leading all American League catchers in putouts with 698, and tied Berra's American League record of 30 home runs by a catcher.〔〔(1958 American League Fielding Leaders ) at ''Baseball-Reference''〕 In 1959, he hit 20 home runs by mid-season and was again selected to be the starting catcher for the American League in the 1959 All-Star Game, However, a hand injury meant that he only had 25 home runs for the entire season.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1959 All-Star Game )〕 In 1962, he hit .169 in 63 games and was traded to the Detroit Tigers at the end of the year.〔 With the Tigers in 1963, he shared catching duties with Bill Freehan and led American League catchers with a .996 fielding percentage.〔〔(''Baseball Digest'' ), July 2001, p.86, Vol. 60, No. 7, ISSN 0005-609X〕 The following winter, he was traded along with Jim Bunning to the Philadelphia Phillies, where he again shared catching duties, this time with Clay Dalrymple. As the Phillies' catcher, Triandos caught Bunning's perfect game against the New York Mets on June 21, 1964, thus becoming the first catcher in Major League history to catch no hitters in both the American and National Leagues.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gus Triandos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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