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A long, winding road to the majors, indeed ........ but not quite as long and winding as the one of the late Billy Williams, who died last year:

 

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OFFNY said:
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Lew Ford has nothing on this guy.

A player by the name of Billy Williams (not THAT Billy Williams) died yesterday, 2 days short of his 81st birthday.

Williams played 18 seasons in the minor leagues from 1952-1969 before finally having the privilege of making it to the major league for 4 games with the Seattle Pilots in August of 1969.

The final 9 years of his career (1961-1969) were all spent strictly at the highest level of the minors (AAA) just waiting, and waiting, and waiting for that call.

Kudos to the late Marvin Milkes and Dewey Soriano (the general manager and owner of that Pilots team, respectively) for finally giving him the chance to put on a Major League uniform, get on the field, and get himself into the Baseball Encyclopedia forever.

 

 

MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD:)))lll)) http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willibi02.shtml

 

MINOR LEAGUE RECORD:)))lll)) http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=willia003wil

 

OBITUARY:O http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/professional/minor/explorers/former-x-s-coach-billy-williams-dies-at/article_d767e2fd-5aef-5fef-be34-46c1f685e7bc.html

 

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http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/133605-18-Years-in-the-Minors-4-Games-in-the-Majors

 

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Morgan423 said:

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Glad to see Mr. Joseph make the show. Always pulled for him, one of my favorite organizational players.

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CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH 

 

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Wow is this really his first time in the majors? He's been around so long I just assumed he was Wieters' backup at some point over the last 5 years.

Catchers tend to take longer to mature. It's common that their first taste of MLB occurs 3 - 4 years later than position players. 26 and 27 years ( even 28, like Joseph) are common ages for catchers to make their debuts

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CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH

CALEB MARTIN JOSEPH 

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MAY 13th, 2014:

First major league hit of his career !!! ) :cool:

 

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(vs. BLUE JAYS, 8/05)

 

Another home run tonight.

Know ........ your ........ Orioles.

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(vs. BLUE JAYS, 8/07)

 

Know your Orioles ???

How can you NOT know this guy ??? )  ;)

 

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