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Cubs historical sleuthing: Another view of 1966 spring training

The caption supplied by Getty Images for this photo reads:

Chicago Cubs manager Leo Durocher watching players from outside a batting cage

Well, yes, that’s what Leo is doing, but he’s off in the background and the main subject of this photo is No. 20, a lefthanded hitter.

This one’s pretty simple. That’s Ty Cline, an outfielder the Cubs picked up from the Braves in November 1965 in the Rule 5 draft. There must have been different rules for that draft back then, because Cline had played in 433 MLB games and had over 1,000 plate appearances in the big leagues from 1960-65 with the Indians and Braves.