The careers of Amos Otis and Nolan Ryan, two of the great baseball players of the 1970’s, overlapped from the very beginning. Otis was drafted in the fifth round by Boston in 1965. The New York Mets took Ryan in the twelfth round of the same draft. The Mets selected Otis away from the Red Sox in the 1966 Minor League Draft. Both players rose quickly through the Mets minor league system. Ryan making his debut on September 11, 1966 as a 19-year-old while Otis made his debut with New York about a year later, September 6, 1967 at the age of 20.
A look back at the career of Amos Otis
