Back When There Was Baseball: Phil Roof

Back When There Was Baseball · Sep 7, 2023 · 55m

Phil Roof joins us on the podcast this week. Phil started his baseball career in 1959 signed by the Milwaukee Braves and lasted through the 1977 season. He played for the Milwaukee Braves, Los Angeles and California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City and Oakland A's, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. Phil caught one of the best pitching staffs in the game's history with Cleveland (Sam McDowell, Luis Tiant and Sonny Siebert to name a few). He also caught Warren Spahn in spring training, along with Catfish Hunter, Bert Blyleven, Jim Kaat and Jim…