Trade involving Triple Crown Winner
PowderedH2O
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We all know about Frank Robinson being traded before the 1966 season and then winning the AL Triple Crown that year. But, I was looking at the career of Chuck Klein and noticed that he was traded AFTER winning the 1933 NL Triple Crown. Klein wasn't a super high paid player, and he wasn't traded for anyone of note, so does anyone know the reasoning behind this deal?
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"But Klein’s team stunk and it was almost broke. The Great Depression hit the city hard, and as unemployment climbed, fans stopped coming to baseball games. Attendance at Baker Bowl dropped from 299,000 in 1930 to 156,000 in 1933. The Phillies were on the verge of bankruptcy.
Team owner Gerald Nugent had no choice but to unload his most valuable player to help satisfy the club’s debts. And so on November 21, 1933, the Phillies traded Klein to the Chicago Cubs for shortstop Mark Koenig, outfielder Harvey Kendrick, pitcher Ted Kleinhans, and $65,000 in cash."
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