John Hiller led the AL in saves in 1973 while setting a league record with 38 saves. He played from 1965 - 1980 except that he missed all of the 1971 season and he only pitched in 24 games in 1972.
In 1973 in addition to the saves he led the league with 65 games pitched and 60 games finished. His ERA was a scant 1.44. He struck out 124 in 125+ innings of work. He finished 4th in both the Cy Young and MVP Award votes.
That Comeback Award was an easy decision. It was made more impressive after reading about what happened to Hiller on this day in 1971. Hiller suffered a heart attack at the age of 27. It's great that he came back to pitch until the age of 37.
His only appearance on a Kellogg's card was the 1975 card show above. How did Kellogg's skip him in 1974?
I never even heard of him...but I just read his bio, and he had an interesting career....
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