Oak -- Gulden holds a place in Major League Baseball trivia by being only the second player in history to be traded for himself, after Harry Chiti. In 1980, the New York Yankees sent him to the Seattle Mariners with $150,000 for a player to be named and Larry Milbourne, In May 1981, the Mariners sent Gulden back to the Yankees as the player to be named.
Gulden was also the starting catcher for the Yankees in their first game after Thurman Munson's funeral in August, 1979; Munson having been killed in an airplane crash four days earlier.
Noles, a decent relief pitcher who had serious booze problems was #3 on the list behind Chiti and Gulden. He spent 16 days in jail for assaulting a police officer while drunk at one time during his career.
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Gulden was also the starting catcher for the Yankees in their first game after Thurman Munson's funeral in August, 1979; Munson having been killed in an airplane crash four days earlier.
Noles, a decent relief pitcher who had serious booze problems was #3 on the list behind Chiti and Gulden. He spent 16 days in jail for assaulting a police officer while drunk at one time during his career.
wil.
