Steve Dalkowski is another interesting one, he is on a 1963 Topps high number that has a premium because of him even though he never played a major league game. The legend is that he could throw a baseball in excess of 110 mph, estimated because there were no radar guns back then. He was virtually unhittable, but he was so wild that he gave up just as many walks as strikeouts. The Orioles were going to bring him up to the big leagues for the beginning of the 1963 season but he blew his arm out in a preseason exhibition game against the Yankees. He was never the same after that and lingered in the minors for a few more years before giving up professional baseball.
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