Ed Palmquist

Career: Played in the big leagues for parts of two seasons with the Dodgers (1960-61) and Twins (1961).

Did you know? Was high school baseball teammates with future big leaguers, Billy Consolo and George "Sparky" Anderson, at Dorsey High in Los Angeles ... was named All-City Player of the Year as a junior in 1950 ... was signed by the Dodgers for a bonus of $20,000 on August 13, 1951, but did not make his big league debut until nine years later ... his 2.54 ERA in 22 games as a reliever in 1960 was the lowest on the Dodger pitching staff but did not log sufficient innings to qualify for the team's ERA title ... was sold to the Twins for $20,000 on May 12, 1961, and picked up his first big league victory the following day ... on June 6, 1961, gave up home run number 16 of the season to Roger Maris, who was on his way to setting the single-season mark (since broken) of 61. 

Post-game: After playing in Japan for a year, returned to the Los Angeles area and worked in the construction business ... died on July 10, 2010 at age 77.

Sources: Baseball Reference; Minneapolis Star Tribune,  6/7/1961; Los Angeles Times, 6/13/1950, 6/14/1986; Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, 6/4/1951; Los Angeles Mirror, 8/14/1951; Spokesman-Review, 6/9/1960; The Sporting News, 5/24/1961; https://usfamily.net/web/trombleyd/SaintsHistory40-60.htm