1963, 1965-1966
JIM GOSGER   OF

In one of baseball’s many attempts to curb signing bonuses in the years before the amateur draft, the Red Sox had to put Jim Gosger (who had received a bonus to sign the previous year) on their 40-man roster after the season, and keep him on the team for the entire 1963 season. In reality he was not a major leaguer and rarely played, but had he been optioned he could have been drafted by another team ...

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