Wood vs. Wood #288

Last time it was a 6-3 win for 1987. Will this be different?

Young Cubs star Billy Williams shows the follow-through to his home run swing before a game at Wrigley Field. Williams quietly starred for the Cubs under the shadow of Ernie Banks, but he was a terrific player in his own right. Williams's career was marked by long stretches of high-level consistency with significant durability, including a 1,117 consecutive games streak. He was good for a .280-.310 average, 25+ HR and 90+ RBI from 1961 to 1973. His best seasons were 1970 (.322, 42 HR, 129 RBI) and his 1972 batting title season (.333, 37 HR and 122 RBI). He moved to the American League in 1975 to take advantage of the DH rule, in a trade with Oakland. He retired in 1976 with a .290 average, 2,711 hits, 426 HR and 1,475 RBI. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987. He was a long time coach for the Cubs, and still lives in the Chicago area. 

Tito Landrum awaits the pitch during a spring training game.  Landrum was a backup outfielder for three teams over nine seasons, mostly for the Cardinals. In 607 regular season games he hit just .249 with 13 HR and 111 RBI. However, he excelled in the postseason. In 1983, with the Orioles, he hit the game-winning home run in the ALCS clincher. Two years later, with the Cardinals, he subbed for the injured Vince Coleman and played in all 12 postseason games, hitting .385, including a home run in Game 4 of the World Series. After his playing career, Landrum, who now goes by his birth name of Terry, earned a physical therapy degree at NYU, and has maintained a physical therapy practice in Manhattan since the late 1990s.