Players who played for the Brewers and Blue Jays | Immaculate Grid Answers for Grid 121 August 1, 2023

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To fill out today’s grid, you need to choose a player who played for both the Brewers and Blue Jays. There were 105 players who played with both Toronto and Milwaukee. Here are some examples:

Paul Molitor

Paul Molitor played twenty-one years in the major leagues, getting over 3,000 hits and achieving a number of other standards typically associated with the Hall of Fame. He is ninth on the all-time list for hits, eleventh for doubles, eighteenth for runs scored and thirty-sixth for stolen bases. Although he never won the MVP Award, he was second in 1993.

Molitor was on Team USA that won the 1975 Intercontinental Cup. He drove in four against Puerto Rico. In the finale, he drew a first-inning walk from Tomoyasu Hagino, stole second and came home on a Ron Hassey double to start a 8-0 US rout of Japan.

Charlie Moore

Charlie Moore played fifteen years in the majors, all but one with the Milwaukee Brewers. He was slightly built for a catcher (5′ 11″, 180 pounds), but this physical build gave him great versatility as a ballplayer. He was as good an outfielder as he was a catcher, and an athletic baserunner also (he finished his career with more triples (43) than home runs (36)).

The son of minor league pitcher Charlie Moore Sr., Moore saw the majority of his playing time behind the plate early in his career. In 1982, one year after the Brewers acquired catcher Ted Simmons, he was moved to right field where he appeared in 115 games. Despite hitting just .254 during the regular season that year, he hit .462 in the ALCS against the California Angels and batted .346 in the World Series versus the St. Louis Cardinals. He was the Brewers’ regular right fielder in 1983 as well, then returned to catching.

Mike Matheny

Mike Matheny was a poor-hitting catcher who was outstanding defensively, however. He won four Gold Gloves during his career. He went a full season without committing an error in 2003. He retired from playing when his doctor refused to give him medical clearance following a concussion that made him miss the last four months of 2006. He became a minor league instructor in the St. Louis Cardinals organization and on November 13, 2011, was named to replace Tony LaRussa as the club’s manager in 2012. He defeated five other finalists for the job, but was given huge shoes to fill, given LaRussa’s tremendous managerial record, capped by a World Series title two weeks earlier.

Marco Estrada

Marco Estrada was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 6th round of the 2005 amateur draft. He was signed by scouts Brian Hunter and Brian Parker and made his pro debut that summer.

Estrada made his major league debut by pitching two scoreless innings for the Nationals against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 20, 2008. He had no decisions and a 7.82 ERA in 11 games that season, then went 0-1, 6.14 for Washington in 2009, then was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers as spring training was starting in 2010.

Shaun Marcum

Shaun Marcum was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft. He was signed by scout Ty Nichols and made his pro debut that summer.

Marcum missed all of the 2009 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in September 2008. He had established himself as a top starter in his second full season for the Toronto Blue Jays, with a 3.29 ERA in 25 starts in 2008. He came back to be the Jays’ opening day starter in 2010, taking a no-hitter into the 7th inning before giving up a walk, a hit to Vladimir Guerrero and a three-run game-tying homer to Nelson Cruz. He ended up with a no-decision.

All 105 Players

You can see all 105 players who played with both Toronto and Milwaukee on Baseball Reference. Good luck with your grid!

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