Frederick Lealand Talbot (June 28, 1941 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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), is an American

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 former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

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. He pitched from 1963-1970 for the New York Yankees

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, Kansas City Athletics, Seattle Pilots

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, Chicago White Sox

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, and the Oakland Athletics

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Talbot is one of the more memorable Pilots in Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton

James Alan "Jim" Bouton is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. He is also the author of the controversial baseball book Ball Four, which was a combination diary of his season and memoir of his years with the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, and Houston Astros.-Amateur and college...

's book Ball Four

Ball Four

Ball Four is a book written by former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton in . The book is a diary of Bouton's 1969 season, spent with the Seattle Pilots and then the Houston Astros following a late-season trade. In it Bouton also recounts much of his baseball career, spent mainly with the...

. Bouton had a somewhat antagonistic relationship with Talbot dating back to their days as Yankee teammates, but Talbot's near-constant stream of funny stories and put-downs leads Bouton to admit, "Talbot is in rare form these days." Talbot would go on to be traded to Oakland only five days after Bouton was traded to the Houston Astros

Houston Astros

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