John Tudor wanted to be a hockey player - A Hunt and Peck

For a little over four seasons John Tudor was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. During that time he accumulated 13.1 fWAR, 6.4 of that coming in 1985. That year Tudor sported a 1.93 ERA with a 2.71 FIP in 275 innings pitched. A pretty good year, it was.

But what if that never happened?

According to Tudor in an interview with Goal Magazine from 1988, if he had the skills, he would have played hockey.

H/T to STL Blues History

Interview w/ John Tudor Goal Magazine Feb 1988.

"If I had equal skills to do either sport, I probably would have been a hockey player"

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— STL Blues History (@STLBlueshistory) August 17, 2017

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