1966 Profile: Tom Tresh

"Steadiest of all the Yankees last year was Tom Tresh, who raised his batting average 33 points to .279 and slammed 26 homers. It was Tom's best year since his rookie season of 1962 when he batted .286. A switch-hitter, Tom is the son of former major league catcher Mike Tresh. They used to pitch him high and tight, but a veteran lefty in the league says he now hits the high ball well and tries to keep it down on him. Probably no other Yankee attempts to bunt his way on more during the course of the season than Tom does."

-Jack Zanger, Major League Baseball 1966

"Tom Tresh probably would settle for a career of 1965s. Not as far as the Yankees' fortunes were concerned, but on personal accomplishment. Neither he nor the Yanks can complain about a season in which he led the club in hitting, home runs, hits, runs scored, doubles and RBIs.
An off-season student at Central Michigan University, Tom won the Longines Watch as the top Yankee rookie of 1962. He went right on to Rookie of the Year honors in the American League. He has averaged better than 150 games a year, more than 20 homers, over 150 hits and close to 80 RBIs a season. Converted to third base early this season, Tom appears as natural there as he was in left field.
Last year Tom also hit three homers in a game against the White Sox and won another game from Chicago with a spectacular game-saving catch in the tenth inning, and then hit one out in the last half of that same inning. That was Tom's top thrill to date ... but there are more coming."

-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook

Son of former major league catcher Mike Tresh.
Signed by Yankee organization, January 14, 1958.
Named Rookie of the Year in International League, 1961.
Winner of the James P. Dawson Award as the outstanding Yankee rookie in spring training, 1962.
Named American League Rookie of the Year, 1962.
Hit homers left-handed and right-handed in the same game, 1963.
Led Yankees in runs scored (91) and doubles (28), 1963.
Hit homers left-handed and right-handed in the same game, 1964.
Led Yankees in stolen bases- 13 steals in 13 attempts, 1964.
Hit three home runs in one game against White Sox, June 6, 1965 (second game).
Hit homers left-handed and right-handed in the same game, 1965.
Led Yankees in runs (94), hits (168), doubles (29), home runs (26), RBIs (74) and hitting (.279), 1965.
Attends Central Michigan University during off-season.

-1966 New York Yankees Press-TV-Radio Guide