Major League Signees
Lucadello claimed, along with many of the coaches and part-time scouts he worked with, that his success in signing players was due largely to the close relationship he built with prospects and their families while he scouted them, sometimes over a number of years. Ferguson Jenkins said, "I signed with the Phils because they had worked with me for three years...and 'cause I became real good friends with Tony Lucadello. He came down every weekend to watch me play."
In one case, Lucadello was able to sign a player who had offers of at least $100,000 from seven other teams while all Lucadello could offer from the Cubs was $4,000. Lucadello had been watching the player, Dick Drott, since he was fifteen. On the night of Drott's graduation, the earliest time he could sign a high school player, Lucadello, Drott and both of his parents were in tears about their decision when the mother said, "I don't want the money....Over my dead body is my boy going to sign with anyone but Tony."
These are the Major League players who were originally signed by Tony Lucadello (by ML debut date):
-- For the Chicago Cubs (Note: * All-Star, + Hall of Fame):
- Johnny Lucadello
- Hank Edwards
- Ed Hanyzewski
- Russ Kerns
- Bob Rush *
- Wayne Terwilliger
- Harry Chiti
- Bob Kelly
- Fred Richards
- Don Elston *
- Duke Simpson
- Jim Brosnan
- Bob Speake
- Bob Anderson
- Dick Drott
- Eddie Haas
- Gordon Massa
- Gene Fodge
- Footer Johnson
- Don Eaddy
- Ed Donnelly
- John Goetz
- Lou Johnson
--For the Philadelphia Phillies (Note: * All-Star, + Hall of Fame):
- George Williams
- John Herrnstein
- Alex Johnson * (1970 American League Batting champion)
- Grant Jackson *
- Ferguson Jenkins *+ (1971 National League Cy Young Award winner)
- Bill Sorrell
- Terry Harmon
- Clarence Jones
- Mike Marshall * (1974 National League Cy Young Award winner)
- John Upham
- Larry Hisle *
- Robert Richmond
- Steve Arlin
- Toby Harrah *
- Dave Roberts
- Mike Schmidt *+ (1980, 1981, 1986 National League Most Valuable Player)
- Larry Cox
- Jim Essian
- Tom Underwood
- Dyar Miller
- Bill Nahorodny
- Fred Andrews
- Barry Bonnell
- Todd Cruz
- Scott Munninghoff
- Len Matuszek
- Scott Service
- Mickey Morandini *
- Tom Marsh
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