A native of Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands, Hendricks was a superior defensive catcher and a very fine handler of pitchers on a usually strong Baltimore Orioles rotation that included Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Dave McNally, Jim Palmer and Tom Phoebus.
Although Tom couldn't hit for average, he hit his two major league home runs against all-stars Jim Coates (1967) and Jim Kaat (1968).
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Phoebus began his career with Baltimore pitching shutouts in his first two starts, on September 15 and 20, 1966, against the Angels and Kansas City.
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Phoebus won a career-high 15 games in that season, and 14 in 1969, including the American League clincher over Cleveland.
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