* Washington held out for a no-cut contract and got it. ($40,000 for the season; this, of course, was a year before Andy Messersmith would pitch without a contract and get himself ruled a free agent after the season, ending the reserve era.)
* Because his face was too fine to grow a full mustache, Washington penciled in a believable one with an eyebrow pencil to collect Charlie Finley's once-fabled mustache bonus.
* Washington was 1-for-5 in his first five stolen base attempts.
* Milwaukee first baseman George Scott almost fooled him with the hidden ball trick, telling Washington he needed to step off the pad so Scott could clean the pad---but Washington saw the ball in Scott's mitt and wasn't fooled, for once.
* Near season's end, manager Alvin Dark offered Washington his first chance to pinch-hit---against Nolan Ryan. (Washington demurred, saying he hadn't hit all year and it was foolish to start now. What he probably wanted to say: Are you nuts?!?)
* With the A's down a run in the ninth in Game Two of the 1974 World Series, Washington was sent out to pinch run . .. and was picked off. (It was the A's only loss in that Series; Washington didn't show up in any of the other games.)
* Washington was cut in May 1974 after thirteen games with only two thefts. Said A's captain Sal Bando when Washington was cut: "I'd feel sorry for him---if he was a player."
* There was a happy postscript: Washington eventually became a successful McDonald's franchiser, and has worked for the Federal Reserve Bank in New York (including a stint as its director), while marrying and raising two children; his son, Terrell, is now the general manager for Washington's franchising concern.