Ray Sadecki
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Sadecki in 1975
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: December 26, 1940 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
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Died: November 17, 2014 (aged 73) Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 19, 1960, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
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| April 23, 1977, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 135–131 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.78 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,614 | ||
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Raymond Michael "Ray" Sadecki (December 26, 1940 – November 17, 2014) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. A left-hander, Sadecki pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1960–66, 1975), San Francisco Giants (1966–69), New York Mets (1970–74, 1977), Atlanta Braves (1975), Kansas City Royals (1975–76) and Milwaukee Brewers (1976).
A “bonus baby,” Sadecki won Cardinal Rookie of the Year honors after posting a 9–9 record as a 19-year-old in 1960. He became a full-time starter in 1961, posting a 14–10 record. However, he exhibited periods of wildness during his first two seasons, walking 86 batters in his rookie season (in 157 1⁄3 innings pitched) and 102 in 1961.
Sadecki’s best season was 1964; he posted a 20–11 record and, along with Bob Gibson and Curt Simmons, helped pitch the Cardinals to the National League pennant, their first since 1946, with the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds finishing tied for second, one game behind the Redbirds. The Phillies had held a 6 1⁄2-game lead over the Reds and Cardinals on September 20 with 12 games to play, only to squander the pennant by losing ten consecutive games, while the Cardinals and Reds recorded winning streaks of eight and nine games respectively. Sadecki won his 20th game on September 29 against the Phillies for Philadelphia’s ninth consecutive loss and St. Louis’ seventh consecutive win. The win also pulled the Cardinals even with the Reds who, after taking over first place on September 27, had their nine-game winning streak snapped by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bob Friend’s 2–0 shutout earlier in the day. The next day, the Cardinals took over first place by defeating the Phillies while the Reds were again shut out by the Pirates.
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