Born:(1940-12-26)December 26, 1940 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Died: November 17, 2014(2014-11-17) (aged 73) Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 19, 1960, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
April 23, 1977, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
135–131
Earned run average
3.78
Strikeouts
1,614
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1966)
San Francisco Giants (1966–1969)
New York Mets (1970–1974)
St. Louis Cardinals (1975)
Atlanta Braves (1975)
Kansas City Royals (1975–1976)
Milwaukee Brewers (1976)
New York Mets (1977)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1964)
Raymond Michael Sadecki (December 26, 1940 – November 17, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best remembered as the left-handed complement to Bob Gibson, who in 1964, won 20 games to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to their first World Series title in eighteen years. He was notable for throwing the palmball.
years. He was notable for throwing the palmball. Ray was born to Frank and Josephine Koska Sadecki in Polish Hill (Kansas City, Kansas). By the time...
Jon Matlack got the win by pitching eight innings of three-hit ball. RaySadecki pitched the ninth and got the save. Andrews entered the game as a pinch-hitter...
in the count against Whitey Ford, and this strategy also paid off, as RaySadecki, Carl Warwick, and Mike Shannon all drove in runs on the first or second...
Orlando Cepeda was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki. June 10, 1966: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Giants by the New York...
staff. He was joined by Art Mahaffey in 1960, Dennis Bennett in 1962 and Ray Culp in 1963 as starters. The bullpen had Ed Roebuck, who was purchased from...
McAndrew 45 Tug McGraw 30 Bob Miller 39 Tommy Moore 31 Harry Parker 33 RaySadecki 41 Tom Seaver 40 George Stone 39 John Strohmayer 27 Craig Swan 22 Hank...
respectively, while in a pitching rotation that included Bob Gibson and RaySadecki. In 1964, he appeared in the World Series against the New York Yankees...
strikeout over two hundred batters. His 207th strikeout of the season broke RaySadecki's mark, setting a new San Francisco Giants single-season strikeout record...
Cepeda was informed that he had been traded to the Cardinals for pitcher RaySadecki. The Giants were playing a series against the Cardinals in St. Louis...
runs to Phil Linz and Clete Boyer, making the score 7–5 Cardinals. With RaySadecki and Barney Schultz warming up in the Cardinal bullpen, Gibson retired...
traded first baseman Joe Torre to the New York Mets for Tommy Moore and RaySadecki to make room for their budding young prospect. Hernandez ended up splitting...
Angeles Dodgers for Ron Hunt and Nate Oliver. Jesús Alou Jim Davenport Jim Ray Hart Jack Hiatt Ron Hunt Hal Lanier Juan Marichal Willie Mays Willie McCovey...
Matlack 43 Jim McAndrew 45 Tug McGraw 39 Tommy Moore 44 Bob Rauch 33 RaySadecki 41 Tom Seaver 40 Brent Strom 42 Chuck Taylor 22 Hank Webb Catchers 10...
the Cardinals traded the 34-year-old Torre to the New York Mets for RaySadecki and Tommy Moore on October 13, 1974. With the Mets in 1975, Torre became...
inning off pitcher Claude Osteen. Bobby Bonds Dick Dietz Bobby Etheridge Jim Ray Hart Ron Hunt Hal Lanier Juan Marichal Willie Mays Willie McCovey August...
Famer Juan Marichal of the Giants. Jesús Alou Jim Davenport Tom Haller Jim Ray Hart Ken Henderson Hal Lanier Juan Marichal Willie Mays Willie McCovey June...
National League and were the second-worst total in San Francisco history (RaySadecki lost 18 games in 1968). The 2009 season seemed to mark a rebound in Zito's...
League MVP Joe Torre from the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommy Moore and RaySadecki. In 1975, Garrett batted .266 platooning with Torre at third. For 1976...
Anchorage, Alaska, the latter for Jerry Koosman. Two nonparticipants were RaySadecki and Duffy Dyer who were both traded, the former to the St. Louis Cardinals...
traded along with Bob Heise from the Mets to the San Francisco Giants for RaySadecki and Dave Marshall on December 12, 1969. In June 2019, the Mets accidentally...