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Raymond Michael Sadecki
San Francisco Giants
Pitcher
Born: December 26, 1940, Kansas City, KS
Signed: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League 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
World Series Appearances: St. Louis Cardinals 1964; New York Mets 1973
Died: November 17, 2014, Mesa, AZ (age 73)
Died: November 17, 2014, Mesa, AZ (age 73)
A 20-game winner for the World Champion Cardinals in 1964, Ray Sadecki would pitch in parts of 18 big league seasons, primarily with the Cardinals, Giants and Mets. His second season in the majors was perhaps his best as he made 31 starts in 1961, going 14-10 with a 3.72 ERA and 114 strikeouts. After helping the Cardinals reach the World Series, Sadecki pitched with the club for another season and a half before being dealt to the Giants on May 8, 1966 for Orlando Cepeda (#385). He lost 18 games for the Giants in 1968, leading the league in that category and before the 1970 season he was dealt again, this time to the Mets. Sadecki had his most consistent years with the Mets, and he was used as both a starter and a reliever. Behind Tug McGraw (#601), he was the Mets' most reliable relief pitcher in 1973 and although the Mets lost the World Series in seven games to the Athletics, Sadecki pitched well in the postseason. In four World Series games, Sadecki allowed just a run over 4 2/3 innings pitched.
Sadecki was traded back to his original team, the Cardinals, on October 13, 1974 for Joe Torre (#460). He spent the next three seasons with five different teams, wrapping up his big league career with four games for the Mets in 1977. Sadecki returned to baseball in the early 1990s as a minor league coach for the Cubs and Giants.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #161
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Giants Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
1969 Season
Sadecki pitched two shutouts in his first three starts of the 1969 season, but slumped badly in his next eight appearances, pitching to a 5.84 ERA over 37 innings pitched. Demoted to long relief, Sadecki would make a few more spot starts throughout the season, and he'd pitch one more shutout, against the expansion Expos in late August. Overall, he was 5-8 with a 4.23 ERA in 29 games, including 17 starts. On December 12th, Sadecki with traded with Dave Marshall (#464) to the Mets for Jim Gosger (#482) and Bob Heise.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1960 Topps #327
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17): 1960-1975, 1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2001 Upper Deck Legends of New York #74
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 71 in the Beckett online database as of 10/30/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 84th of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing less than a dollar.
The Card / Giants Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
The photo used here could be from the same session as the photos used for Sadecki's 1967 and 1968 Topps cards, which means it could date back to 1966, his first season with the Giants. The cartoon on the back celebrates his World Series victory in Game 1 of the 1964 series against the Yankees. Sadecki matched up against Whitey Ford, barely outlasting the future Hall of Famer. In six innings of work, he allowed four runs on eight hits, in a game ultimately won by the Cardinals, 9-5. He had one more shutout, six, in 1968 than Juan Marichal (#370), who had five. Marichal blew past Sadecki for the team lead in complete games with 30.
Accuracy Index: Sadecki scores a solid +5 for the photo not seen before.
1969 Season
Sadecki pitched two shutouts in his first three starts of the 1969 season, but slumped badly in his next eight appearances, pitching to a 5.84 ERA over 37 innings pitched. Demoted to long relief, Sadecki would make a few more spot starts throughout the season, and he'd pitch one more shutout, against the expansion Expos in late August. Overall, he was 5-8 with a 4.23 ERA in 29 games, including 17 starts. On December 12th, Sadecki with traded with Dave Marshall (#464) to the Mets for Jim Gosger (#482) and Bob Heise.
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First Mainstream Card: 1960 Topps #327
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17): 1960-1975, 1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2001 Upper Deck Legends of New York #74
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 71 in the Beckett online database as of 10/30/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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