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Raymond Michael Sadecki
St. Louis Cardinals
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
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 (#360). 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 (#533), 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 (#200). 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.
Building the Set
June 5, 2021 from Tomball, TX - Card #302
To celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer, I took advantage of a 15% Memorial Day Weekend sale hosted by one of my favorite dealers, The Battersbox, from Tomball, Texas. With the second series now complete, I spent an enjoyable hour or so over the long (and rainy) holiday weekend picking 20 commons from the third series to add to our set. The package of cards arrived on June 5th and in total, the lot cost me a little more than $63. This Sadecki card was one of the more expensive cards in the lot at $4.25.
The Card / Cardinals Team Set
This is Sadecki's second appearance in the set, as he also appeared on the N.L. Pitching Leaders card (#10) having finished third in the league in wins in 1964 with 20. On the back of the card, his World Series win over the Yankees is highlighted. Sadecki started Game 1, giving up four runs on eight hits over six innings of work. He started Game 4 as well, but only recorded one out before manager Johnny Keane (#131) pulled him in favor of Roger Craig (#411).
1965 Season
The Cardinals and Sadecki came back down to Earth after their World Series victory. Sadecki appeared in 36 games (28 starts) and went 6-15 with a 5.21 ERA, after starting the season with an 0-4 record and a 8.20 ERA. New Cardinals manager Red Schoendienst (#556) couldn't quite figure out how or when to use Sadecki and he spent much of the season shifting between a starting role and a relief role.
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
70 - Sadecki non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/13/21.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
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| June 15, 2021 - The high school kid and me |
June 5, 2021 from Tomball, TX - Card #302
To celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer, I took advantage of a 15% Memorial Day Weekend sale hosted by one of my favorite dealers, The Battersbox, from Tomball, Texas. With the second series now complete, I spent an enjoyable hour or so over the long (and rainy) holiday weekend picking 20 commons from the third series to add to our set. The package of cards arrived on June 5th and in total, the lot cost me a little more than $63. This Sadecki card was one of the more expensive cards in the lot at $4.25.
Ten days after these cards arrived, we were celebrating our oldest son Doug's promotion from the middle school to the high school.
The Card / Cardinals Team Set
This is Sadecki's second appearance in the set, as he also appeared on the N.L. Pitching Leaders card (#10) having finished third in the league in wins in 1964 with 20. On the back of the card, his World Series win over the Yankees is highlighted. Sadecki started Game 1, giving up four runs on eight hits over six innings of work. He started Game 4 as well, but only recorded one out before manager Johnny Keane (#131) pulled him in favor of Roger Craig (#411).
1965 Season
The Cardinals and Sadecki came back down to Earth after their World Series victory. Sadecki appeared in 36 games (28 starts) and went 6-15 with a 5.21 ERA, after starting the season with an 0-4 record and a 8.20 ERA. New Cardinals manager Red Schoendienst (#556) couldn't quite figure out how or when to use Sadecki and he spent much of the season shifting between a starting role and a relief role.
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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
70 - Sadecki non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/13/21.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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