...an All Star reliever in 1980, and a left hander to boot... averaged nearly an inning and 2/3 that year while saving 24 games, making him both the closer and the set up man
... 4 times that year pitched four or more innings
... on April 20, 1980, relieved Dick Drage in the 7th with the bases loaded and a tie game and only one out against a hard hitting Texas team and got out of the jam, and pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings that game before Yaz singled home Burleson in the 11th.
... no checking a pitch count with this reliever!
THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 16
