OK enough negativity for today….let’s remember our old friend Craig Swan.
You remember Swannie? Â He was the guy that shared a baseball card with Ron Guidry (ERA leaders) that have you half a leg to stand on with your Yankee friends when you were in grammar school. Â Sure, the Yankees were winning the World Series, but we had the “best” pitcher in the NL, right?
Swan pitched for all or parts of 12 seasons in the majors from his debut for the Mets in 1973 to his final outing with the Angels in 1984. All but two of his 231 games in the big leagues were with the Mets and he was known as one of the few bright spots on the awful Met teams of the late ’70s. He won the National League ERA title in 1978 (2.43) and was 14-13 with a 3.29 ERA, 10 complete games and three shutouts for a team that finished 35 games out in 1979. Overall, he finished 59-72 with a 3.74 ERA.
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