Don Cardwell
| Don Cardwell | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 7, 1935 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | |
| Died: January 14, 2008 (aged 72) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 21, 1957, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 27, 1970, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 102–138 |
| Earned run average | 3.92 |
| Strikeouts | 1,211 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Donald Eugene Cardwell (December 7, 1935 – January 14, 2008) was an American
Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Cardwell signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1954.
Major League career
Philadelphia Phillies
Cardwell began playing in the major leagues when he made his debut for the Phillies in 1957. He struggled during his three seasons with the team, winning 16 games while losing 24 as a spot starter.
Chicago Cubs (no-hitter)
Cardwell was traded to the Cubs on May 13, 1960, for
Cardwell's best major league season was for the Cubs in 1961, winning a career-high 15 games with a career-high 156 strikeouts.
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardwell slumped to 7–16 in 1962. On October 12, he was traded with George Altman to the St. Louis Cardinals. However, his stay ended before he even pitched a game for the St. Louis team. A month later, the Cardinals traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a deal that sent former National League MVP Dick Groat to the Redbirds.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cardwell won 13 games for the Pirates in 1963 while posting a career-best 3.07 earned run average. He was sidelined most of the 1964 season with shoulder trouble.[1] In the 1965 season, he rebounded to win 13 more games. In December 1966, he was traded with Pirates outfielder Don Bosch to the New York Mets for pitcher Dennis Ribant and utilityman Gary Kolb.[2]
New York Mets
Pitching mostly as a spot starter, Cardwell went 12–22 in his first two seasons with the Mets. In the 1969 season, he went 8–10 in a rotation with pitchers Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Nolan Ryan and Gary Gentry, helping them win the World Series. In late July of that year, he had a 3–9 record, then won five straight, including a 1–0 shutout in the second game of a September 12 doubleheader against the Pirates (in the first game, Koosman had also blanked the Pirates 1–0; both pitchers drove in the only run in their respective games). This victory, the ninth of a ten-game winning streak for the Mets, came two days after the Mets had taken over first place for good in the National League East (in 1969 the two leagues had been split into two divisions) by leapfrogging past the Chicago Cubs, who had been in first place for much of the season before stumbling down the stretch.
Atlanta Braves
Cardwell was sold to the
Death
Cardwell died on January 14, 2008, of
See also
- List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders
- List of Major League Baseball all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers
References
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ Goldstein, Richard. Don Cardwell, 72, Pitcher for 1969 Mets, Is Dead. The New York Times. January 16, 2008.
- ^ "Obituary information for Donald Eugene Cardwell". www.salemfh.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Don Cardwell at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Don Cardwell at Baseball Almanac
- Don Cardwell at Baseballbiography.com
- Don Cardwell at Ultimate Mets Database
- Box score of Cardwell's no-hitter
- Don Cardwell Archived 2019-11-23 at the Wayback Machine at Deadball Era
- Don Cardwell at Find a Grave
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