Gerry Janeski
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Gerald Joseph Janeski (born April 18, 1946) is an American former
, he was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 205 pounds (93 kg).Baseball career
After graduating from La Salle College Preparatory in Pasadena, Janeski signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox before the 1965 season, just before implementation of the Major League Baseball draft. He spent five years in the Bosox' farm system, rising to Triple-A, where he won 15 games (with 14 complete games) in 1969 as a member of the Louisville Colonels. That December, the parent Red Sox acquired left-handed starting pitcher Gary Peters, a former two-time All-Star, from the White Sox in a four-player trade, and later added Janeski to the deal as compensation on March 9, 1970.
The trade set the stage for Janeski's three-season
He began
Over his three full or partial major-league seasons, Janeski compiled an 11–23 record in 62 games and 46 starting assignments, with four complete games, one shutout (against Oakland in the second appearance of his rookie campaign), one save, and a 4.73 earned run average. In 280 innings pitched, he allowed 330 hits and 104 bases on balls, with 105 strikeouts.
Nicknamed "The Wheat Germ Kid" while pitching for Chicago, he later became a successful real estate agent.[4]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)