Howie Reed
Howie Reed | |
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Dallas, Texas, U.S. | |
Died: December 7, 1984 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | (aged 47)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 13, 1958, for the Kansas City Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 17, 1971, for the Montreal Expos | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 26–29 |
Earned run average | 3.72 |
Strikeouts | 268 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Howard Dean Reed (December 21, 1936 – December 7, 1984) was an American
Early baseball career
Reed signed with the Athletics in September 1957 and made his pro debut the following year. He spent most of the
Member of 1965 world champions
Reed failed to stick with Kansas City in both
Reed won a spot on the
The following May, however, he was traded to the Dodgers'
Late career with Expos
The following season, 1969, saw four expansion teams enter the Major Leagues, two in each circuit. Houston sold Reed and two other pitchers to the fledgling Montreal Expos on April 3. Although Reed began the year back in the Pacific Coast League, he was recalled to Montreal in June and spent the next 21⁄2 seasons on the Expos' big-league roster, getting into 131 games, 115 in relief, winning 14 games and saving six more. He played one more year, 1972, in the minor leagues before retiring from baseball.
As a Major Leaguer, Reed allowed 510 hits and 208
Later life
Reed remained in
Reed began to experience heart troubles and returned to his farm in Mathis, Texas, where he raised cotton and grain, and where he died due to heart failure at age 47 in 1984.[2]
References
- ^ "Kansas City Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 1". retrosheet.org. September 27, 1958. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Blanchette, John, '"Baseball and Howie Reed Didn't Forget Each Other", The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), December 14, 1984
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League