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b. July 21, 1935 · Chicago Cubs 1956–1960, Milwaukee Braves 1961, Cincinnati Reds 1962, Kansas City Athletics 1962–1965, Baltimore Orioles 1966–1968, 1970, Kansas City Royals 1969–1970, St. Louis Cardinals 1971–1972, Chicago White Sox 1972

In the first game of the 1966 World Series he came in for the third inning with Baltimore leading and struck out eleven Dodgers over six and two-thirds innings, which is still the record for a relief pitcher in a World Series game. Los Angeles did not score again in the Series; the Orioles swept it.

He was the game's most committed practical joker: he called opposing bullpens on the phone in a false voice and had pitchers warming up for no reason, put goldfish in water coolers, and set off smoke bombs. Every account of the 1966 and 1970 Orioles includes him.

Seventeen seasons gave him 88 wins against 105, 55 saves and a 3.71 earned run average across 1,641 innings. He was born in Poland and came to the United States at three. He died of multiple myeloma in 2006, at seventy.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1956	CHC	9	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	.250
1957	CHC	36	82	3	15	2	1	10	6	32	.183
1958	CHC	22	45	3	7	1	0	3	0	11	.156
1959	CHC	31	45	2	5	1	0	2	2	20	.111
1960	CHC	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1961	MLN	16	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.250
1962	CIN/KCA	33	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	16	.043
1963	KCA	26	62	4	10	3	2	8	0	21	.161
1964	KCA	54	43	2	1	0	0	0	1	23	.023
1965	KCA	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.091
1966	BAL	44	22	3	8	2	0	4	1	6	.364
1967	BAL	43	20	3	7	0	0	1	1	3	.350
1968	BAL	45	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	.286
1969	KCR	52	17	2	4	1	0	0	0	6	.235
1970	BAL/KCR	45	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.111
1971	STL	51	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167
1972	CHW/STL	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	591	420	24	68	10	3	29	13	160	.162

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1956	CHC	2	4	9	7	0	51.0	37	14	39	36	2.47
1957	CHC	13	15	36	33	0	239.2	214	94	94	170	3.53
1958	CHC	9	11	22	20	0	125.2	118	63	73	77	4.51
1959	CHC	5	10	31	23	0	141.2	138	65	75	70	4.13
1960	CHC	3	1	32	7	1	50.1	71	36	23	26	6.44
1961	MLN	0	2	16	0	2	25.1	26	13	18	5	4.62
1962	CIN/KCA	3	7	33	13	1	111.0	113	62	41	75	5.03
1963	KCA	7	13	26	22	0	174.1	135	59	64	109	3.05
1964	KCA	5	13	53	21	1	168.1	176	99	72	119	5.29
1965	KCA	1	5	14	5	0	38.2	44	19	18	25	4.42
1966	BAL	6	0	44	3	7	96.0	62	30	29	98	2.81
1967	BAL	7	5	43	0	12	95.1	66	17	25	96	1.60
1968	BAL	4	4	45	0	7	61.1	35	13	25	46	1.91
1969	KCR	11	9	52	0	11	98.0	68	32	30	76	2.94
1970	BAL/KCR	5	4	45	0	3	69.0	58	27	27	59	3.52
1971	STL	6	1	51	0	8	60.1	45	23	33	49	3.43
1972	CHW/STL	1	1	37	0	2	35.0	35	10	16	26	2.57
Career	—	88	105	589	154	55	1641.0	1441	676	702	1162	3.71

On this day & linked events

1935

Born July 21, 1935

Ozanna, Lwów, Poland

2006

Died June 10, 2006

1956

Major-league debut: Moe Drabowsky

Moe Drabowsky made a major-league debut on August 7, 1956.

1972

Final major-league game: Moe Drabowsky

Moe Drabowsky played a final major-league game on September 19, 1972.

Image: Best Cards, public domain