1973 Major League Baseball draft
Other notable Selections
Table:
Round

Pick

Player

Team

Position

2

41

Fred Lynn

Boston Red Sox

Outfielder

3

49

Len Barker

Texas Rangers

Pitcher

3

57

Ruppert Jones

Kansas City Royals

Outfielder

3

63

Eddie Murray

Baltimore Orioles

Catcher-First Baseman

3

71

Floyd Bannister*

Oakland Athletics

Pitcher

3

72

Mitchell Page

Pittsburgh Pirates

Outfielder

5

109

LaMarr Hoyt

New York Yankees

Pitcher

7

159

Mike Flanagan

Baltimore Orioles

Pitcher

7

167

Matt Keough

Oakland Athletics

Third Baseman-Pitcher

8

170

Randy Lerch

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitcher

8

184

Mike Krukow

Chicago Cubs

Pitcher

8

185

Butch Hobson

Boston Red Sox

Third Baseman

8

188

Ken Landreaux*

Houston Astros

Outfielder

9

210

Bob Stanley*

Los Angeles Dodgers

Pitcher

13

294

Jack Clark

San Francisco Giants

Pitcher-Outfielder

17

404

Joe Sambito

Houston Astros

Pitcher

23

527

Jeff Reardon*

Montreal Expos

Pitcher

Leveraging the following table as well as the context paragraphs provided at the end.

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Fredric Michael Lynn ( born February 3 , 1952 ) is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1974 through 1990 as a center fielder with the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres . He was the first player to win MLB 's Rookie of the Year Award and Most Valuable Player Award in the same year , which he accomplished in 1975 with the Red Sox . Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002 and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
Leonard Harold Barker III ( born July 7 , 1955 ) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher . He pitched the tenth perfect game in baseball history . Barker pitched for the Texas Rangers ( 1976-78 ) , Cleveland Indians ( 1979-83 ) , Atlanta Braves ( 1983-85 ) and Milwaukee Brewers ( 1987 ) . During an 11-year baseball career , Barker compiled 74 wins , 975 strikeouts , and a 4.34 earned run average .
The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington , Texas , located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . In 2020 , they will move to the new Globe Life Field after having played at Globe Life Park in Arlington from 1994 to 2019 . The team 's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name . The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators , an expansion team awarded to Washington , D.C. , after the city 's first AL ballclub , the second Washington Senators , moved to Minnesota and became the Twins ( the original Washington Senators played primarily in the National League during the 1890s ) . After the 1971 season , the new Senators moved to Arlington , and debuted as the Rangers the following spring . The Rangers have made eight appearances in the MLB postseason , seven following division championships in 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2010 , 2011 , 2015 , and 2016 and as a wild card team in 2012 . In 2010 , the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time , defeating the Tampa Bay Rays . The team then brought home their first American League pennant after beating the New York Yankees in six games . In the 2010 World Series , the franchise 's first , the Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants in five games . They repeated as American League champions the following year , then lost the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games .
Ruppert Sanderson Jones ( born March 12 , 1955 ) is a former Major League Baseball center fielder . He was the first player selected in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft by the Seattle Mariners .
The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City , Missouri . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member team of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1969 , and has participated in four World Series , winning in 1985 and 2015 , and losing in 1980 and 2014 . The name Royals pays homage to the American Royal , a livestock show , horse show , rodeo , and championship barbeque competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899 as well as the identical names of two former negro league baseball teams that played in the first half of the 20th century ( one a semi-pro team based in Kansas City in the 1910s and 1920s that toured the Midwest and a California Winter League team based in Los Angeles in the 1940s that was managed by Chet Brewer and included Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson on its roster ) . The Los Angeles team had personnel connections to the Monarchs but could not use the Monarchs name . The name also fits into something of a theme for other professional sports franchises in the city , including the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL , the former Kansas City Kings of the NBA , and the former Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League . In 1968 , the team held a name-the-team contest that received more than 17,000 entries . Sanford Porte , a bridge engineer from the suburb of Overland Park , Kansas was named the winner for his Royals entry . His reason had nothing to do with royalty . Kansas Citys new baseball team should be called the Royals because of Missouris billion-dollar livestock income , Kansas Citys position as the nations leading stocker and feeder market and the nationally known American Royal parade and pageant , Porte wrote . The team 's board voted 6-1 on the name , with the only opposition coming from team owner Ewing Kauffman , who eventually changed his vote and said the name had grown on him . Entering the American League in 1969 along with the Seattle Pilots , the club was founded by Kansas City businessman Ewing Kauffman .
Eddie Clarence Murray ( born February 24 , 1956 ) , nicknamed Steady Eddie , is a former Major League Baseball ( MLB ) first baseman and designated hitter . Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles , he ranks fourth in team history in both games played and hits . Though Murray never won a Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) Award , he finished in the top ten in MVP voting several times . After his playing career , Murray coached for the Orioles , Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 . In the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract ( 2001 ) , Murray is described as the fifth-best first baseman in major league history . He was 77th on the list of the Baseball 's 100 Greatest Players by The Sporting News ( 1998 ) .
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore , Maryland . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . As one of the American League 's eight charter teams in 1901 , this particular franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis , Missouri , to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902 . After 52 years in St. Louis , the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro , Jr . The team 's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos . The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland ; it had also been used by several previous major and minor league baseball clubs in Baltimore , including another AL charter member franchise also named the Baltimore Orioles , which moved north in 1903 to eventually become the New York Yankees . Nicknames for the team include the O 's and the Birds . The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983 , when they made six World Series appearances , winning three of them ( 1966 , 1970 , 1983 ) . This era of the club featured several future Hall of Famers who would later be inducted representing the Orioles , such as third baseman Brooks Robinson , outfielder Frank Robinson , starting pitcher Jim Palmer , first baseman Eddie Murray , shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. , and manager Earl Weaver . The Orioles have won a total of nine division championships ( 1969-1971 , 1973-1974 , 1979 , 1983 , 1997 , 2014 ) , six pennants ( 1966 , 1969-1971 , 1979 , 1983 ) , and three wild card berths ( 1996 , 2012 , 2016 ) . Since moving to Baltimore in 1954 , the franchise has a win-loss record of 5306-5174 ( with a winning percentage of .506 ) as of the end of the 2019 season . After suffering a stretch of 14 straight losing seasons from 1998 to 2011 , the team qualified for the postseason three times under manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette , including a division title and advancement to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 17 years in 2014 .
Floyd Franklin Bannister ( born June 10 , 1955 ) is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher , who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Houston Astros ( 1977-1978 ) , Seattle Mariners ( 1979-1982 ) , Chicago White Sox ( 1983-1987 ) , Kansas City Royals ( 1988-1989 ) , California Angels ( 1991 ) , and Texas Rangers ( 1992 ) . Bannister also played for the Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) , in 1990 .
The Oakland Athletics , often referred to as the A 's , are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . The team plays its home games at the Oakland Coliseum . They have won nine World Series championships . One of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the team was founded in Philadelphia in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics . They won three World Series championships from 1910 to 1913 and back-to-back titles in 1929 and 1930 . The team 's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender , Frank Home Run Baker , Jimmie Foxx , and Lefty Grove . The team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics before moving to Oakland in 1968 . They won three consecutive World Championships between 1972 and 1974 , led by players including Vida Blue , Catfish Hunter , Reggie Jackson , ace reliever Rollie Fingers , and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley . After being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas Jr. , the team won three consecutive pennants and the 1989 World Series behind the Bash Brothers , Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire , as well as Hall of Famers Dennis Eckersley , Rickey Henderson and manager Tony La Russa . From 1901 to 2019 , the Athletics ' overall win-loss record is 9,028-9,452 ( .489 ) .
Mitchell Otis Page ( October 15 , 1951 - March 12 , 2011 ) was a Major League Baseball player . He finished second to Hall of Famer Eddie Murray in American League Rookie of the Year balloting when he came up with the Oakland Athletics in 1977 . Page played the role of the California Angels first baseman , Abascal , in the 1994 Disney movie Angels in the Outfield .
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Founded in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Allegheny , the franchise has won five World Series championships . The Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos ( derived from buccaneer , a synonym for pirate ) . The team plays its home games at PNC Park , its home since 2001 . The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909-1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium , so named because of its location near the confluence of the Allegheny , Monongahela , and Ohio rivers , from 1970-2000 . The franchise joined the NL in its eighth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years , winning three NL titles from 1901 to 1903 , playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner . The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history , most famously winning the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees on a series-winning walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski , the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run . They also won the 1971 World Series , led by the talent of Roberto Clemente , and the 1979 World Series under the slogan We Are Family , led by Pops Willie Stargell . After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( winning three straight NL East Division titles ) , the Pirates struggled mightily over the following 20 years , with 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993 to 2012 - the longest such streak in American professional sports history - before posting a winning record in 2013 of 94-68 , qualifying them for the NL Wild Card . They advanced to the NL Division Series round , where they lost in 5 games to the St. Louis Cardinals . The Pirates made the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015 , losing in the Wild Card Game both times .
Dewey LaMarr Hoyt , Jr. ( born January 1 , 1955 , in Columbia , South Carolina ) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who won the 1983 American League Cy Young Award .
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City , the other being the National League 's ( NL ) New York Mets . The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles ( no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles ) . In 1903 , Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City , renaming the club the New York Highlanders . The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913 . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises , an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner , who purchased the team in 1973 . Brian Cashman is the team 's general manager , and Aaron Boone is the team 's field manager . The team 's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008 . In 1974 and 1975 , the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets , in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants . In 2009 , they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility , which was closed and demolished . The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance .
Michael Kendall Flanagan ( December 16 , 1951 - August 24 , 2011 ) was an American left-handed pitcher , front office executive , and color commentator . With the exception of four years with the Toronto Blue Jays ( 1987-90 ) , he was with the Baltimore Orioles for his entire career in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . Flanagan was a starting pitcher for the Orioles from 1975 through 1987 . He was named to the American League ( AL ) All-Star Team once in 1978 . The following year , the first of two times he would play on an AL pennant winner , his 23 victories led the circuit and earned him the league 's Cy Young Award . He was a member of the Orioles ' World Series Championship team in 1983 . He returned to Baltimore to close out his playing career as a reliever in 1991 and 1992 . During this second tour , he contributed to the most recent no-hitter thrown by the club . He was also the last Orioles pitcher to appear in a major-league contest at Memorial Stadium . In an 18-season career , Flanagan posted a 167-143 record with 1,491 strikeouts and a 3.90 ERA in 2,770 innings pitched . He served in three different positions with the Orioles after his retirement as an active player . He was the pitching coach in 1995 and 1998 and the executive vice president of baseball operations from 2006 through 2008 .
Matthew Lon Keough /ˈkiːoʊ/ ( born July 3 , 1955 ) is an American former professional baseball player . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a right-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics ( 1977-1983 ) , New York Yankees ( 1983-1984 ) , St. Louis Cardinals ( 1985 ) , Chicago Cubs ( 1986 ) and Houston Astros ( 1986 ) from 1977 through 1986 . Keough batted and threw right-handed . He was drafted by the Oakland A 's out of Corona del Mar High School in 1973 .
Randy Louis Lerch ( born October 9 , 1954 ) , is an American former professional baseball pitcher , who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Philadelphia Phillies , Milwaukee Brewers , Montreal Expos , and San Francisco Giants , from 1975 to 1986 .
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team 's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . The Phillies are the oldest , continuous , one-name , one-city franchise in American professional sports . The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ) and seven National League pennants , the first of which came in 1915 . Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903 , the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons ( and 97 seasons from the club 's establishment ) before they won their first World Series - longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century . They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball . The Phillies have won 11 division titles , including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 ; these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League . The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883 , replacing the team from Worcester , Massachusetts , in the National League . The team has played at several stadiums in the city , beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park , which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium , and now Citizens Bank Park . The team 's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater , Florida , where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Spectrum Field . Other Class-A affiliates are the Lakewood BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood , New Jersey , and the Williamsport Crosscutters , who play in Williamsport , Pennsylvania .
Michael Edward Krukow ( born January 21 , 1952 ) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher , who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies , and San Francisco Giants . He is currently a television color commentator for the Giants .
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field , located on the city 's North Side . The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago ; the other , the Chicago White Sox , is a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The Cubs , first known as the White Stockings , were a founding member of the NL in 1876 , becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903 . The Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series . The 1906 Cubs won 116 games , finishing 116-36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763 , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ( The Hitless Wonders ) by four games to two . The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908 , becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series , and the first to win it twice . Most recently , the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series , which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought , both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball . The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports . Since the start of divisional play in 1969 , the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season . The Cubs are known as the North Siders , a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago , and in contrast to the White Sox , whose home field ( Guaranteed Rate Field ) is located on the South Side .
Clell Lavern Butch Hobson Jr. ( born August 17 , 1951 ) is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He is the current manager of the Chicago Dogs , a team in the independent American Association of Independent Professional Baseball . Hobson played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox , California Angels , New York Yankees . Listed at 6 feet 1 inch ( 1.85 m ) and 193 pounds ( 88 kg ) , he batted and threw right-handed . Since retiring as an active player , he has managed several Minor League Baseball teams , and served as manager of the Boston Red Sox during 1992-1994 .
Kenneth Francis Landreaux ( born December 22 , 1954 ) is an American former professional baseball center fielder . He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels , Minnesota Twins , and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1977 through 1987 .
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston , Texas . The Astros compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division , having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League ( NL ) . The Astros were established as the Houston Colt .45s and entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962 along with the New York Mets . The current name , reflecting Houston 's role as the host of the Johnson Space Center , was adopted three years later , when they moved into the Astrodome , the first domed sports stadium and the so-called eighth wonder of the world . The Astros moved to a new stadium called Minute Maid Park in 2000 . The Astros played in the NL West division from 1969 to 1993 , then the NL Central division from 1994 to 2012 , before being moved to the AL West as part of a minor realignment in 2013 . The Astros posted their first winning record in 1972 and made the playoffs for the first time in 1980 . The team made its first World Series appearance in 2005 as an NL team , only to be swept by the Chicago White Sox . The team embraced sabermetrics and new technologies in the 2010s , transforming from a tanking 100-loss team into a powerhouse . The Astros won the 2017 World Series , their first championship , against the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games in the wake of Hurricane Harvey . They returned to the World Series in 2019 , losing to the Washington Nationals in seven games . On January 13 , 2020 , the Astros manager A.J .
Robert William Bob Stanley ( born November 10 , 1954 ) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox . He was the pitching coach for the Buffalo Bisons , Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays , though the 2018 season .
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Established in 1883 in Brooklyn , New York , the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season . They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962 . The Dodgers have won six World Series championships and twenty three National League pennants . Eleven NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers , winning a total of thirteen MVP Awards ; eight Cy Young Award winners have also pitched for the Dodgers , winning a total of twelve Cy Young Awards . The team has eighteen Rookie of the Year Award winners , more than twice as many as the second place New York Yankees 8 . The Dodgers have had four consecutive Rookies of the Year from 1979 to 1982 and five in a row from 1992 to 1996 .
Jack Anthony Clark ( born November 10 , 1955 ) , also known as Jack the Ripper is a former Major League Baseball player . From 1975 through 1992 , Clark played for the San Francisco Giants ( 1975-84 ) , St. Louis Cardinals ( 1985-87 ) , New York Yankees ( 1988 ) , San Diego Padres ( 1989-90 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 1991-92 ) . During his prime , Clark was one of the most feared right-handed hitters in the National League , winning the Silver Slugger Award in 1985 and 1987 . A four-time All-Star In an 18-season career , Clark was a .267 hitter with 340 home runs and 1180 RBI in 1994 games . He also collected 1118 runs , 332 doubles , 77 stolen bases , and 1826 hits in 6847 at-bats . He batted and threw right-handed .
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams , and renamed three years later the New York Giants , the team eventually moved to San Francisco in 1958 . As one of the longest-established and most successful professional baseball teams , the franchise has won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball . The team was the first major league team based in New York City , most memorably playing at the legendary Polo Grounds . They have won 23 NL pennants and have played in 20 World Series competitions - both NL records . The Giants ' eight World Series championships rank second in the National League and fifth overall ( the New York Yankees are first with 27 , then the St. Louis Cardinals ( the National League record-holders ) with 11 , and the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox both with 9 ) . The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times - 14 times in New York , six in San Francisco - but boycotted the event in 1904 . Playing as the New York Giants , they won 14 pennants and five World Series championships behind managers such as John McGraw and Bill Terry and players such as Christy Mathewson , Carl Hubbell , Mel Ott , Bobby Thomson , and Willie Mays . The Giants ' franchise has the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball . The Giants ' rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the longest-standing and biggest rivalries in American sports . The teams began their rivalry as the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers , respectively , before both franchises moved west for the 1958 season .
Joseph Charles Sambito ( born June 28 , 1952 ) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros ( 1976-1982 , 1984 ) , New York Mets ( 1985 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 1986-1987 ) . He batted and threw left-handed . He graduated from Bethpage High School in Bethpage , New York A fastball and slider specialist , Sambito was a starter in the minors , as he led the Southern League in strikeouts at Triple-A Columbus in 1975 . A year later he was promoted to the Astros , where he immediately moved into a relief role . From 1978 through 1981 , Sambito led Houston in saves , with a career-high 22 saves and a 1.78 ERA in 1979 - a season in which he posted a string of 40​2⁄3 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run and was named to the National League All-Star team . He started 1982 with four saves and a 0.71 ERA in nine appearances , before it was discovered that bone chips had damaged the ligaments of his pitching elbow . He missed the rest of the season and all of 1983 recuperating from Tommy John surgery . The next two years , he failed in comeback attempts with Houston and the New York Mets . Sambito made the Red Sox roster out of spring training in 1986 . He would go on to post a 2-0 record with 12 saves that season , and helped the Red Sox reach the World Series . He retired in 1987 after posting a 2-6 record with 6.93 ERA . In an eleven-season career , Sambito posted a 37-38 record with a 3.03 ERA and 84 saves in 461 games .
Jeffrey James Reardon ( born October 1 , 1955 ) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1979-1994 with the New York Mets , Montreal Expos , Minnesota Twins , Boston Red Sox , Atlanta Braves , Cincinnati Reds , and New York Yankees . Reardon was nicknamed The Terminator for his intimidating presence on the mound and 98 mph fastball . A long-time closer , Reardon became MLB 's all-time saves leader in 1992 with his 342nd save , breaking Rollie Fingers ' previous record of 341 . Reardon 's record was broken the following season by Lee Smith . Reardon currently ranks 10th on the all-time saves list with 367 .
The Montreal Expos ( French : Les Expos de Montréal ) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal , Quebec . The Expos were the first Major League Baseball ( MLB ) franchise located outside the United States . They played in the National League ( NL ) East division from 1969 until 2004 . Following the 2004 season , the franchise relocated to Washington , D.C. , and became the Washington Nationals . Immediately after the minor league Triple-A Montreal Royals folded in 1960 , political leaders in Montreal sought an MLB franchise , and when the National League evaluated expansion candidates for the 1969 season , it awarded a team to Montreal . Named after the Expo 67 World 's Fair , the Expos originally played at Jarry Park Stadium before moving to Olympic Stadium in 1977 . The Expos failed to post a winning record in any of their first ten seasons . The team won its only division title in the strike-shortened 1981 season , but lost the 1981 National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) to the Los Angeles Dodgers . The team was sold in 1991 by its majority , founding owner , Charles Bronfman , to a consortium headed by Claude Brochu . Felipe Alou was promoted to the team 's field manager in 1992 , becoming MLB 's first Dominican-born manager . He led the team to four winning seasons , including 1994 , where the Expos had the best record in baseball before a players ' strike ended the season . Alou became the Expos leader in games managed ( 1,409 ) .