Mike Bacsik (right-handed pitcher)
This article is about the MLB pitcher who was active in the 1970s and '80s. For his son, an MLB pitcher in the 2000s, see Mike Bacsik (left-handed pitcher)
| Mike Bacsik | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: April 1, 1952 Dallas, Texas | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 15, 1975, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 9, 1980, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 8–6 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.43 | ||
| Strikeouts | 77 | ||
| Teams | |||
Michael James Bacsik (/ˈbæsᵻk/; born April 1, 1952), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins.
In 1976, Bacsik was one of 30 pitchers who pitched to Hank Aaron while Aaron had accumulated 755 career home runs. Coincidentally, his son, Mike Bacsik, pitched to Barry Bonds when Bonds was on 755 home runs. Aaron went 1 for 2 against the elder Bacsik with a single; Bonds went 3 for 3 against the younger Bacsik with a double, a single and the record-breaking home run. The younger Bacsik would comment, in 2007, "If my dad had been gracious enough to let Hank Aaron hit a home run, we both would have given up 756."[1]
References
- ↑ Pitcher's father faced Hank, Associated Press August 8, 2007, Lexington Herald-Leader p B5.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- The Baseball Gauge
- Pura Pelota : VPBL pitching statistics
- Retrosheet
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