What years did Ray Sadecki play?

Ray Sadecki played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1977.

Was Ray Sadecki a pitcher?

Yes. Ray Sadecki pitched in the major leagues, recording 135 wins and 1614 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ray Sadecki hit?

Ray Sadecki hit 5 career home runs with 151 hits.

Ray Sadecki

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1960-1977)

W–L 135–131

ERA 3.78

WHIP 1.35

SO 1,614

Pitcher PIV -3508.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 180 lb
Born: 12/26/1940 in Kansas City, KS, USA
Died: 11/17/2014 in Mesa, AZ, USA
MLB Debut: 1960-05-19
Last Game: 1977-04-23

Full name: Raymond Michael Sadecki

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
135	131	563	328	85	20	7	2500.7	2,456	1,051	240	922	1,614	3.78	-3508.0

Career ERA 3.78 vs. league average 3.61 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1960	SLN	NL	9	9	26	26	7	1	0	157.3	148	66	86	95	3.78	3.82 (+1%)	-1575.3
1961	SLN	NL	14	10	31	31	13	0	0	222.7	196	92	102	114	3.72	4.03 (+8%)	-3190.1
1962	SLN	NL	6	8	22	17	4	1	1	102.3	121	63	43	50	5.54	3.96 (-40%)	-1751.8
1963	SLN	NL	10	10	36	28	4	1	1	193.3	198	88	78	136	4.10	3.46 (-18%)	-2738.7
1964	SLN	NL	20	11	37	32	9	2	1	220.0	232	90	60	119	3.68	3.58 (-3%)	1610.5
1965	SLN	NL	6	15	36	28	4	0	1	172.7	192	100	64	122	5.21	3.50 (-49%)	-2912.7
1966	SLN	NL	2	1	5	3	1	0	0	24.3	16	6	9	21	2.22	3.52 (+37%)	314.2
1966	SFN	NL	3	7	26	19	3	1	0	105.0	125	63	39	62	5.40	3.52 (-53%)	-4089.3
1967	SFN	NL	12	6	35	24	10	2	0	188.0	165	58	58	145	2.78	3.30 (+16%)	3731.7
1968	SFN	NL	12	18	38	36	13	6	0	254.0	225	82	70	206	2.91	2.98 (+3%)	4278.0
1969	SFN	NL	5	8	29	17	4	3	0	138.3	137	65	53	104	4.23	3.61 (-17%)	-956.1
1970	NYN	NL	8	4	28	19	4	0	0	138.7	134	60	52	89	3.89	3.89 (avg)	-975.5
1971	NYN	NL	7	7	34	20	5	2	0	163.3	139	53	44	120	2.92	3.47 (+16%)	3416.2
1972	NYN	NL	2	1	34	2	0	0	0	75.7	73	26	31	38	3.09	3.26 (+5%)	87.6
1973	NYN	NL	5	4	31	11	1	0	1	116.7	109	44	41	87	3.39	3.75 (+9%)	1093.3
1974	NYN	NL	8	8	34	10	3	1	0	103.0	107	39	35	46	3.41	3.63 (+6%)	-48.6
1975	SLN	NL	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	11.0	13	4	7	8	3.27	3.71 (+12%)	184.4
1975	ATL	NL	2	3	25	5	0	0	1	66.3	73	31	21	24	4.21	3.71 (-13%)	216.2
1975	KCA	AL	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	3	0	3.00	—	0.0
1976	KCA	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.7	7	0	3	1	0.00	—	0.0
1976	ML4	AL	2	0	36	0	0	0	1	37.3	38	18	20	27	4.34	3.51 (-23%)	-202.2
1977	NYN	NL	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	3	0	6.00	—	0.0
Career · 22 seasons			135	131	563	328	85	20	7	2,500.2	2,456	1,051	922	1,614	3.78	—	-3,508

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
587	789	59	151	21	4	5	56	0	27	161	.191	.219	.247	.466	-3,007

Career AVG .191 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 24.0% below league average.

Career OBP .219 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 31.3% below league average.

Career SLG .247 vs. league average .374 across their career seasons — 33.9% below league average.

Career OPS .466 vs. league average .692 across their career seasons — 32.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1960	SLN	NL	29	57	5	12	0	0	0	2	1	6	.211	.255 (-17%)	.323 (-31%)	.387 (-46%)	.711 (-39%)	-343.6
1961	SLN	NL	36	87	6	22	4	0	0	12	1	7	.253	.258 (-2%)	.328 (-20%)	.399 (-25%)	.727 (-23%)	-328.4
1962	SLN	NL	24	37	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	.081	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	SLN	NL	39	64	6	9	0	1	0	3	1	11	.141	.246 (-43%)	.308 (-51%)	.371 (-54%)	.680 (-52%)	-523.4
1964	SLN	NL	39	75	7	12	6	1	0	6	2	14	.160	.250 (-36%)	.312 (-38%)	.377 (-29%)	.690 (-34%)	-407.8
1965	SLN	NL	36	55	6	11	2	1	0	4	2	11	.200	.245 (-19%)	.310 (-27%)	.371 (-27%)	.682 (-27%)	-233.3
1966	SLN	NL	6	7	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	.429	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	SFN	NL	26	34	5	11	1	1	2	5	1	5	.324	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	SFN	NL	37	73	2	18	3	0	0	5	1	15	.247	.242 (+2%)	.306 (-16%)	.357 (-20%)	.663 (-18%)	-203.6
1968	SFN	NL	43	85	1	8	2	0	0	0	6	34	.094	.236 (-60%)	.298 (-49%)	.340 (-65%)	.638 (-58%)	-692.6
1969	SFN	NL	30	40	6	5	0	0	1	5	7	13	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	NYN	NL	28	39	2	8	0	0	0	3	2	10	.205	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	NYN	NL	34	50	2	10	0	0	0	2	2	12	.200	.249 (-20%)	.316 (-27%)	.365 (-45%)	.682 (-37%)	-274.2
1972	NYN	NL	34	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	NYN	NL	31	31	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	5	.226	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	NYN	NL	34	27	1	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	.259	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	SLN	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	ATL	NL	25	15	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	4	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	KCA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	KCA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	ML4	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	NYN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 22 seasons			587	789	59	151	21	4	5	56	27	161	.191	—	—	—	—	-3,007

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1973	WS	NYN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1964	WS	SLN	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	6	2	1	11.0	17	7	6	8	5.73

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1973	WS	NYN	0	0	4	0	1	4.7	5	1	1	6	1.93
1964	WS	SLN	1	0	2	2	0	6.3	12	6	5	2	8.53

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	290	374	31	73	5	28	.195
Away	297	415	28	78	0	28	.188

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	276	1252.2	1238	526	449	854	3.78
Away	287	1247.2	1218	525	473	760	3.79

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1977-04-23	NYN	PIT	L	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1977-04-20	NYN	STL	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977-04-13	NYN	STL	—	1.1	0	0	0	3	0	0
1977-04-09	NYN	CHC	—	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
1976-09-20	MIL	NYY	—	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1976-09-14	MIL	BOS	—	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0
1976-09-11	MIL	BAL	—	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0
1976-09-10	MIL	NYY	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976-09-05	MIL	DET	W	3.2	3	2	2	2	2	0
1976-09-01	MIL	MIN	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	563	328	62	312	52	23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1960	SLN	P	26	26	6	19	2	3
1961	SLN	P	31	31	3	24	7	1
1962	SLN	P	22	17	2	13	5	2
1963	SLN	P	36	28	3	22	2	4
1964	SLN	P	37	32	1	34	5	2
1965	SLN	P	36	28	5	22	3	2
1966	SLN	P	5	3	0	4	0	0
1966	SFN	P	26	19	4	10	0	0
1967	SFN	P	35	24	7	30	5	3
1968	SFN	P	38	36	5	34	6	1
1969	SFN	P	29	17	9	29	2	1
1970	NYN	P	28	19	3	13	4	0
1971	NYN	P	34	20	5	17	1	1
1972	NYN	P	34	2	1	8	2	0
1973	NYN	P	31	11	1	7	1	0
1974	NYN	P	34	10	3	16	3	3
1975	SLN	P	8	0	0	1	0	0
1975	ATL	P	25	5	2	7	1	0
1975	KCA	P	5	0	1	0	1	0
1976	KCA	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
1976	ML4	P	36	0	1	2	2	0
1977	NYN	P	4	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	563

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ray Sadecki

What years did Ray Sadecki play?: Ray Sadecki played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1977.
Was Ray Sadecki a pitcher?: Yes. Ray Sadecki pitched in the major leagues, recording 135 wins and 1614 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ray Sadecki hit?: Ray Sadecki hit 5 career home runs with 151 hits.