Ron Reed

history

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|highlights=
  • All-Star selection (1968)
  • World Series champion (1980)}}
Ronald Lee Reed (born November 2, 1942 in LaPorte, Indiana) is a retired American starting/relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1966-75), St. Louis Cardinals (1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1976-83) and Chicago White Sox (1984). He batted and threw right-handed.

In a 19-season career, Reed posted a 146-140 record with a 3.46 ERA, 103 saves, 1481 strikeouts, eight shutouts, 55 complete games, and 2477-23 innings in 751 appearances (236 as a starter).

Along with Dennis Eckersley and John Smoltz, he is one of the only pitchers to have 100 wins, 100 saves and 50 complete games.

Highlights

  • 1968 National League All-Star team
  • Won a career-high 18 games to help the Atlanta Braves to its first NL division title
  • Led MLB with 13 relief wins in 1979
  • Is one of only eight pitchers in history (with John Smoltz, Elroy Face, Dennis Eckersley, Bob Stanley, Rich Gossage, Dave Giusti and Hoyt Wilhelm) to have at least 100 wins and 100 saves
  • Was the winning pitcher the night Hank Aaron hit his record breaking 715th home run

Postseason appearances

Basketball career

| birth_place = LaPorte, Indiana | college = Notre Dame | draft = 3rd overall | draft_year = 1965 | draft_team = Detroit Pistons | career_start = 1965 | career_end = 1967 | former_teams = Detroit Pistons 1965-1967 }} Reed was a basketball standout at the University of Notre Dame and later played in NBA for the Detroit Pistons (1965-67)

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