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Baseballers of Lesser Note: Randy Moffitt
Topic Started: Feb 22 2011, 12:48 PM (1,160 Views)
Erick Von Erich
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Hallo there, and welcome to the ninth installment of (Professional) Baseballers of Lesser Note. In which we spotlight some of the distinguished gentlemen who have partaken in the professional gentleman's sport of baseball throughout the various eras encompassing the aforementioned sport.

This week we look at Randy Moffitt

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What'd He do?
12 Seasons, 43-52 record, 781.1 IP,455 K, 96 Saves

What Can You Tell Us About Him?
Randy Moffit came complete with his own "announcer story". The younger brother of tennis legend Billie Jean King, that fact was almost always brought up by announcers whenever he entered a game.

Drafted out of Cal State-Long Beach, Moffitt came up in the Giants organization in the early 70's. Originally projected as a starter, he was converted to relief at Triple A and found his route to the bigs.

What Happened to Him?
Moffitt debutted in the Majors in the 1972 and became a big part of the Giants' bullpen. Along with Gary Lavelle, Jim Barr and Elias Sosa, the Giants had one of the better bullpens of the day. You could possibly think of them as the "Nasty Boys" of the 70's (the Cincinnati version. NOT the Knobbs n' Saggs version). Moffitt finished in the top 10 for NL saves four times, in an era when the "Save" wasn't as established as it is today. The Giants also had starters like Juan Marichal or Ron Bryant; guys who routinely put up about 200+ IP per year.

In 1980 Moffitt came down with a rare stomach disorder and almost died. He was released by the Giants in 1981 and it appeared his career was over. However, he made a full recovery and returned to the Majors to pitch with the Astros and Blue Jays.

His swan song was the 1983 season, when he was the Blue Jays' "closer", finishing 6-2, 3.77 ERA, 10 saves and 33 Games Finished. It was a pretty big story at the time: a pitcher near death who lost his job and battled back to top form. He retired at the end of the 1983 season t the age of 34, finishing in the top 100 for "Games Finished, All-Time".

Moffitt had a respectable career. Had he been around 10 years later, he might've received more acclaim. To this day, it's unknown exactly what sort of "rare stomach ailment" he had. But he's still alive and kicking. Yet one thing that's immediately known whenever you look up Randy Moffitt: he was Billlie Jean King's younger brother.
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