Robert Allen Reynolds (born January 21, 1947) is a former
middle-relief pitcher who played in
Major League Baseball
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between and . He batted and threw right-handed.
Listed at , 205 lb., Reynolds was nicknamed "Bullet" as he could throw a baseball over 100 mph.
Career
Reynolds was drafted out of
Ingraham High School
Ingraham High School is a public high school, serving grades 9–12 in the Haller Lake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened in 1959, the school is named after Edward Sturgis Ingraham, the first superintendent of the Seatt ...
in Seattle, WA. He was a first round pick (18th overall) in the 1966 June amateur baseball draft, and spent 15 seasons in professional baseball. After being drafted by the
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yor ...
, he was selected by the
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, 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 t ...
in the
1968 MLB expansion draft
The 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft was conducted to stock up the rosters of four expansion teams in Major League Baseball created via the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion and which would begin play in the 1969 season.
The expans ...
.
Reynolds reached the majors in 1969 with the Expos, spending one year with them, appearing in only one MLB game in his big league debut, before moving on to the
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...
,
Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. The Brewers are named for t ...
,
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
,
Detroit Tigers
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and
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...
.
His most productive season came in with Baltimore, when he recorded seven
wins against five
losses with a 1.95
ERA
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Comp ...
, nine
saves, and had career-numbers in
strikeout
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s (77) and
innings pitched
In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one innin ...
(111.0).
The next year he again went 7–5, recording seven saves and appearing in a career-high 54
games
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.
He also appeared in the 1973 and '74
American League Championship Series
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with the Orioles.
In a six-season major league career, Reynolds posted a 14–16 record with a 3.15 ERA and 21 saves in 140 games. Following his majors career, he played in
Mexico
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and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
with the
Taiyo Whales
The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current ...
in .
References
External links
Frank Robinson's incident- Baseballbiography.com
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1947 births
Living people
Amarillo Giants players
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
American expatriate baseball players in Japan
American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Arizona Instructional League Giants players
Baltimore Orioles players
Baseball players from Seattle
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Cleveland Indians players
Detroit Tigers players
Evansville Triplets players
Florida Instructional League Expos players
Fresno Giants players
Magic Valley Cowboys players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mexican League baseball pitchers
Miami Amigos players
Milwaukee Brewers players
Montreal Expos players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Rochester Red Wings players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Taiyō Whales players
Tigres del México players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Vancouver Mounties players
Winnipeg Whips players