Michael James Bacsik (; born April 1, 1952), is an American former
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
who played with the
Texas Rangers and
Minnesota Twins.
Mike was selected by the
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) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...
in the 55th round (922nd overall) of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft out of
Bishop Dunne Catholic School
Bishop Dunne Catholic School is a college preparatory middle / high school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). In 2004, it was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Lighthouse Award in regards for its continued academic excell ...
.
In 1976, Bacsik was one of 30 pitchers who pitched to
Hank Aaron
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. One of the gre ...
while Aaron had accumulated 755 career home runs. 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."
Unlike father, Bacsik can’t prevent home run No. 756
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References
External links
The Baseball Gauge
Pura Pelota : VPBL pitching statistics
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1952 births
Living people
Baseball players from Dallas
Gastonia Rangers players
Gulf Coast Rangers players
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Major League Baseball pitchers
Minnesota Twins players
Sacramento Solons players
Spokane Indians players
Texas Rangers players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Tucson Toros players
Trinity Tigers baseball players
Trinity University (Texas) alumni