Rick Baldwin (baseball)

Rickey Alan Baldwin (born June 1, 1953) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He threw right-handed and batted left-handed. In his three-season career, he played for the New York Mets (1975–1977).

Baldwin was drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft on June 8, 1971. He made his major league debut on April 10, 1975, pitching a scoreless eighth inning in the Mets second game of the season, a 3–2 11-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Shea Stadium. Baldwin finished the 1975 season with a 3–5 record and six saves in 54 appearances (all in relief), with a 3.33 ERA in 97.3 innings of work.

In the 1976 season, Baldwin had only 11 appearances, ending the season with a 0–0 record and no saves in 22.7 innings, with an ERA of 2.38. Baldwin had a 1–2 record and one save in 1977 in 40 appearances, with a 4.45 ERA in 62.7 innings. Baldwin's final major league appearance was on October 2, 1977, when he faced two batters in the ninth inning, earning a save in a 6–4 Met win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

Baldwin was drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Mets on December 5, 1977 in that year's rule 5 draft. in the 1978 season he had a 3–5 record with the Triple-A San Jose Missions (a Mariners affiliate) in the Pacific Coast League and a 3–3 record with the Columbus Clippers of the Triple-A International League (an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates).

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

• Rick Baldwin, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 2, 2008.
• Apr 10, 1975, Phillies at Mets Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 2, 2008.
• Oct 2, 1977, Mets at Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 2, 2008.
• Rick Baldwin, The Baseball Cube. Accessed October 2, 2008.