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Old 03-14-2026, 07:54 PM   #37963
Merkle923
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Ken MacKenzie 1960

Canadian-born star (and later coach) at Yale, and original New York Met with two of the odder records in franchise history: On the team that won just 40 times in 1962 he was the only pitcher with a winning record, and though he was a run-of-the-mill middle reliever he somehow won 8 and saved 4 more of the first 74 Met triumphs ever,

Career ended after '65 with the Astros and their Oklahoma City farm, but when the Expos became his country's first MLB team in 1969, he was signed to the active roster in September so he could earn a few weeks of service time necessary to get him a pension. He didn't make an appearance.

These are from that George Brace find; the folks are, well, his folks.

(Unrelated: the new Brace cache unearthed yet another shot of the formerly elusive Larry Foss of the '62 Mets. I added it on my previous post from a year ago: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...ostcount=37320
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