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The red-haired screwballer was the workhorse of the Phillies bullpen from 1961 through 1965, saving 59 games, appearing in 65 or more games each year, and leading the NL with 12 relief wins in 1962. He won both ends of an April 14, 1962 doubleheader. (JCA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 14, 1961: At Los Angeles, the Phils top the Dodgers 7–5 in 10 innings. Phils' reliever Jack Baldschun pitches in his 8th straight game to pick up the win. » September 23, 1961: The Phils Wes Covington hits a solo homer in the 16th inning to top Pittsburgh's Elroy Face, 5–4. Face also gives up an extra inning homer to Felipe Alou on the 11th. Malkmus earlier homered for the Phils. Jack Baldschun pitches seven 1/3 innings of shutout relief for the win. » April 14, 1963: Phillies reliever Jack Baldschun picks up both wins today as the Phils sweep a doubleheader from the Cards, 4–3 and 5–4. Baldschun pitches the 10th inning of the opener and another two innings of the nitecap. » July 31, 1964: At Philadelphia, 24,197 see Chris Short, with help from Jack Baldschun, stop the Dodgers, 6–1. John Callison starts the Phils scoring with a 2-run homer in the 1st, off Ron Moeller. Tommy Davis hits an 8th inning double, that caroms off 2B Tony Taylor's mouth, kayoing both Taylor and Chris Short. Maury Wills has four singles and drives in the lone run. » December 6, 1965: Baltimore sends OF Jackie Brandt and P Darold Knowles to the Phillies for P Jack Baldschun. » December 9, 1965: OF Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles for pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun and OF Dick Simpson. The Reds Bill DeWitt defends the trade by labeling Robinson "an old 30,"a concept that Robinson will quickly prove wrong. » June 2, 1966: Houston erupts for eight runs in the 12th inning at Cincinnati to win 11–4. The clubs combine to tie a NL record by scoring nine runs in the 12th. Reds manager Don Heffner tries to win earlier, sending up three pinch hitters in the 8th: all three—Tony Perez, Gordy Coleman, and Art Shamsky—strike out. In the 9th, P Billy McCool bats for himself and grounds out with the sacks filled. The next reliever, Jack Baldschun, is jumped on for all eight runs in the 12th, an outing which increases his ERA for the year from 4.15 to 5.49 » July 21, 1970: Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for eight innings, but with two outs in the 8th and trailing 1–0, Padres manager Preston Gomez lifts him for a pinch hitter Cito Gaston. Gaston fails to get a hit off Mets' starter Jim McAndrew, and reliever Jack Baldschun gives up two runs in the 9th. The Padres lose 3–0. Gomez will repeat the mistake on September 4, 1974.