McEnaney's one outstanding season came as the number-two man out of the 1975 World
Champion Reds' bullpen. He was 5-2 with 15 saves and a 2.47 ERA, all career bests,
and his 70 appearances were second in the NL. He capped it off by saving Game Seven
of the World Series against the Red Sox, getting Carl Yastrzemski to fly to center
for the final out in a 4-3 win. In 1976 he tied a World Series record with two saves,
closing out Games Three and Four as Cincinnati swept the Yankees. He never started
a game in the ML, after being a starter through most of his minor league career.
(SFS)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»June 4, 1970: In the June draft, the Padres select high school catcher Mike Ivie as the number-one pick and sign him in three days to a $100,000 contract. He'll play in the ML 11 years but catch only nine games in the bigs because of a phobia about throwing the ball back to the pitcher. Choosing next, the Indians take Stanford P Steve Dunning, who will debut in 10 days. Catchers Barry Foote (Expos) and Darrell Porter (Brewers) go next. The Pirates wait till the 14th round to take Dave Parker. Rich Gossage goes in the 9th round to the White Sox; Rick Reuschel to the Cubs (3); pitcher Dale Murphy to the Braves (18th). The Giants took Randy Moffitt and Chris Speier on the first round in January and repeat the good first round picks today with John D'Acquisto and Dave Kingman. The Reds take prep SS Gary Polczynski in the first round, but have better luck in the 8th (Will McEnaney), the 10th (Ray Knight) and the 19th (Pat Zachry). The Phillies, Royals, Dodgers, and Angels pick 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th on the first round and also come up with duds. Future seventeen-year major leaguer Frank White goes undrafted today.
»May 10, 1975: Will McEnaney provides three 1/3 innings of hitless relief to seal the Reds 7–1 win over the Mets. Clay Kirby gets the win.
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