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Swan won the 1978 NL ERA title (2.43) despite missing a month with gastroenteritis, recording just nine victories for the Mets. After winning a career-high 14 in 1979, he signed a five-year contract - at the time the most lucrative in Met history. A rotator cuff tear in 1980 took away his fastball, and an arm injury in 1983 curtailed his career. (KT)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » August 24, 1975: After New York wins the first game, 9–5 in San Francisco, the Giants Ed Halicki records a somewhat controversial no-hitter in beating the Mets 6–0 in the 2nd game. The 6'7" righthander strikes out 10 Mets to improve his record to 8–10. Craig Swan takes the loss. The controversy arise when Rusty Staub hits a ball off Halecki's leg, which caroms to the 2B Derrel Thomas, who picks it then drops it. Official scorer Joe Sargis rules it an E-4. NY columnist Dick Young, watching the game on TV, writes that it should be a hit and accuses Sargis of subscribing to the theory that the first hit of a starter should be a 'good one.' The no-hitter stands but UPI's Sargis loses his job as a sometime scorer.