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Tidrow broke in with the Indians as a starting pitcher and won 14 games twice with poor clubs. He was TSN's AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 1972 when he was the number-two man behind Cy Young Award-winner Gaylord Perry in the rotation. The Yankees acquired him in the big 1974 deal that also brought them Chris Chambliss. In 1975 they moved Tidrow to the bullpen and he was 6-3 with five saves and a 3.13 ERA. He became a valuable set-up man for Sparky Lyle, contributing ten saves and a 4-5 mark to the Yankees' 1976 pennant. Tidrow won the LCS clincher when Chambliss hit his famous ninth-inning homer into the Yankee Stadium bleachers to beat the Royals.

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Tidrow had his best season when he went 11-4 with five saves in 1977 for the World Champion Yankees, with a 5-0 record in seven starts. Moved into the regular rotation in 1978, he didn't sustain the previous year's success, finishing 7-11 as the Yankees won their third straight AL title and their second straight World Championship. Traded to the Cubs early in the 1979 season, he became the workhorse of their bullpen as Bruce Sutter's set-up man, leading the NL in appearances in 1980 with 84. His odd nickname reflected his basic, simple approach to the game. Tidrow and Charlie Smith are the only players to play for the New York Mets and Yankees, and the Chicago Cubs and White Sox. (JFC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 27, 1974: The Yankees trade four pitchers, including Fritz Peterson and Steve Kline, to the Indians for 1B Chris Chambliss and hurlers Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw. » April 27, 1975: In the first of two games, Hank Aaron hits a left field double off Dick Tidrow of the Yankees, tying Babe Ruth's career RBI record (later revised) of 2,209. The Brewers win 7-0. Aaron has no ribbies in game 2, as the Yankees win 10-1. » June 19, 1977: At Fenway, Yankee pitchers help put the Red Sox in the record books when they serve up five gopher balls (Doyle, Carbo, Rice, Yaz, Scott) in an 11–1 pasting for the 3rd loss in a row. Yastrzemski's homer, served up by Dick Tidrow, is a towering drive down the RF line off the RF facade (to the right of the retired #'s) the only player to ever reach that height. No one else has ever come close to duplicating that feat. The Bosox hit a record 16 homers in three victories over the Yankees (six on the 17th; five on the 18th) It wasn't the wind, as New York goes homerless in the series. » August 14, 1977: The Yankees collect 15 hits, including homers by Rivers and Nettles, to swamp the Angels. 15–3. Dick Tidrow allows just two hits in six innings for the win. » May 23, 1979: The Yankees trade pitchers with the Cubs, sending Dick Tidrow to Chicago for Ray Burris. Tidrow will regain his form in the Windy City, while Burris will be just 1–3 in pinstripes before being banished to the Mets. » May 20, 1981: At Wrigley, Reds reliever Doug Bair does it himself, hitting a 3-run homer in the 9th inning to beat the Cubs, 10–7. The homer, off Dick Tidrow, is Bair's only ML dinger. » January 26, 1983: The White Sox trade pitchers Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar to the Cubs for pitchers Randy Martz and Dick Tidrow and infielders Pat Tabler and Scott Fletcher.