After playing the first five years of his big league career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Lersch took the mound for a single game on September 21st 1974, and it wasn’t pretty, as he gave up six earned runs on three hits and five walks in only 1.1 innings.
That adds up to an earned run average of 40.50, but he didn’t factor in a decision, ending his career with a record of 18-32 with a 3.82 E.R.A., 317 strikeouts and six saves over 169 appearances and 570.1 innings of work.
