Rath appeared in what tuned out to be the final games of his brief Major League career during the 1969 season, playing in three games, going 0-2 with a 7.72 earned run average over 11.2 innings of work.
The previous season was his first taste of the “Big Show”, appearing in five games as a 24-year-old, not factoring in a decision while pitching to a very nice 1.59 ERA over 11.1 innings, all out of the bullpen.
He’d spend the 1970 and 1971 seasons in the Minor Leagues, for both the White Sox and Minnesota Twins organizations, before retiring as a player for good.
All told his short stay on a Big League mound resulted in a record of 0-2 over eight games, with a 4.70 ERA in exactly 23 innings pitched.
