Haas went 0-1 during his first taste of the Big Leagues, sporting an earned run average of 3.94 over 16 innings of work, with two of those games starts.
He would go on to be a solid arm, generally as a starter, for Milwaukee over the next nine seasons before finishing up his career with two years out in Oakland.
The early-90’s were his solid seasons, as he would have double-digit win totals every year between 1979 and 1983, with a high of 16 in 1980 when he went 16-15 with three shutouts and a career-high 252.2 innings.
In 1983 he’d lead the American League with a .813 winning percentage after posting a record of 13-3over 25 games, all starts, with three shutouts.
By the time he retired after the 1987 season, still only 31 years of age, he finished with a career 100-83 record, with a 4.01 ERA over 266 games and 1655 innings pitched, with eight shutouts and 853 strikeouts.
For me, I’ll always remember him for the near no-hitter he tossed against the Yankees in June of 1985, finally broken up with a Don Mattingly double to right field in the seventh inning.
Haas was dealing that game and he really looked to have the Yankees number, eventually settling for a 6-0 win with just that one hit allowed.
