Reuss had himself a wonderful Big League debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, tossing seven shutout innings with only two hits allowed on September 27th of 1969.
The man would go on to pitch 22 years in the Big Leagues, starting the 1975 All-Star game for the National League while with the Pittsburgh Pirates, then going on to greater success with his time as a Los Angeles Dodger between 1979 and 1987.
During his time with the Dodgers he’d twice win 18 games, lead the league with six shutouts in 1980, and finish second to Steve Carlton that year in the Cy Young Award race.
Towards the end of his run he was hanging on for dear life in hopes of reaching 200 wins, and in 1988 he did just that, putting in a surprising year for the Chicago White Sox when he posted a record of 13-9 with a 3.44 earned run average at the age of 39, allowing him to join to 200-club.
After four games in 1990 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he retired for good, finishing up his career with a record of 220-191, with an ERA of 3.64 over 628 games, 547 of them starts, with 39 shutouts, 11 saves and 1907 strikeouts over 3669.2 innings of work.
