CAREER-CAPPER: 1973 PHIL REGAN

Today on the blog we'll go ahead and give former reliever Phil Regan a 1973 "career-capper" to celebrate a nice 13-year Big League tenure:

Regan split the 1972 season with the Chicago Cubs and crosstown Chicago White Sox, appearing in 15 games and going 0-2 with a 3.63 earned run average in 17.1 innings.

He would have a couple of incredible seasons on a Big League mound, particularly his 1966 campaign with the Los Angeles Dodgers when he posted a record of 14-1 with a sparkling 1.62 ERA over 116.2 innings, leading the National League with 21 saves, helping L.A. go to the World Series.

Two years later, splitting the year with the Dodgers and Cubs, he'd post a record of 12-5 with a 2.27 ERA over 134.2 innings, leading the league once again in saves, this time with 25.

By the time he retired, he appeared in 551 games between 1960 and 1972, finishing with a record of 96-81, with a 3.84 ERA over 1372.2 innings, saving 92 games.

Not too shabby!

 

NICKNAMES OF THE 1970'S- "THE VULTURE" PHIL REGAN

Closing out the week today, we have a 1970 “Nicknames of the 1970’s” card for former reliever Phil Regan, who got the tag “Vulture” for his knack of coming into games in relief and snagging the win away from the starter:

Los Angeles Dodger great Sandy Koufax gave Regan the nickname, and Regan did in fact rack up wins, logging 14 in 1966 and 12 in both 1968 and 1969, all out of the bullpen.
His 1966 season for the Dodgers was brilliant, as he posted a record of 14-1 with a sparkling 1.62 earned run average over 65 appearances, leading the league with 21 saves.
Overall, he’d go on to play 13 years of Major League ball, posting a record of 96-81, with an ERA of 3.84 along with 92 saves over 551 appearances, 105 of them starts.