Pat Zachry
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Pat Zachry was a Major League Baseball pitcher for ten seasons. As a member of the Cincinnati Reds in 1976, he was named the National League's co-Rookie of the Year with Butch Metzger of the San Diego Padres. Zachry was also the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the 1976 World Series.
Pat joined the Mets on one of the darkest days in team history. On June 15, 1977, he came to New York along with second baseman Doug Flynn and outfielders Steve Henderson and Dan Norman in exchange for Tom Seaver. The deal was destructive to the Mets' fans with Seaver being the team's prime player for the previous ten years.
Two days after the trade, Zachry faced the Houston Astros his Mets' debut. He was pinned with a 7-1 defeat at Shea Stadium, losing to Houston's Floyd Bannister. It was Bannister who pitched against Seaver in Tom's last Mets' game before the trade.
In 1978, Pat had an outstanding first half of the season. He won ten games (the last being a 2-hitter on July 4) and was named to the National League All-Star team. After the mid-season break, Zachry suffered a broken toe and won no more games during the season.
Elbow injuries limited Pat to only seven games in 1979, although he had a 5-1 record. The injuries continued into 1980, but Zachry still managed to pitch three shutouts that year. All of Pat's shutouts came in July. At Shea on July 10, he pitched a three-hitter for a 2-0 Mets win over the Pirates. He threw a complete game six-hitter in the Mets' 2-0 victory over the Reds at Shea on July 25. Pat also had a four-hit shutout in a 3-0 Mets triumph over the Braves on July 30 at Shea. For his accomplishments, Zachry earned the National League's Pitcher of the Month Award for July.
Zachry was the Mets' top pitcher in the strike-shortened 1981 season. He led the team's staff with 24 starts, 139 innings pitched and 7 wins. Pat pitched a complete game for the win in a 7-2 Mets victory over the Expos in a doubleheader nightcap at Shea Stadium on April 19.
Pat started the 1982 season with a solid effort at Wrigley Field. On April 10, he held the Cubs hitless for seven and two-thirds innings before allowing three singles and four runs in the eighth. Zachry still got the win in a 9-5 Mets' victory over Chicago.
On December 28, 1982, Pat was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He pitched two years in Los Angeles before ending his career with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1985.
