Back When There Was Baseball: Jack DiLauro

Back When There Was Baseball · Jan 9, 2025 · 49m

Jack DiLauro passed away on December 7, 2024. We re-air this podcast in honor of him:

Who has the New York Mets' 3rd best ERA with over 50 innings pitched with the club? His name is Jack DiLauro and he joins us this week. Jack was a part of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" pitching staff. He did not pitch in the postseason that year, however his 2.40 ERA helped the Mets get there. Jack only played 2 years in the Majors and was part of an unfortunate situation of being in the Detroit Tigers organization behind their great pitching staff even though he had a great record in their farm system. He was…