Galen Cisco
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Galen Cisco was a pitcher for the Mets from 1962 to 1965. He won 18 games and recorded 230 strikeouts during his time with the team. Cisco pitched 479 innings in 126 games as a Met.
Cisco was purchased by the Mets from the Boston Red Sox on September 7, 1962. He got his first win as a Mets pitcher with a 4-1 complete game against the Cubs on September 21. He also got tagged with a 3-2 loss at Chicago one week later.
In 1963, Galen appeared in 51 games for the Mets, winning 7 of them. He pitched 155 and two-thirds innings and had a 4.34 earned run average. On June 26, Cisco pitched the final three innings for the win in the Mets' 8-6 triumph over the Cubs in 14 innings. Against the Giants at the Polo Grounds, he pitched three hitless innings with five strikeouts for the win as the Mets came out with a 9-7 victory in 11 innings on July 17. At Milwaukee on August 2, Cisco pitched 10 innings and got credit for the win as the Mets defeated the Braves, 3-1, in the 11th.
Galen led the Mets with a 3.62 ERA in the 1964 season. During the year, he pitched complete game shutouts at Shea Stadium against the Dodgers on June 5 and the Reds (first game of a doubleheader) on July 12. Also at Shea on May 31, Galen pitched 8 shutout innings of relief before giving up two runs in the 23rd as the Mets lost to the Giants, 8-6.
Cisco pitched in 35 games in 1965. He had 4 wins and 58 strikeouts for the season. Galen's only shutout in '65 was a 14-0 triumph over the Cubs at Chicago on July 29. In this game, Galen got two hits and scored three runs. It was also his only complete game of the year. On August 28, Cisco teamed up with Al Jackson for a combined shutout as the Mets defeated the Giants, 3-0, at Shea.
In 1966, Galen was sold back to the Red Sox. He appeared in 11 games for Boston during their pennant-winning season in 1967. Cisco ended his playing career in 1969 with the Kansas City Royals, with whom he began a 28-year career as a major league pitching coach. Galen was a staff member of seven division championship teams with the Royals ('76, '77, '78), Montreal Expos ('81) and Toronto Blue Jays ('91, '92, '93). He became a part of World Series champions with the Jays in 1992 and 1993.
