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Gary Rajsich
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 472 of 1218 players
Rajsich
Gary Louis Rajsich
Born: October 28, 1954 at Youngstown, O.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.02 Weight: 190

Gary Rajsich was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on July 20, 2010, October 28, 2010, and October 28, 2020.

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First Mets game: April 9, 1982
Last Mets game: October 2, 1983

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flushing flash
The Mets regular rightfielder for about one month in 1983 before the Mets called up Darryl Strawberry. You could look it up.

Mike G.
February 15, 2002
I remember the announcers always talking about the batting cage he had in his home.....

wveal
November 12, 2002
I have a vague memory that I believe was Rajsich hitting a foul ball completely out of Busch Stadium in St. Louis in 1982. He was way out in front of a pitch and hit it out of the stadium about 3/4 of the way down the right field line. It was a monstrous shot, and Ralph and Co. gave it the proper attention.

Anybody else remember this?

Mr. Sparkle
November 18, 2002
I remember when he first came up hearing how the Mets were high on him. Then I realized he was 28 and figured how many 28 year old rookies are there? Gary showed why he spent 10 years in the minors- because he sucked!

Randy Jones
June 5, 2003
I remember watching Gary at Tidewater when he was on a monstrous home run pace. I saw him hit one out, only to find that his arm or wrist was fractured at the time. I also recall seeing him make numerous diving catches on This Week In Baseball.

Paul
January 14, 2009
Brian Olin's memory of Gary Rajsich is a little fuzzy.

Rajsich did hit a single in the tenth inning of Terry Leach's 10-inning one-hitter in 1982, but that just advanced the winning run to third base. Hubie Brooks' subsequent sacrifice fly drove in the only run of the game.

Richard
September 18, 2022
I grew up with Gary and his 4 brothers. The oldest, Tim, was an All American at Northern Arizona University, then an NAIA school (I think) and is a member of NAU's athletic Hall of Fame.) Dennis, the next oldest, played baseball at the University of Arizona. (His daughter was later a world class racquetball player.). Dave, the middle brother, played basketball and baseball at Phoenix College before pitching at the University of Arizona and then signed as an undrafted free agent with (I think) the Texas Rangers. He later pitched briefly for the Rangers and later the Yankees. Gary played for Arizona State before signing as an 11th round pick of the Astros in 1976. He played for the Mets, the Giants and the Cardinals and, later, for the Chunichi Dragons. The youngest, Rob, played football, basketball and baseball at Phoenix College before pitching for the Miami Hurricanes and punting for the Hurricanes' football team. Last time I looked, Rob still held the Hurricanes' record for the longest punt. What an incredibly talented family of five brothers. While none of them achieved greatness, it's hard to imagine such success among a family of brothers (other than, perhaps, the family of Ken, Clete, Cloyd and the four other Boyer brothers.)








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