Professional Baseball Player. For 14 seasons he was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins (1973 to 1976), Boston Red Sox (1977 to 1981), Chicago Cubs (1982 to 1983), Philadelphia Phillies (1984), St. Louis Cardinals (1985), Detroit Tigers (1986) and the Montreal Expos (1987). He attended Ganesha High School in Pomona, California, and Mt. San Antonio College. In 1968 he was drafted into the United States Army and served in Vietnam before his discharge in 1970. As a free agent, he made his Major League debut with the Twins on July 14, 1973, where he remained until the end of the 1976 season. He once again became a free agent and signed a 4 year contract with the Boston Red Sox. While with the Red Sox organization, he was selected for the AL All-Star team. He also won the AL Fireman of the Year and the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award. After spending 2 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, in which he saw very little time on the mound due to trouble with his pitching in a package deal he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies where he once again saw little mound time before being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals where he only spent 1 season before being released. He was then picked up and signed by the Detroit Tiger do the 1986 season of which he was once again released at the end of the season. He signed with the Montreal Expos for the 1987 season but was released on May 1. After leaving the Major League he spent 2 years in the Senior Professional Baseball Association. In his Major League career, his Win-Lose record was 83-68 with an ERA of 3.54, 864 strikeouts, and 125 saves. After his time here he remained involved in baseball by becoming a member of the coaching staff for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1999. He also was a coach for the Red Sox organization and a volunteer coach for youth baseball leagues. He had been receiving hospice care in the Chicago area and passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 74.