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Line 1: {{short description\|American baseball player (born 1950)}} {{~~Other~~other ~~people2~~people\|\|Patrick Darcy (disambiguation)}} ~~{{Infobox MLB player~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography \|name=Pat Darcy \|position=[[Pitcher]] \|image=Pat Darcy Reds.jpg ~~\|caption=~~ \|bats=Left \|throws=Right \|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1950\|5\|12}} \|birth_place=[[Troy, Ohio]], U.S. \|death_date= \|death_place= \|debutleague = MLB \|debutdate=September 12 \|debutyear=1974 \|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds \|finalleague = MLB \|finaldate=June 13 \|finalyear=1976 \|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds \|statleague = MLB \|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)\|Win–loss record]] \|stat1value=~~14-8~~14–8 \|stat2label=[[Earned run average]] \|stat2value=4.15 Line 24 ⟶ 28: \|stat3value=75 \|teams= * [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{bymlby\|1974}}–{{bymlby\|1976}}) \|highlights= *[[World Series]] champion ({{wsy\|1975}}) }} '''Patrick Leonard Darcy''' (born May 12, 1950) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player. He played his entire career in [[Major League Baseball]] as a right-handed [[pitcher]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] from {{By\|1974}} through {{By\|1976}}. Darcy was a member of the Reds team known as [[The Big Red Machine]] that won two consecutive World Series championships in {{wsy\|1975}} and {{wsy\|1976}}. ~~'''Patrick Leonard Darcy''' (born May 12, 1950) is a former right-handed [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] from 1974 to 1976.~~ Signed as an amateur free agent in 1969 by the [[Houston Astros]], Darcy came to the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1974 when he was exchanged for [[Denis Menke]]. Darcy is best known as the pitcher who gave up [[Carlton Fisk]]'s [[walk-off home run]] in Game 6 of the [[1975 World Series]]. ~~After~~The ~~beginning~~following ~~the~~season, ~~1976~~after ~~season~~recording a 6.23 ERA in 11 appearances with the Reds, Darcy was demoted to the team's [[Indianapolis ~~Indiana~~Indians]] farm club in June of that year. Darcy would never again pitch at the major league level. Darcy was born near Dayton, Ohio. His family relocated to [[Tucson, Arizona]], when he was a small child, and he considers Tucson his hometown; Darcy was a standout high school outfielder and pitcher for [[Rincon High School]]. Before becoming a professional pitcher, he attended and played for [[Mesa Community College]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c416738e\|title=Pat Darcy {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research\|website=sabr.org\|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> Darcy returned to Tucson after his major league career, earning his degree at the [[University of Arizona]], starting his family, becoming active in the real estate industry and various aspects of local civic life. Darcy hosted local sports talk radio programs, ran for mayor of Tucson twice,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/16/whos-pat-darcy-and-does-he-want-to-be-mayor\|title=Who's Pat Darcy? And Does He Want To Be Mayor?\|last=Nintzel\|first=Jim\|website=Tucson Weekly\|language=en\|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> and drew upon his connections and relationships in Major League Baseball to help bring the [[Colorado Rockies]] to Tucson in 1993 as a spring training team. Darcy was inducted into the Pima County (Arizona) Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and is currently the president of the organization. ==References== <references /> ==External links== {{Baseballstats \|mlb=113049 \|espn= \|br=d/darcypa01 \|fangraphs=\|brm=darcy-001pat}} {{1975 Cincinnati Reds}} ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Darcy, Pat~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American baseball player~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = May 12, 1950~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH = Troy, Ohio~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Darcy, Pat}} [[Category:1950 births]] Line 52 ⟶ 53: [[Category:Major League Baseball pitchers]] [[Category:Cincinnati Reds players]] [[Category:People from ~~Miami County~~Troy, Ohio]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Miami County, Ohio]] [[Category:Baseball players from Ohio]] [[Category:Mesa Thunderbirds baseball players]] [[Category:Arizona Instructional League Mesa players]] [[Category:Arkansas Travelers players]] [[Category:Columbus Astros players]] [[Category:Covington Astros players]] [[Category:Denver Bears players]] [[Category:Indianapolis Indians players]] [[Category:Iowa Oaks players]] [[Category:New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players]] [[Category:Oklahoma City 89ers players]] [[Category:Raleigh-Durham Triangles players]] [[Category:St. Petersburg Cardinals players]] [[Category:Williamsport Astros players]]