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KenRaffensberger16 · 02-11-2016, 01:34 PM

Nice photo of Phillies' reliever Ron Reed on the previous page (1354) - Section 27067. It seems that Reed has never gotten the proper credit for his role on those division championship Phillies teams of the late 1970s and the World Series championship team of 1980.
In the category of "Relief wins Plus Saves". Reed set the franchise record with more than any Phillies reliever including Jim Konstanty and Reed's contemporary, Tug McGraw. (This record may possibly have been broken since by long-time Phillie. Ryan Madson). The more colorful McGraw seemed to get all the credit, but actually Reed and McGraw formed a powerful 1-2 righty/lefty punch out of the bullpen from the mid-70s to the early 80s.
While McGraw made the Phillies Wall Of Fame, quite easily after he became eligible, Reed still hasn't been elected and he's been retired since 1984.
Reed, 72, once made the National League All-Star team as a starting pitcher and in a long MLB career that stretched almost 20 years for which he started the first half of his career and relieved the second half, he is 146-140 lifetime. .

02-11-2016, 01:34 PM	#27079
KenRaffensberger16 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010. Posts: 422	Nice photo of Phillies' reliever Ron Reed on the previous page (1354) - Section 27067. It seems that Reed has never gotten the proper credit for his role on those division championship Phillies teams of the late 1970s and the World Series championship team of 1980. In the category of "Relief wins Plus Saves". Reed set the franchise record with more than any Phillies reliever including Jim Konstanty and Reed's contemporary, Tug McGraw. (This record may possibly have been broken since by long-time Phillie. Ryan Madson). The more colorful McGraw seemed to get all the credit, but actually Reed and McGraw formed a powerful 1-2 righty/lefty punch out of the bullpen from the mid-70s to the early 80s. While McGraw made the Phillies Wall Of Fame, quite easily after he became eligible, Reed still hasn't been elected and he's been retired since 1984. Reed, 72, once made the National League All-Star team as a starting pitcher and in a long MLB career that stretched almost 20 years for which he started the first half of his career and relieved the second half, he is 146-140 lifetime. . Last edited by KenRaffensberger16; 02-11-2016 at 01:41 PM.