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" . . . that sounds a lot like Dave McNally's sudden retirement from the Montreal Expos in 1975. McNally, obtained by the Expos from Baltimore in a trade for Ken Singleton and Mke Torrez, was 32 years old, had won 16 games and started a Championship Series game for Baltimore in 1974. He was supposed to be the 'pitching glue' that held together a Montreal youth movement. He won his first 3 decisions (in 4 starts) as an Expo, then proceeded to lose 6 in a row. He quit after losing to the San Diego Padres, went back to Billings, and pretty much stayed there until his premature death in 2002.
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