Editing Dick Radatz (section)

==Early life==
Born in [[Detroit]], Radatz was the first child of Virginia (Osterman) and Norman Radatz, an automotive engineer and body design draftsman. Radatz grew up in [[Berkley, Michigan]], in the same neighborhood that produced Hall of fame [[Detroit Tigers]] pitcher [[Hal Newhouser]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newhouser, Hal {{!}} Baseball Hall of Fame |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/newhouser-hal |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=baseballhall.org}}</ref> Norman Radatz had known Newhouser when Newhouser was young, and Dick Radatz grew up admiring Newhouser. Radatz attended [[Berkley High School]], where he played football, baseball, and basketball.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nowlin |first=Bill |title=Dick Radatz – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dick-radatz/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> He threw a [[no-hitter]] in April 1954, only allowing one [[base on balls]];<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 1954 |title=No-Hit Scale Is Balanced By Berkley |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=15}}</ref> one of three no-hitters he pitched in high school.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=January 25, 1955 |title=Tigers Among 6 Clubs Making Pitch to Prep |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=23}}</ref>

He also played [[Minor League Baseball|Class-D]] baseball for Walway, in the Detroit Baseball Federation. He had a 7–1 [[Winning percentage|won–loss]] record, the team winning the American Baseball Congress junior title in August of 1954.<ref name=":8" /> 

He was a star [[basketball]] and [[baseball]] player at [[Michigan State University]] before signing with the Red Sox as an amateur [[free agent]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/051106aaf.html|title=Spartan Baseball To Honor 1971 Team, Dick Radatz|publisher=MSUSpartans.com|date=May 11, 2006}}</ref> Another future MLB relief pitcher, [[Ron Perranoski]], was Radatz's roommate at Michigan State. In 1957, Radatz and Perranoski played for the [[Watertown Lake Sox]] of the [[Basin League]] in [[South Dakota]], where he had a 10-1 record. Radatz returned in 1958 and led the Basin League with 107 strikeouts. As a Michigan State senior, he was 10–1 with a 1.12 [[earned run average]] (ERA).<ref name=":1" />