Editing Dick Radatz (section)

==Boston Red Sox (1965-66)==
[[File:Dick Radatz 1965.jpg|thumb|150px|Radatz, circa 1965]]
Radatz got off to a poor start to the 1965 season, blowing three save opportunities and posting a 7.54 ERA through May 14.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yRxPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5965,2442898&dq|title=Red Hot Horton Hits Two Homers|newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]]|date=May 15, 1965}}</ref> He settled down, bringing his ERA down to a far more respectable 3.91 and earning 22 saves by season's end, but his 9–11 mark was the first losing record he had posted in his major league career.<ref name=":4" /> 

Radatz believed his decline as a pitcher was the result of trying to develop a new pitch during spring training in 1965. He worked on adding a sinker to go along with his overpowering fast ball. In the process, he changed his pitching motion and lost velocity on his fastball, taking away what had been the pitch that made him extraordinary.<ref name=":3" />

Radatz's only career home run came off the [[Kansas City Athletics]]' [[Jesse Hickman]] on June 5, 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KC1/KC1196506050.shtml|title=Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Athletics 3|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|date=June 5, 1965}}</ref> He was selected to the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fqc_AAAAIBAJ&pg=6032,1672975&dq|title=Carlton Fisk to be Honored|newspaper=Warsaw, Indiana Times-Union|date=September 9, 1997}}</ref>

Radatz was mentioned in trade rumors with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], [[Milwaukee Braves]] and [[Minnesota Twins]] during the off-season, but eventually returned to the Red Sox. He was 0–2 with a 4.74 ERA before being dealt to the [[Cleveland Indians]] on June 2 for [[Don McMahon]] and [[Lee Stange]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HoEsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6181,536947&dq|title=Boston Trades Dick Radatz to Tribe for Two Pitchers|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald]]|date=June 3, 1966}}</ref>

Overall with Boston, Radatz saved 104 games (a team record later broken by [[Bob Stanley (baseball)|Bob Stanley]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stern |first=Bob |date=July 14, 2008 |title=Papelbon records 100th career save |url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/sports/pro/2008/07/14/papelbon-records-100th-career-save/40248169007/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Enterprise News |language=en-US}}</ref>) with a 49–34 record and 646 strikeouts in 576.1 [[innings pitched]]. With the other four teams, he went only 6–20 with 26 saves in 117.2 innings.<ref name=":4" /> Through 2024, he remains fourth in saves among all Red Sox pitchers, only behind Stanley, [[Jonathan Papelbon]], and [[Craig Kimbrel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston Red Sox All-time Saves Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/top25team.php?s=SV&t=BOS |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}</ref>