We have now lost four of our '69 Mets. RIP.

he pitched one inning in the 69 WS for his only postseason appearance. when i saw that, i thought 'poor guy' ... but how many people can even say they did that?

someone please post the link to the video of the no hitter

someone please post the link to the video of the no hitter

Done.

Having grown up committing all of the 1969 "Amazing Mets: From Marvelous Marv to a Miracle" LP to memory, I'll always remember Cardwell for this performance -- namely, he and Jerry Koosman won each game of a Mets-Pirates doubleheader in September 1969. The scores were 1-0 and 1-0, and they each drove in the only run of the game. Bob Murphy intoned this on the album as if he had witnessed the Resurrection.

That is a great video clip. That's a lot of high heat he was featuring.

In 1969, from the mid-August when the Mets were 10 games back, to the moment they clinched, Cardwell got 6 starts. He went 4-0 with a 0.80 ERA.

Well done.

If you ever saw Jerry Koosman hit, you would think him getting an rbi was the resurrection. Teammates usually looked the other way when when he was at bat in fear that his swing was cantagious. Pretty good pitcher though, especially in the post season.

I find it a little bit ironic that here's this guy, clearly born 40 years too early, still working until he's in his 70's selling Fords in North Carolina.

In today's market, as a # 2 or #3 pitcher he could probably command $3M to $4M a year.
He probably could have earned $10M, $20M or more over a 14 year career with those stats.
I'll bet he never made more than $50K in any year and probably never made $500K for his entire career.

Sounds like he was a nice person to be around and a scratch golfer to boot.

Damn. First Podres now "Cardy". I remember crying (as a 9 year old) when the Mets traded Dennis Ribant for him and Don Bosch. "He had a WINNING RECORD!!! How could they trade him!" My father told me that Bosch was gonna be a great center fielder (well...) and Cardwell was a better pitcher than Ribant. There he was right. In those days, spot starter/long men were very valuable members of a staff. And Cardwell was excellent at that. Even if he hated Ron Swoboda's love beads.