Today's New York-Penn League Birthday: Phi Regan (Jamestown Falcons, 1956)

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Happy Birthday to former PONY (New York-Penn) League prospect Phil Regan (Jamestown Falcons, 1956), who was born on this date in 1937 in Otsego, Michigan.

Regan was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956 out the Western Michigan University. He pitched in 34 games for Jamestown that summer (17-9, 229 IP, 3.66 ERA). He worked his way thru the Tigers organization and made his major league debut in 1960.

He pitched for Detroit until 1965 and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 15, 1965 for another PONY alum, Dick Tracewski (Hornell Dodgers, 1954). He was traded to the Chicago Cubs on April 23, 1968. He spent five seasons with the Cubs and was sold the the Chicago White Sox on June 2, 1972. He appeared in 10 games for the White Sox and was released on July 20, 1972. Regan had a career record of 96-81 in 13 major league seasons.

Following retirement as a player, Regan was a college head coach (Grand Valley State, 1974-82) and was a major league pitching coach with the  Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago Cubs. He managed the Baltimore Orioles in 1995 (71-73) and later managed and coached in the minor leagues.

Source: Baseball Reference

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