Rickey Alan Baldwin is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

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. He threw right-handed and batted left-handed

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. In his three-season career, he played for the New York Mets

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Baldwin was drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft on June 8, 1971. He made his major league debut on April 10, 1975, pitching a scoreless eighth inning in the Mets second game of the season, a 3-2 11-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 at Shea Stadium

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. Baldwin finished the season with a 3-5 record and six saves in 54 appearances (all in relief), with a 3.33 ERA

Earned run average

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 in 97.3 innings of work.

In the season, Baldwin had only 11 appearances, ending the season with a 0-0 record and no saves in 22.7 innings, with an ERA of 2.38. Baldwin had a 1-2 record and one save in in 40 appearances, with a 4.45 ERA in 62.7 innings. Baldwin's final major league appearance was on October 2, 1977, when he faced two batters in the ninth inning, earning a save in a 6-4 Met win over the St. Louis Cardinals

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 at Busch Stadium

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Baldwin was drafted by the Seattle Mariners

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 from the Mets on December 5, 1977 in that year's rule 5 draft

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. in the season he had a 3-5 record with the Triple-A San Jose Missions

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 (a Mariners affiliate) in the Pacific Coast League

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 and a 3-3 record with the Columbus Clippers

Columbus Clippers

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 of the Triple-A International League

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 (an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates

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