Ron Swoboda

PSA 8 NM-MT 8

1969 Citgo Baseball Coin

1969 New York Mets World Series Champion

Ron Swoboda

Ronald Alan Swoboda (born June 30, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1965 through 1973, most notably as a member of the New York Mets team that became known as the Miracle Mets when they rose from being perennial losers to defeat the favored Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series for one of the most improbable upsets in World Series history. Swoboda performed one of the most impressive defensive plays of the series in the ninth inning of Game 4 to help preserve a Mets victory. He also played for the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees.

Ron Swoboda

Outfielder

Born: June 30, 1944 (age 78)

Baltimore, Maryland

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 12, 1965, for the New York Mets

Last MLB appearance

September 30, 1973, for the New York Yankees

MLB statistics

Batting average .242

Home runs 73

Runs batted in 344

Teams

New York Mets (1965–1970)

Montreal Expos (1971)

New York Yankees (1971–1973)

Career highlights and awards

World Series champion (1969)