Pete Ladd

Pete Ladd had an unassuming major league career, notching 17 wins, 39 saves and 23 losses in 205 games, with a 4.14 ERA. Take away a very solid 1983 campaign and those number go from "ho hum" to "less than respectable."  

In 1982 however, with closer Rollie Fingers injured, Ladd was on the mound for arguably the greatest moment in Brewers history: it was his pitch that Angel Rod Carew grounded to short for the final out of the ALCS, giving Milwaukee its only penant in the last 65 years. 

I watched that happen live on TV, and it's one of my favorite moments with my Grandpa.

Ladd died Friday at age 67 after a short bout with cancer. 

RIP