Galen Cisco

Who is Galen Cisco?

Galen Bernard Cisco is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1961 and 1969. Listed at 6' 0", 200 lb., Cisco batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1958 out of Ohio State University.

A two-sport star, Cisco earned All-America and All-Big Ten honors and was a captain on the 1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, which won the national championship with a 9-1 record, playing both fullback and linebacker. As a pitcher for the Buckeyes, he compiled a career record of 12-2.

A curveball specialist, Cisco entered the Majors in 1961 with the Boston Red Sox, playing one-and-a-half years for them before joining the New York Mets, again with Boston, and the Kansas City Royals. In a seven-season career, he posted a 25-56 record with a 4.56 ERA in 192 appearances, including 78 starts, nine complete games, three shutouts, two saves, and a 1.16 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Following his playing retirement, Cisco became a respected pitching coach for the Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. He spent six seasons with the Blue Jays, helping his team to won three consecutive American League East Division titles and two World Series. Under his tweaking and guidance, Paul Byrd, Robert Person and Randy Wolf developed as starters with the Phillies.