'Every staff needs that type of pitcher, someone who can fill a number of roles,' says pitching coach Mark Connor. 'Greg has been a savior for us at times, by coming in and doing the job wherever and whenever he's been needed.'
In an era where the game has become highly specialized, Cadaret's main concern is throwing as often as possible. Quiet with the media, yet known by his teammates as the bullpen chatterbox, fireballer Greg Cadaret is making loud noises on the mound for the Yankees."
-The New York Yankees Official 1991 Yearbook
"Greg had a solid season in 1990, seeing action as a starter, middle reliever and closer. He finished the season with a 5-4 record and three saves (in four opportunities) and a 4.15 ERA in 54 games (six starts).
He made two short relief outings to start the season, then made six straight starts from April 15-May 13 in place of Chuck Cary (DL). He made five appearances (3 GS) in April and was 1-1 with a 7.90 ERA (13.2 IP).
In May, Greg made eight appearances (three starts followed by five relief outings) and was 0-3 with a 4.24 ERA (23.1 IP). Through May he was 1-4 with a 5.75 ERA and allowed at least one earned run in 14 of his 17 appearances. After his six starts, his final 46 games were all in relief.
Greg settled down in June, appearing in 10 games and going 1-0 with a 3.20 ERA (25.1 IP). He ended the month allowing two earned runs over his final 13.2 innings pitched and dropping his season ERA from 5.55 to 4.62.
July was his best month, with Greg going 1-0 with two saves (in three chances) and a 1.93 ERA (23.1 IP). For the season, he was 2-4 with no saves and a 4.35 ERA in 26 games at the break. From June 16-July 14, Greg posted a 1.26 ERA (28.2 IP, 4 ER). He allowed two earned runs in his first 15 innings pitched after the break.
On August 7 at Seattle he pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, dropping his ERA to a season low 3.56. He was 2-0 with a 3.22 ERA (22.1 IP) in August. Greg had a tough September, posting a 7.43 ERA (13.1 IP) over 10 appearances. After the break, he was 3-0 in 28 games with three saves and a 3.88 ERA.
In a starting role Greg made six starts and was 1-3 with a 6.11 ERA (28.0 IP, 19 ER) and allowed 31 hits (12 extra-base hits) and four home runs, a ratio of 1.3 homers every nine innings pitched. The Yankees were 2-4 in his six starts. As a reliever, he pitched in 48 games and was 4-1 with a 3.57 ERA (93.1 IP, 37 ER) and allowed 89 hits (23 extra-base hits) and four homers, a ratio of 0.4 homers every nine innings pitched.
Greg made 23 appearances of one inning or less and had a 10.38 ERA (13 IP, 15 ER). He made 26 outings of more than one inning and was 3-0 with two saves and a 2.46 ERA (80.1 IP, 22 ER). Greg's real strength was super-long relief, as he made four outings of five or more innings and posted a sparkling 0.36 ERA (24.2 IP, 1 ER) in that capacity.
He pitched 93.1 innings which was seventh best in the American League. Greg's longest outing of the season was on August 20 against Toronto (7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R), resulting in a win.
His first win of the year was on April 28 against California (fifth game, third game started) when he pitched six innings (3 H, 2 ER). He ended the season with a four-game winning streak, last losing on May 24 at Minnesota.
On July 29 at Cleveland, Greg saves both ends of a doubleheader, the first two non-Righetti Yankee saves of 1990. His three saves for the season matched his career total entering '90, with all three coming in 1988.
Greg allowed seven home runs through his first 45.0 innings pitched, through June 8, then only one over his final 76.1 innings. He had a string of 66.2 homerless innings snapped on September 1 at Boston on a Mike Greenwell inside-the-park homer; his last homer allowed before that was also an inside-the-parker, by Phil Bradley at Baltimore on June 8.
For the second straight season, Greg led Yankee pitchers in getting credit for runners caught stealing (10). Over the past two seasons he's gotten credit for 13 runners caught stealing.
He signed a contract for the 1991 season.
Greg was obtained by the Yankees on June 21,1989 along with pitcher Eric Plunk and outfielder Luis Polonia in exchange for outfielder Rickey Henderson. At the time of the trade he was 0-0 with a 2.28 ERA and a .214 batting average against. He had pitched 27.2 innings and allowed nine runs (seven earned) on 21 hits and 19 walks [1.45 WHIP] and had struck out 14, not allowing a homer. Greg made his Yankee debut the day he arrived (June 22) and was the winning pitcher, 10-7; he allowed two runs (one earned) over 2.2 innings, earning his first win since September 18, 1988.
His first four outings were in relief (7.1 IP, 6 ER) with Greg going 1-0 with a 7.36 ERA. On July 7 at Boston, he made his first major league start and first professionally since starting for the AA Huntsville Stars in 1986. He had a tough first inning (4 R, 5 H) but then settled down. He allowed six earned runs on nine hits (including his first homer of '89, to Mike Greenwell) over a then career-high 5.2 innings and was the losing pitcher. At the break Greg was 1-1 with an 8.31 ERA in five appearances.
Greg made three straight starts (July 7-21) and went 1-2 with a 4.34 ERA (18.2 IP, 9 ER). On July 16 he pitched a rain-shortened seven-inning complete game. He ended July by pitching two games out of the pen (3.2 IP, 1 ER).
After July, Greg made 11 appearances of which 10 were starts. He made six straight starts in August before ending with a relief appearance. On August 7 at Cleveland, he pitched a complete game 2-hitter (the Yankee low-hit game of 1989) in a 9-0 win. Greg had a no-hitter until Brook Jacoby led off the 8th with a single to left on a 2-2 pitch; he allowed a ninth-inning double to Luis Aguayo for the other hit. After a loss at Minnesota he had another strong outing, allowing one earned in seven-plus innings in a 2-1 win at Detroit; he left leading 2-0 as the Yankees had scored twice in the first inning on a two-run single by Mel Hall before the Tigers scored an eighth-inning run.
From July 16-August 17 (eight appearances) Greg was 3-2 with a 2.44 ERA (44.1 IP,12 ER), lowering his ERA from 8.31 to 3.77. For the month of August he was 2-2 in seven games with a 4.42 ERA (38.2 IP, 19 ER) and in four September games (all starts) was 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA (24 IP, 12 ER).
On September 2 Greg pitched a complete game 6-hitter in a 2-1 Yankee win over the Angels in New York; the lone run came on a sixth-inning Brian Downing home run. His final outing of the season came against the Brewers in New York and he lasted two innings, allowing six earned runs on five hits to take the loss and drop his record to 5-5.
In 13 starts Greg was 4-5 with a 4.02 ERA (80.2 IP, 36 ER). He pitched into the seventh inning in nine of his 13 starts, and in eight of his 13 starts was supported by three runs or less. The Yankees were 5-8 when he started. He fanned 59 batters (6.6/9 IP), walked 33 (3.79/9 P) and six of the seven homers he allowed were in starts. In seven relief outings Greg was 1-0 with no saves and posted an 8.49 ERA (11.2 IP, 11 ER). The Yankees were 2-5 when he pitched in relief.
He was 2-2 with a 4.91 ERA and a .345 batting average against in day games and 3-3, 4.50 with a .284 BA against in night games. He was 4-2 with a 4.64 ERA with a .273 batting average against in home games and 1-3, 4.50 with a .329 BA against in away games.
Greg was drafted by the A's in the 11th round of the June 1983 draft. He reported to Medford where he went 7-3 with a 4.36 ERA and struck out 51 in 64 innings. Greg moved to Modesto of the California League in 1984. He was 13-8 there with a 3.08 ERA, allowing just 162 hits in 171.1 innings while striking out 138. He made 26 appearances, all starts, and had six complete games.
He started at Modesto in 1985, then moved to AA Huntsville for the completion of the season. Greg was 3-9 at Modesto with a 5.87 ERA and had control problems, walking 54 in 61.1 innings but struck out 43. At Huntsville, he was 3-7 with a 6.12 ERA, appearing in 17 games, all starts. Greg spent the entire 1986 season at Huntsville and was 12-5 with a 5.41 ERA. He still had control problems, walking 98 in 141.1 innings but also struck out 113.
In 1987, Greg opened the year at Huntsville where he was switched to a relief role after being a starter for all but one game of his minor league career. He went 5-2 with nine saves in 24 games for the Stars with a 2.90 ERA and was named to the Southern League All-Star team. Greg was moved up to Tacoma on June 15 and was 1-2 with a save and a 3.46 ERA in seven games.
Selected by the A's on July 2, Greg made his major league debut on July 5 against Boston in the Coliseum- he came in to face Wade Boggs with the bases loaded and no one out. He wound up walking Boggs but came back on July 17 to record his first major league win over the same Red Sox at Fenway Park.
An injury to Matt Young enabled Greg to be a part of the A's staff on Opening Day of 1988 and he proved to be a very valuable member of the A's record-setting bullpen. He was just about on his way to Tacoma when Young developed elbow problems at the end of spring training. Used as a left-handed setup man, Greg's finest month was May when he pitched a total of nine innings and allowed just four hits and one earned run and had six strikeouts.
His longest stint of the season was four innings on June 11 at Texas; he allowed just one hit that night, walking two and striking out two, and earned his first win of the year. Greg picked up his first career major league save at Seattle on July 31.
He had a fine August, going 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA (15 IP,3 ER). For the season, he allowed just 10 of 57 inherited runners to score (18%).
In college, Greg was first-team all-conference in baseball at Grand Valley State. He graduated from Central Montcalm High School in Stanton, Michigan where he played golf, basketball and baseball- Greg was first-team all-conference and team MVP in both basketball and baseball. He played Little League and Babe Ruth League ball in Stanton, grew up a Tiger fan and his favorite player was Al Kaline.
Greg listens to Huey Lewis and enjoys golf, fishing and hunting and spending time with his family in the off-season."
-1991 New York Yankees Information Guide
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