Bucky Brandon

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Darrell G. Brandon (born July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, Texas) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1966 and 1973 for the Boston Red Sox (1966-1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Minnesota Twins (1969) and Philadelphia Phillies (1971-1973). He batted and threw right handed.

Once a heralded pitching prospect, Brandon was an undistinguished reliever throughout most of his career. In his 1966 rookie season, he made 17 starts for Boston and finished 8-8 with a 3.31 ERA and a career-high 101 strikeouts, including two shutouts and a two-hit, one-run game. But he developed arm problems at this early stage of his career and slumped to 5-11 in 1967, pitching only 12 innings in 1968. A year later, he divided his playing time between the expansion Seattle Pilots and Minnesota and spent the entire 1970 season on the disabled list. From 1971-73, he collected 15 wins and eight saves for the awful Phillies as a reliever and occasional starter.

In a seven-season career, Brandon posted a 28-37 record with 354 strikeouts, a 4.04 ERA, 13 saves, and 590.0 innings in 228 games, 43 as a starter.