Kansas City, Kan., baseball great Ray Sadecki died Nov. 17 at the age of 73.
A major-league pitcher, he was a 1958 graduate of Bishop Ward High School, and was an Arizona resident.
Pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers, Sadecki had a 20-win year in 1964 for the Cardinals. He helped the Cardinals win the National League title that year.
Sadecki grew up in Kansas City, Kan., where his parents owned a grocery store.
A renovated baseball field at 9th and Homer streets in Kansas City, Kan., was renamed Ray Sadecki Field in 2002.