Gerry Janeski

After graduating from La Salle College Preparatory in Pasadena, Janeski signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox before the 1965 season, just before implementation of the Major League Baseball draft. He spent five years in the Bosox' farm system, rising to Triple-A, where he won 15 games (with 14 complete games) in 1969 as a member of the Louisville Colonels. That December, the parent Red Sox acquired left-handed starting pitcher Gary Peters, a former two-time All-Star, from the White Sox in a four-player trade, and later added Janeski to the deal as compensation on March 9, 1970.
The trade set the stage for Janeski's three-season MLB career. He made his debut on April 10, the third game of the White Sox' 1970 season, as the starter against the recently-relocated Milwaukee Brewers, and was credited with a 5–4 victory, going 7.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-out…