Dan Osinski

Daniel Osinski (November 17, 1933 – September 13, 2013) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 195 pounds (88 kg) right-hander was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before the 1952 season. He played for the Kansas City Athletics (1962), |Los Angeles Angels (1962–1964), Milwaukee Braves (1965), Boston Red Sox (1966–1967), Chicago White Sox (1969), and Houston Astros (1970).

Osinski made his major league debut in relief on April 11, 1962 against the Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Municipal Stadium. He pitched the top of the 9th inning and gave up three earned runs in the 8–0 Athletics loss. He struck out one batter, second baseman Bernie Allen. He pitched in three more games that month, continued to be ineffective, and was sent down to the minor leagues. Then, on July 21, the A's traded him to the Los Angeles Angels. This turned out to be a big break for Osinski.

He pitched very well out of the Angel bullpen for the rest of the season, along with Bob Botz, Dean Chance, Art Fowler, Tom Morgan, and Jack Spring. Osinski earned his first big league save three days after the trade with two scoreless innings in game 2 of a home doubleheader against Baltimore. Then, just nine days later, he got his first win with a scoreless inning against the Indians in Cleveland.