:Marty Bystrom

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Marty Bystrom

| image = Marty Bystrom.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|7|26}}

| birth_place = Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutdate = September 7

| debutyear = 1980

| debutteam = Philadelphia Phillies

| finaldate = September 9

| finalyear = 1985

| finalteam = New York Yankees

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 29–26

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 4.26

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 258

| teams =

Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1984}})
New York Yankees ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1985}})

| highlights =

World Series champion ({{wsy|1980}})

}}

Martin Eugene Bystrom (born July 26, 1958) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1985.

Career

Bystrom attended Miami Killian Senior High School and then Miami Dade Community College where he was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent in December 1976.{{cite web|title=Marty Bystrom Statistics and History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bystrma01.shtml#trans|website=baseball-reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=August 13, 2014}} At age 22, as a September call-up,{{cite web|title=MLB Rotation: Phillies Most Memorable Call Up? Marty Bystrom in 1980.|url=http://www.thegoodphight.com/2013/8/26/4658584/phillies-most-memorable-call-up-marty-bystrom-in-1980|website=thegoodphight.com|accessdate=September 8, 2014|date=August 26, 2013}} he made his MLB debut on September 7, 1980; Bystrom went on to win 5 games (including a complete-game shutout) that September,{{cite web|title=1980 Pitching Gamelogs (Marty Bystrom)|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=bystrma01&t=p&year=1980|website=baseball-reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=August 13, 2014}} en route to Philadelphia's National League East Division championship.{{cite web|last1=Madden|first1=Bill|title=Blame Game, Not Bystrom|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/blame-game-bystrom-article-1.690963|website=nydailynews.com|publisher=New York Daily News|accessdate=September 8, 2014|date=March 6, 1995|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909032318/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/blame-game-bystrom-article-1.690963|archivedate=September 9, 2014}}

Until Dylan Lee's start for the Atlanta Braves in the 2021 World Series, Bystrom set a record in 1980 for fewest regular season appearances (6) before making a start in a World Series.{{cite news |title=Atlanta Braves' Dylan Lee makes history with 1st career start in World Series, lasts 15 pitches |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32511697/atlanta-braves-dylan-lee-makes-history-1st-career-start-world-series-lasts-15-pitches |access-date=1 November 2021 |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=October 30, 2021}}

On June 30, 1984, the Phillies traded Bystrom, along with Keith Hughes to the Yankees for pitcher Shane Rawley. Following the 1985 season, Bystrom was granted free agency and was re-signed by the Yankees. However, he would never again reach the big leagues, as he finished his career pitching in the farm systems of the Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Phillies, and Cleveland Indians, eventually retiring as an active player in 1989.{{cite web|title=Marty Bystrom Minor League Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bystro001mar|website=baseball-reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=August 13, 2014}} Because the 1994 MLB players' strike also affected 1995 spring training, he briefly attempted a comeback as a replacement player because, "No matter what, there's nothing quite so special as putting on a major-league uniform and playing baseball. I cherish this. I always did."