:Ted Sadowski

{{Short description|American baseball player (1936–1993)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ted Sadowski

|position=Pitcher

|image=Ted Sadowski.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1936|4|1|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1993|7|18|1936|4|1}}

|death_place=Shaler Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 2

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1960}}

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 4

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1962}}

|finalteam=Minnesota Twins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–3

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=39

|stat4label=Innings pitched

|stat4value=84{{fraction|1|3}}

|stat2label=ERA

|stat2value=5.76

|teams=

• Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1960–62)

}}

Theodore Sadowski (April 1, 1936 – July 18, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and a middle-relief pitcher in the Major Leagues for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1960–62). Sadowski batted and threw right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}. He was the brother of Bob Sadowski and Ed Sadowski, and uncle of Jim Sadowski.

Coming from a Pittsburgh baseball family, Sadowski himself had a 12-year pro career. He broke into the big leagues with the 1960 Senators, who the following season became the Minnesota Twins. In his three-season MLB career, he posted a 2–3 record with a 5.76 ERA and one save in 43 games and 84{{fraction|1|3}} innings pitched.

Sadowski died of cancer in Shaler Township, Pennsylvania, at age 57.