Former starting pitcher has pa sed away on Thursday at the age of 78, as noted by . Drago pitched for the Royals, Red Sox, Angels, Orioles, and Mariners throughout his big league career, which spanned 13 seasons from 1969 to 1981. The and both mourned the lo s on X this morning, extending sympathies to Dragos friends and family. Dragos big league career began as a member of the inaugural Royals team in 1969, a team for which he quickly Vincent Desharnais Jersey emerged as one of the better starting options. Drago posted a 3.77 ERA with a 3.67 FIP acro s 200 2/3 innings of work during his rookie campaign, throwing 10 complete games and appearing in 41 with 26 starts. He largely repeated those results during the 1970 season with even more volume, pitching to a 3.75 ERA and 3.65 FIP acro s 240 innings of work. The rightys star shined brightest during the 1971 campaign, however. Acro s 35 appearances (34 starts) for Kansas City that year, Drago posted a 2.98 ERA with a nearly matching 2.99 FIP. He did that acro s 241 1/3 innings of work, recording 15 complete games with four shutouts among them. Dragos performance led the Royals to the clubs first season above .500 in the young franchises history and earned him a fifth-place finish in AL Cy Young award voting that year while the trophy ultimately went to . Drago ultimately spent two more seasons in Kansas City, pitching to a 3.58 ERA and 3.47 FIP acro s a combined 452 innings of work those seasons. In 1974, Drago began his first stint in Boston, which would only last two seasons. That included, of course, the clubs 1975 World Series run that saw them lose the World Series in seven games against the Reds. While Drago pitched just 72 2/3 innings of 3.84 ERA baseball with the Red Sox during the regular season that year, his contributions in four appearances out of the Boston bullpen during the playoffs were far more impre sive: Drago allowed just one run in 8 2/3 innings of work acro s four appearances that postseason against the As and Reds. After converting to relief work in the 1975 season Drago spent two seasons pitching out of the bullpen for the Angels (for whom he gave up the final home run of s career in 1976) and the Orioles, with a 3.99 ERA and 3.86 FIP in 140 innings of work acro s those two seasons, before returning to Boston in 1978. His second stint with the club lasted three seasons, and saw him do some of his best work as a reliever: he posted identical 3.03 ERAs in back-to-back campaigns in 78 and 79 before reaching 100 innings pitched in a season for the first time since 1974, his first season with the Red Sox, during the 1980 campaign, his final in Boston. Dragos career then came to a close in 1981, after 39 appearances with the Mariners. Over his 13-season big league career, Drago posted a 3.62 ERA and 3.58 FIP with an above-average ERA+ of 103 acro s 1875 innings of work. He appeared in 519 games, struck out 987 batters, and accrued 108 wins throughout his career. We at MLB Trade Rumors extend our condolences to Dragos family, friends, fans and former teammates. Derek Forbort Jersey