The Jersey City native had a destructive nature that he often used to attack himself after a loss. In retrospect, dealing him to the expansion Blue Jays in 1977 was an act of cruelty - he was 1-9 that year.

The pitcher with the tasty name was 21-29 during three years in Houston with a respectable 3.65 ERA and completed a four-year career in the bigs with a 22-38 record.