Education
Ohio State University.
Ohio State University.
Listed at 6 feet (18 m) tall and 200 pounds (91 kg), Cisco batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1958 out of Ohio State University. As a pitcher for the Buckeyes, he compiled a career record of 12–2.
A curveball specialist, Cisco entered the Majors in 1961 with the Boston Red Sox, playing a little over a season for before the New York Mets acquired him via waivers on September 6, 1962.
The 1962 Mets ended up with a record of 40–120, still the record for most losses by a Major League Baseball team in a single season. He returned to the Red Sox for part of the 1967 season, then was acquired by the expansion Kansas City Royals, where he finished his active MLB career in 1969.
In a seven-season career, he posted a 25–56 record with a 4.56 European Research Area in 192 appearances, including 78 starts, nine complete games, three shutouts, two saves, and a 1.16 strikeout-to-walk ratio (325-to-281). Following his playing retirement, Cisco became a pitching coach for the Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies, serving for all or parts of 28 years.
Under his guidance, Paul Byrd, Robert Person and Randy Wolf developed as starters with the Phillies (from 1997 to 2000).
Cisco resides in Celina, Ohio. In 1995, Cisco was elected to the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame as a football and baseball player.
In 1995, Cisco was elected to the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame as a football and baseball player. The Saint Marys Rotary Club annually sponsors the presentation of the Galen Cisco Award. To be eligible for the award, a baseball player must be twelve years old (the last year of Little League eligibility), and voted by his teammates to be Team Most Valuable Player.
