Career
Darr was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in 4th round (96th overall) in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft,and spent three years in the Orioles minor league system,rising to the AA level. He then was selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round (17th overall) of the 1976 expansion draft.
Darr spent most of the 1977 season with the Jays' AA affiliate in Jersey City,compiling a 6-13 record with a 6.14 ERA,and more walks (114) than strikeouts (110). Despite these less-than-stellar statistics,Darr was called up to the majors in September.
Darr appeared in just one game for the Blue Jays. On September 6,1977,at Exhibition Stadium against the Boston Red Sox,Darr was the starting pitcher against "Spaceman" Bill Lee. He pitched an inning and a third before being pulled and replaced by Tom Murphy. In that inning and a third,he gave up three hits,five runs,four walks,hit one batter with a pitch,and had one strike-out. Among the three hits he surrendered was a grand slam to Carlton Fisk. Darr earned the losing decision in the game,finishing his ML career with an ERA of 33.75.
Darr spent the next two seasons in the Blue Jays minor league system,and did not appear again in a major league game.
He was the father of Mike Darr,a San Diego Padres outfielder who died at age 25 in a car accident in 2002. [1]
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