On December 28, 1982, the New York Mets traded Pat Zachry to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 1976 NL Rookie of the Year’s biggest claim to fame was being one of the pieces acquired by the Mets in the far more infamous deal with the Cincinnati Reds that sent Tom Seaver to Ohio.
Zachry pitched well at times for the Mets, never reaching anything near Seaver status. The decision to move on wasn’t the greatest considering he would have two pretty good years as a reliever for the Dodgers. It looks especially worse when we follow his trade train which involved more moving parts than an actual locomotive.