Ken MacKenzie, a left-handed reliever who was the only pitcher with a winning record on the famously hapless 1962 New York Mets, died on Thursday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 89.
His death was announced by the Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz.
The Mets were one of two expansion franchises preparing to join the National League (the other was the Houston Colt 45s, now the Astros) when they acquired McKenzie from the Milwaukee Braves in October 1961. He had a 5-4 record and a 4.95 earned run average in 41 relief appearances and one start in 1962 — the only winning record among 17 pitchers on the Mets, who went 40-120 and set a modern record for defeats.