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Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (died 2014)
Raymond Michael Sadecki (December 26, 1940 – November 17, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best remembered as the left-handed complement to Bob Gibson, who in 1964, won 20 games to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to their first World Series title in eighteen years. He was notable for throwing the palmball.
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Ray Sadecki was born in 1940. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Ray Sadecki's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1940 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.18 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,300 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $3,100 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.30 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.25 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 132.2M | 341 million |
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