} Martin Eugene Bystrom (born July 26, 1958), is an American former

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, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and

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from 1980–1985. Bystrom attended Miami Killian Senior High School and then

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where he was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent in December 1976. At age 22, as a September call-up, he made his MLB debut on September 7, 1980; Bystrom went on to win 5 games (including a complete-game shutout) that September, en route to Philadelphia’s

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Division championship. Until Dylan Lee's start for the

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in the

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, Bystrom set a record in 1980 for fewest regular season appearances (6) before making a start in a World Series. On June 30, 1984, the Phillies traded Bystrom, along with Keith Hughes to the Yankees for pitcher

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. Following the 1985 season, Bystrom was granted free agency and was re-signed by the Yankees. However, he would never again reach the big leagues, as he finished his career pitching in the farm systems of the Yankees,

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, Phillies, and

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, eventually retiring as an active player in 1989. Because the 1994 MLB players' strike also affected 1995 spring training, he briefly attempted a comeback as a

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because, "No matter what, there's nothing quite so special as putting on a major-league uniform and playing baseball. I cherish this. I always did."

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