Career Highlights
Scarce had a 2.42 ERA and appeared in 52 games in 1973.
Scarce was the Phillies save leader in 1972 and 1973. His total number of saves in 1972 was 4. This remarkably low number for a team leader in saves says considerably more about the 1972 Phillies than it does about Mac Scarce. That year the Phillies won only 59 games, 27 of which were won by Hall of Famer Steve Carlton. Carlton's ratio of recording 46% of the teams wins is one of the highest in league history. Additionally, Carlton invariably finished the games he started. Thus save opportunities for the Philadelphia club were very scarce for Scarce in 1972.
Although more of an anomaly than a highlight, Scarce's entire stint with the New York Mets consisted of pitching to one batter in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 11, 1975. The Mets were up 3–0 going into the bottom of the 9th inning. The Pirates rallied, putting 5 of their first 6 batters on base and tying the game. The Mets then put Scarce in the game with runners on first and second and Richie Hebner at the plate. Scare promptly gave up a single to Hebner that scored the winning run and ended the game. Four days later, Scarce was traded to the Cincinnati Reds.
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