Former pitcher Jeff Reardon, who played for seven teams during a 16-year Major League Baseball career, has been arrested for robbing a jewelry store, police said. Reardon, 50, who earned millions of dollars during a career in which he notched up 367 saves and made the All-Star team four times, was arrested on Monday in the town of Palm Beach Gardens north of here, police said.
According to a statement from the Palm Beach Gardens police, Reardon "handed an employee (of a jewelry store) a note stating that they were being robbed and that he had a gun.
"Reardon then fled the store with a Hamilton (Jewelers) bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash," the statement said.
Police spotted Reardon outside of a Chinese restaurant. "At this time he was placed under arrest and the stolen currency was recovered," the statement said.
"Reardon was arrested without incident and then later booked into the Palm Beach County Jail," it said. He has been charged with armed robbery.
Reardon began his career with the New York Mets in 1979 and retired as a member of the New York Yankees in 1994.
A reliever, he won 73 games and lost 77 and had a career earned run average of 3.16. His 367 saves place him sixth on the all-time list.
According to the Baseball Almanac, Reardon made more than 2.5 million dollars a year in 1991 and 1992 while pitching for the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves.
Reardon appeared in two World Series -- for the Minnesota Twins in 1987 and for the Braves in 1992.
