Andy Hawkins
| Andy Hawkins | |||
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Hawkins as Texas Rangers bullpen coach
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Born: January 21, 1960 Waco, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 17, 1982, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 4, 1991, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 84–91 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.22 | ||
| Strikeouts | 706 | ||
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Melton Andrew "Andy" Hawkins (born January 21, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-handed starter, Hawkins spent most of his career with the San Diego Padres, and also played for the New York Yankees and briefly for the Oakland Athletics.
He is known for being the first (and thus far, the only) San Diego Padres pitcher to win a World Series game. Hawkins earned a victory pitching in relief in Game 2 of the 1984 World Series, which the Padres lost to Detroit in five games. His best season was 1985, when he threw a career-high 228 2⁄3 innings, compiled an 18–8 record, (winning his first 11 starts) and finished with a 3.15 ERA. Hawkins is the first pitcher to win his first 10 starts since the advent of divisional play in Major League Baseball which started in 1969. In 3 career starts at Fenway Park, Hawkins managed a total of just one inning, giving up 18 earned runs in those starts.
On July 1, 1990, Hawkins pitched a game for the Yankees against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in which he allowed no hits, but lost the game having dominated the White Sox into the eighth inning, but after retiring the first two batters, Sammy Sosa reached on a fielding error by Yankees third baseman Mike Blowers. After Hawkins loaded the bases by walking the next two batters, Robin Ventura lofted a fly ball to left field. Rookie Jim Leyritz, fighting a blustery wind, had the ball glance off his glove for an error, allowing all three baserunners to score. The next batter, Ivan Calderón, hit a high fly ball to right field, which Jesse Barfield lost in the sun, dropping it for another error, allowing Ventura to score. The Yankees could not score in the ninth, giving Hawkins the loss despite not allowing a hit.
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