Danny Darwin
| Danny Darwin | |||
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Born: October 25, 1955 Bonham, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 1978, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 22, 1998, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 171–182 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.84 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,942 | ||
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Daniel Wayne "Danny" Darwin (born October 25, 1955), known as the "Bonham Bullet" and "Dr. Death", is a former pitcher of Major League Baseball. He amassed 171 wins and 182 losses over his career for 8 different Major League teams with a 3.84 earned run average. He is currently the pitching coach for the AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
Danny attended Bonham High School and Grayson County College. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers on May 10, 1976. He began his professional career with the Asheville Tourists in Single-A in 1976. He pitched for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in 1977 and the Triple-A Tucson Toros in 1978. With Tulsa, he was 13-4, 2.41 ERA in 23 starts with six complete games and four shutouts.
He made his major league debut on September 8, 1978. He pitched two innings of relief in an 11-4 loss against the Oakland Athletics, giving up one run and two hits.
He had his first major league start, against the Seattle Mariners, in the second game of a double-header on September 24, 1978. He pitched six innings, giving up eight hits, striking out seven, and allowing only one walk to record his first victory.
Darwin did not become a full-time starter until 1981, a strike-shortened season. He made 22 starts that year, carving out a 9-9 record with a 3.64 ERA.
He remained in Texas starting rotation until he was traded on January 18, 1985 to the Milwaukee Brewers (along with Bill Nance for Don Slaught). In 1985 for the Brewers, he finished with a record of 8-18, coming very close to losing 20 games.
He was traded during the 1986 season to the Houston Astros for Mark Knudson and Don August. He remained with Houston through 1990, gradually being switched from a starting pitcher to a reliever by his last years with the Astros. In his final season in Houston, he was 11-4, 2.21 era in 48 games (17 starts) to win the National League ERA title.
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