Dick Bosman
| Dick Bosman | |||
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Born: February 17, 1944 Kenosha, Wisconsin |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 1, 1966, for the Washington Senators | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 19, 1976, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 82–85 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.67 | ||
| Strikeouts | 757 | ||
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Richard Allen Bosman (born February 17, 1944) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched for the Washington Senators (1966–71), Texas Rangers (1972–73), Cleveland Indians (1973–75) and Oakland Athletics (1975–76). Bosman started the final game for the expansion Senators and the first game for the Texas Rangers. He is the only pitcher in Major League history to miss a perfect game due to his own fielding error.
Bosman was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1963. Following that season, he was drafted from the Pirates by the San Francisco Giants, and then a year later was drafted again by the Senators. After another season in the minors, he made his major league debut on June 1, 1966.
Bosman pitched for the Senators, and later the Rangers, for eight seasons. In 1969 he compiled a 14-5 mark and led the league in earned run average (2.19). He reached a career-high 16 victories in 1970, one of which was a one-hit, 1-0 shutout against Minnesota on August 14. César Tovar gave him the Twins only hit, a single.
Early in the 1973 season, Bosman was traded by the Rangers, along with outfielder Ted Ford, to the Indians for pitcher Steve Dunning. On July 19, 1974, Bosman no-hit the defending World Series Champion Oakland Athletics, a team that would go on to win the 1974 World Series to three-peat after winning the World Series in 1972 and 1973. He missed a rare perfect game due only to his own throwing error in the fourth inning, which gave the A's their lone baserunner in a 4-0 Indians victory.
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