Rick Sutcliffe
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Born: June 21, 1956 Independence, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 29, 1976, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 22, 1994, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 171–139 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.08 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,679 | ||
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Richard Lee "Rick" Sutcliffe (born June 21, 1956), nicknamed "The Red Baron" for his red hair and beard, is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher and current broadcaster.
A right-hander, Sutcliffe was a three-time All-Star. He won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1979 and the National League Cy Young Award in 1984.
Sutcliffe's first full season in the majors was 1979. He won 17 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and was the first of four consecutive Rookies of the Year for the Dodgers from 1979–1982 (Steve Howe, Fernando Valenzuela, and Steve Sax were the others). The Dodgers traded Sutcliffe to the Cleveland Indians for Jorge Orta, a journeyman outfielder.
Sutcliffe won 31 games over the course of the next two seasons for Cleveland and led the American League in earned run average in 1982. In mid-1984, Cleveland traded a struggling Sutcliffe to the Chicago Cubs for Mel Hall and Joe Carter. Sutcliffe rebounded and won 16 games for the Cubs while losing only one, helping them to the division championship. On October 2, 1984, he started the first game of the NLCS against the San Diego Padres, giving up two hits and no runs, not only gaining the victory, but also hitting a home run in the third inning. Five days later, Sutcliffe pitched the final game of the series at Jack Murphy Stadium, but posted the loss after giving up four runs in the seventh inning.
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