Ron Guidry
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Ron Guidry autographing a baseball at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center on May 12, 2013
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Born: August 28, 1950 Lafayette, Louisiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 27, 1975, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| September 27, 1988, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 170–91 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.29 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,778 | ||
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Ronald Ames Guidry (/ˈɡɪdri/; born August 28, 1950), nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the New York Yankees of the American League (AL), from 1975 through 1988. Guidry was also the pitching coach of the Yankees from 2006 to 2007.
Guidry won the AL Cy Young Award in 1978 as the best pitcher in the AL. He also won five Gold Glove Awards, given for superior fielding, and appeared in four All-Star games. Guidry served as captain of the Yankees from 1986 through 1988, while his uniform number has been retired by the Yankees.
Guidry was born in Lafayette, Louisiana where he pitched for the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette.) He began his career pitching briefly in the 1975 and 1976 seasons after 4 years in the minors. In 1977, he began as a relief pitcher but was moved into the starting rotation. He helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Series championship in 1977 and 1978. In those two years combined, Guidry went 4-0 in the postseason with 3 complete games in 5 starts, allowing only nine earned runs in 37 1⁄3 innings pitched.
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