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b. October 25, 1955 · Texas Rangers 1978–1984, 1995, Milwaukee Brewers 1985–1986, Houston Astros 1986–1990, 1996, Boston Red Sox 1991–1994, Toronto Blue Jays 1995, Pittsburgh Pirates 1996, Chicago White Sox 1997, San Francisco Giants 1997–1998

In 1990 he went 11-4 with a 2.21 earned run average for Houston, the best in the National League, having made 17 starts in 48 appearances. He was thirty-four and had been used as a starter, a long reliever and a closer at various points of the previous decade, depending on what the club needed that year.

Twenty-one seasons gave him 171 wins against 182, a 3.84 earned run average, 3,016 innings and 1,942 strikeouts, for eight clubs. He started 371 games and relieved in 345 more, which almost nobody of his era did in both directions.

He was from Bonham, Texas, was called Dr. Death, and pitched until he was forty-two. He won 15 games for Boston in 1993 as a starter, three years after the earned run average title. The 2004 ballot gave him no votes.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Pitcher of the Month	2	1990, 1993
Player of the Week	2	1981, 1996

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1978	TEX	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1979	TEX	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1980	TEX	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1981	TEX	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1982	TEX	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1983	TEX	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1984	TEX	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1985	MIL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1986	HOU/MIL	39	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	.063
1987	HOU	35	66	2	12	2	1	0	4	2	40	1	.182
1988	HOU	44	56	3	4	2	0	1	7	1	22	0	.071
1989	HOU	68	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	.118
1990	HOU	52	38	5	5	1	1	0	3	2	21	0	.132
1991	BOS	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1992	BOS	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1993	BOS	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1994	BOS	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1995	TEX/TOR	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1996	HOU/PIT	34	49	2	9	4	0	1	3	0	27	1	.184
1997	CHW/SFG	31	18	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	.111
1998	SFG	33	45	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	30	0	.089
Career	—	722	305	15	39	11	2	2	22	6	171	2	.128

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1978	TEX	1	0	3	1	0	8.2	11	4	1	8	4.15
1979	TEX	4	4	20	6	0	78.0	50	35	30	58	4.04
1980	TEX	13	4	53	2	8	109.2	98	32	50	104	2.63
1981	TEX	9	9	22	22	0	146.0	115	59	57	98	3.64
1982	TEX	10	8	56	1	7	89.0	95	34	37	61	3.44
1983	TEX	8	13	28	26	0	183.0	175	71	62	92	3.49
1984	TEX	8	12	35	32	0	223.2	249	98	54	123	3.94
1985	MIL	8	18	39	29	2	217.2	212	92	65	125	3.80
1986	HOU/MIL	11	10	39	22	0	184.2	170	65	44	120	3.17
1987	HOU	9	10	33	30	0	195.2	184	78	69	134	3.59
1988	HOU	8	13	44	20	3	192.0	189	82	48	129	3.84
1989	HOU	11	4	68	0	7	122.0	92	32	33	104	2.36
1990	HOU	11	4	48	17	2	162.2	136	40	31	109	2.21
1991	BOS	3	6	12	12	0	68.0	71	39	15	42	5.16
1992	BOS	9	9	51	15	3	161.1	159	71	53	124	3.96
1993	BOS	15	11	34	34	0	229.1	196	83	49	130	3.26
1994	BOS	7	5	13	13	0	75.2	101	53	24	54	6.30
1995	TEX/TOR	3	10	20	15	0	99.0	131	82	31	58	7.45
1996	HOU/PIT	10	11	34	25	0	164.2	160	69	27	96	3.77
1997	CHW/SFG	5	11	31	24	0	157.1	181	76	45	92	4.35
1998	SFG	8	10	33	25	0	148.2	176	91	49	81	5.51
Career	—	171	182	716	371	32	3016.2	2951	1286	874	1942	3.84

On this day & linked events

1955

Born October 25, 1955

Bonham, TX, USA

1978

Major-league debut: Danny Darwin

Danny Darwin made a major-league debut on September 8, 1978.

1998

Final major-league game: Danny Darwin

Danny Darwin played a final major-league game on September 22, 1998.

Image: Joel Dinda, CC BY 2.0