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Dave Righetti

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b. November 28, 1958 · New York Yankees 1979, 1981–1990, San Francisco Giants 1991–1993, Oakland Athletics 1994, Toronto Blue Jays 1994, Chicago White Sox 1995

On July 4, 1983 he no-hit Boston at Yankee Stadium, striking out Wade Boggs to end it. He was Rookie of the Year in 1981 and had made 31 starts the year of the no-hitter. The following spring the club moved him to the bullpen to replace Goose Gossage, and he never started another game for them.

In 1986 he saved 46 games, which was more than any pitcher had saved in a season — Bruce Sutter and Dan Quisenberry had shared the record at 45 — and he did it with a 2.45 earned run average across 74 appearances. He saved 252 in all, 224 of them for the Yankees, second in the club's history to Mariano Rivera.

He pitched sixteen seasons and finished with three clubs in his last two years. He then spent eighteen seasons as San Francisco's pitching coach and was there for three World Series titles, which is a longer and more successful second career than most players get. He got two votes of 515 in 2001.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 2 1986, 1987
Player of the Week 2 1983, 1986
Reliever of the Year Award 2 1986, 1987
The Sporting News Fireman of the Year 2 1986, 1987
Pitcher of the Month 1 1985
Rookie of the Year 1 1981
The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year 1 1981

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1979 NYY 3000 000 0000
1981 NYY 15000 000 0000
1982 NYY 33000 000 0000
1983 NYY 31000 000 0000
1984 NYY 64000 000 0000
1985 NYY 74000 000 0000
1986 NYY 74000 000 0000
1987 NYY 60000 000 0000
1988 NYY 60000 000 0000
1989 NYY 55000 000 0000
1990 NYY 53000 000 0000
1991 SFG 61300 000 0020 .000
1992 SFG 54701 000 0040 .143
1993 SFG 51101 000 1000 1.000
1994 OAK/TOR 20000 000 0000
1995 CHW 10000 000 0000
Career 7181102 000 1060 .182

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1979 NYY 0133 017.110 710133.63
1981 NYY 841515 0105.175 2438892.05
1982 NYY 11103327 1183.0155 771081633.79
1983 NYY 1483131 0217.0194 83671693.44
1984 NYY 56640 3196.179 2537902.34
1985 NYY 127740 29107.096 3345922.78
1986 NYY 88740 46106.288 2935832.45
1987 NYY 86600 3195.095 3744773.51
1988 NYY 54600 2587.086 3437703.52
1989 NYY 26550 2569.073 2326513.00
1990 NYY 11530 3653.048 2126433.57
1991 SFG 27610 2471.264 2728513.39
1992 SFG 27544 378.179 4436475.06
1993 SFG 11510 147.158 3017315.70
1994 OAK/TOR 01200 020.122 23191410.18
1995 CHW 32109 049.165 2318294.20
Career 827971889 2521403.21287 5405911112 3.46

On this day & linked events

1958

Born November 28, 1958

San Jose, CA, USA

1979

Major-league debut: Dave Righetti

Dave Righetti made a major-league debut on September 16, 1979.

1983

Dave Righetti's No-Hitter

Dave Righetti threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox on July 4, 1983, winning 4–0.

1995

Final major-league game: Dave Righetti

Dave Righetti played a final major-league game on September 18, 1995.

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