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b. January 2, 1963 · Kansas City Royals 1986, 1993–1994, New York Mets 1987–1992, 2003, Toronto Blue Jays 1992, 1995, New York Yankees 1995–2000, Boston Red Sox 2001

Seventeen seasons gave him 194 wins against 126, 2,668 strikeouts and a 3.46 earned run average over 2,898 innings. He led his league in strikeouts in 1990 and 1991 and in wins in 1998, when he won 20 at thirty-five. He won the Cy Young Award in 1994, in a season the strike ended in August.

He was on five clubs that won the World Series: Toronto in 1992 and the Yankees in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. In July 1999 he threw a perfect game against Montreal. He was chosen for five All-Star teams.

He came up with Kansas City, made his name with the Mets, won in Toronto and New York and finished in Boston. The 1994 award and the 1999 afternoon are what people remember; 194 wins falls short of the round number that used to guarantee a hearing. The writers gave him 21 votes out of 539 in 2009 and he came off the ballot after one year.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	5	1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999
Player of the Week	5	1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999
Pitcher of the Month	3	1988, 1994, 1998
Cy Young Award	1	1994
Hutch Award	1	1998
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1994

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1986	KCR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1987	NYM	21	31	0	2	1	0	0	14	.065
1988	NYM	35	80	2	12	3	2	3	14	.150
1989	NYM	34	77	9	18	2	4	2	13	.234
1990	NYM	32	70	7	14	1	5	5	12	.200
1991	NYM	34	72	3	9	0	5	3	14	.125
1992	NYM/TOR	35	65	5	6	1	4	3	19	.092
1993	KCR	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1994	KCR	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1995	NYY/TOR	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1996	NYY	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1997	NYY	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1998	NYY	31	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1999	NYY	31	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.333
2000	NYY	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333
2001	BOS	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2003	NYM	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Career	—	451	412	28	64	9	22	16	91	.155

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1986	KCR	0	0	11	0	0	22.2	29	14	13	21	5.56
1987	NYM	5	6	21	13	1	99.1	87	41	44	68	3.71
1988	NYM	20	3	35	28	0	231.1	178	57	80	213	2.22
1989	NYM	14	8	34	33	0	219.2	183	86	74	190	3.52
1990	NYM	14	10	31	30	0	211.2	177	76	65	233	3.23
1991	NYM	14	14	34	34	0	232.2	204	85	73	241	3.29
1992	NYM/TOR	17	10	35	34	0	249.2	201	78	111	261	2.81
1993	KCR	11	14	34	34	0	254.0	205	94	114	191	3.33
1994	KCR	16	5	23	23	0	171.2	130	56	54	132	2.94
1995	NYY/TOR	18	8	30	30	0	229.1	195	91	88	191	3.57
1996	NYY	7	2	11	11	0	72.0	50	23	34	71	2.88
1997	NYY	12	6	29	29	0	195.0	155	61	86	222	2.82
1998	NYY	20	7	31	31	0	207.2	186	82	59	209	3.55
1999	NYY	12	9	31	31	0	193.1	164	74	90	177	3.44
2000	NYY	4	14	30	29	0	155.0	192	119	82	120	6.91
2001	BOS	9	7	25	25	0	135.2	148	65	57	115	4.31
2003	NYM	1	3	5	4	0	18.0	20	13	13	13	6.50
Career	—	194	126	450	419	1	2898.2	2504	1115	1137	2668	3.46

On this day & linked events

1963

Born January 2, 1963

Kansas City, MO, USA

1986

Major-league debut: David Cone

David Cone made a major-league debut on June 8, 1986.

1999

David Cone's Perfect Game

David Cone threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Montreal Expos on July 18, 1999, winning 6–0.

2003

Final major-league game: David Cone

David Cone played a final major-league game on May 28, 2003.

Image: Mark Rosal, CC BY-SA 2.0