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His oldest son, koby, was an eighthround selection of houston in 2005 and is currently. He was the first pitcher to win the cy young award seven times clemens was raised in texas and played college baseball for the university of texas longhorns before. You can pore over statistics for days on end, and youll always arrive at the conclusion that over the years clemens dominates the game, and the conversation about just who was the greatest pitcher in major league baseball history. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3. Roger clemens division series stats by baseball almanac. Roger clemens bleacher report latest news, videos and. The best pitcher of his generation, his 4,672 strikeouts rank third alltime. For an avid baseball fan just coming of age during roger clemens final few seasons in the mid2000s, the only memories and knowledge i had of the rocket were of a 4045 year old man still able to pitch and at an incredible level.
Greg maddux lost a lot more games than did roger clemens. Boston red sox 19841996, toronto blue jays 19971998, new york yankees 19992003, 2007, houston astros 20042006. Get the latest roger clemens news, photos, rankings, lists and more on bleacher report. Some consider it the best team in baseball history. We traveled 30 years into the future to peek at the 2045 baseball almanac.
Houston astros franchise facts ataglance by baseball almanac, inc. Clemens was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on may 15, 1984, with the boston red sox. Throughout his long career of baseball, he won 354 regular seasons games and 4,672 strikeouts. In their final year of eligibility, barry bonds and roger clemens were elected to the hall of fame after an. His complete games rose for his real years average over his mlb totals. The story behind the old stats that are ruining the game. Kacy most recently played for the university of texas and was selected by the toronto blue jays in the 8 th round. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Roger clemens to play in an amateur world series clemens, 53, heads a list of former major league players who plan to play for the kansas stars in the tournament in wichita, kan. Roger clemens news, stats, photos new york yankees. New listing roger and koby clemens psadna authentic signed major league baseball autograph. Roger clemens, in full william roger clemens, born august 4, 1962, dayton, ohio, u.
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