Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: November 14th, 1966 Anchorage , United States ![]() |
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Strikes: Right | Throws: Right |
Debut in Major League Baseball | |
September 7, 1988 with the Baltimore Orioles | |
Last MLB assignment | |
September 25, 2007 at the Boston Red Sox | |
MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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Win - Loss | 216-146 |
Earned Run Average | 3.46 |
Strikeouts | 3.116 |
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Awards | |
Last update: October 26th, 2018 |
Curt Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage , Alaska ) is a retired American baseball player who last played for the Boston Red Sox in the position of pitcher . His greatest successes were winning the US baseball championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007 with the Boston Red Sox.
Career
Curt Schilling began his professional career in 1988 with the Baltimore Orioles , where he played until 1990. He then spent a year with the Houston Astros (1991) from where he then went to the Philadelphia Phillies (1992-2000). Between 2001 and 2003 he was under contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Since 2004 he played for the Boston Red Sox. His last game in the MLB was Game 2 of the 2007 World Series , a win against the Colorado Rockies . Persistent problems in the right shoulder prevented a use in the 2008 season. On March 23, 2009 Schilling announced the end of his playing career.
Game publisher
In 1999 Curt Schilling founded the game publisher Multi-Man Publishing to ensure the continued existence and further development of the game Advanced Squad Leader .
Awards
- 6-time all-star (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2004)
- 1993: NLCS MVP Award
- 2001: World Series MVP Award (with Randy Johnson )
- 2001: Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
Political opinions
During the election campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election , Schilling was one of Trump's supporters. He gained media attention when he wore a Trump supporter's T-shirt with the words "Tree.Rope.Journalist. Assembly Recquired "( Tree. Rope. Journalist. Needs to be connected ). Commentators, who saw it as a call for lynching , criticized this praise. Schilling is considered a supporter of QAnon .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Curt Schilling: Calling it quits. In: 38 pitches: Curt Schilling's Official Blog. March 23, 2009, archived from the original on March 25, 2009 ; accessed on November 10, 2011 .
- ↑ Oliver Darcy: Curt Schilling shares photo on Twitter suggesting journalists be lynched, calls it 'awesome'. Business Insider , November 8, 2016, accessed August 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Julia Carrie Wong: What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory. The Guardian , July 31, 2018, accessed August 10, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Schilling, Curt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schilling, Curt Montague (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Anchorage , Alaska , United States |