Mike Mussina

Mike Mussina
Pitcher
Born: December 8th, 1968 Williamsport , United States
Strikes: Left	Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
August 4,  1991  with the  Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB assignment
September 28,  2008  with the  New York Yankees
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win-loss	270-153
Earned Run Average	3.68
Strikeouts	2,813
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1991-2000) New York Yankees (2001-2008)
Awards
5 × All-Star (1992–1994, 1997, 1999) 7 × Gold Glove Award (1996–1999, 2001, 2003, 2008) Pitcher with the most wins in the AL (1995)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	2019
Quota	76.7%
Last update: January 31, 2019

Michael Cole "Mike" Mussina , nickname Moose , (born December 8, 1968 in Williamsport , Pennsylvania ) is an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of pitcher . In 2019 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame .

Life

Mike Mussina graduated from Stanford University in just three and a half years and earned a degree in economics. The right-handed pitcher was selected in the first round of the 1990 Amateur Draft by the Baltimore Orioles . Mussina made his debut for the Orioles on August 4, 1991 against the Chicago White Sox with a 0-1 defeat. His first full season in the American League clearly showed Mussina's potential. He led the Major Leagues in the Winning Percentage category and was third in the American League with an ERA of 2.54. Since Frank Tanana and Mark Fydrich in 1976 no 23-year-old starter has had such low scores in this category.

With the Orioles, Mussina reached the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in 1996 and 1997 , in which, however, there were defeats to the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians . In the third game of the series against the Indians, Mussina set a record for the ALCS with 15 strikeouts, which was set in 2000 by Roger Clemens in the fourth game against the Seattle Mariners . After the 2000 season, Mussina became a free agent and signed with the Yankees on November 30, 2000. In his first three years in the Bronx, Mussina recorded 52 wins out of 29 losses. After Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens left the Yankees after the 2003 season, Mussina was actually the core of the Yankees' pitching rotation, but due to various injuries, he was unable to repeat his performances from previous years in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Mussina had numerous opportunities to throw a no-hitter , but failed repeatedly.

• On May 30, 1997, he had identified 25 Cleveland Indians players before receiving a single from Sandy Alomar Jr. had to allow. He then made the last two batsmen with two strikeouts and won the game 3-0.
• On August 24, 1998, he made the Detroit Tigers' first 23 players before Frank Catalonotto scored a double. The Orioles won the game 4-0.
• Mussina came closest to his goal on September 2, 2001, with 26 Boston Red Sox players already out by the time Carl Everett landed a single. Trot Nixon was then identified with a groundout by Mussina, the Yankees won the one-hitter 1-0.
• On April 14, 2002 he was able to make out the first 16 Red Sox players before Doug Mirabelli managed a single. The game ended 6-2 for the Yankees.
• On October 12, 2004, Mussina succeeded in not letting the first 17 Red Sox players on the bases before Mark Bellhorn destroyed Mussina's chance with a double. The end result of the game was 10-7 for the Yankees.

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