Paul Lindblad

Paul Lindblad
Pitcher
Born: August 9, 1941 Chanute , United States
Died on: January 1, 2006 Arlington , United States
Suggested: Left	Threw: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 15,  1965  in the  Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB assignment
October 1,  1978  with the  New York Yankees
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win-loss	68-63
Earned Run Average	3.29
Strikeouts	671
Teams
Kansas City / Oakland Athletics (1965–1971) Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (1971–1972) Oakland Athletics (1973-1976) Texas Rangers (1977-1978) New York Yankees (1978)
Awards
2 × World Series winner (1973, 1978 )

Paul Aaron Lindblad (born August 9, 1941 in Chanute , Kansas , † January 1, 2006 in Arlington , Texas ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

Lindblad was a solid pitcher in the American League who was mostly used as a substitute thrower and won the World Series twice with his teams . In 1962 he was signed by the Kansas City Athletics and made his major league debut in 1965.

Outstanding performances were a series of 385 games without a fault in the defense game from 1966 to 1974 and the win in Game 3 of the 1973 World Series against the New York Mets . In that game, he was also the last pitcher to ever throw in the Major League against Baseball Hall of Fame member Willie Mays .

On the last day of the 1975 regular season, he threw a no-hitter against the California Angels along with Vida Blue , Glenn Abbott and Rollie Fingers .

After his active career he worked as a pitching coach in the minor leagues .

On January 1, 2006, Paul Lindblad died of Alzheimer's disease .

His stations as a player

• 1965-1967 Kansas City Athletics
• 1968–1971 Oakland Athletics
• 1971 Washington Senators
• 1972 Texas Rangers
• 1973-1976 Oakland Athletics
• 1977-1988 Texas Rangers
• 1978 New York Yankees

Web links

• Player information and statistics from Baseball-Reference  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball-Reference (Minor League) (English)