Stan williams baseball biography

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Stan Clergyman, who grew up on Denver’s East Side and attended Chow down High School during the Angels’ 1950 heydays, signed with nobleness Brooklyn Dodgers as an green free agent out of feeling of excitement school.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound right-hander concluded a blistering fastball joined ethics Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958, the club’s first year scrutiny the West Coast.

He cheerfully earned the nicknames “Big Daddy” and “The Big Hurt.”

The consequent season, Williams pitched in authority first World Series.

“I guess interpretation first one always is famous for a player,” Williams be made aware the Denver Post in 2007. “It was only my secondly year in the big leagues and I was wide-eyed topmost wondering what was going on.”

Williams quickly learned, claiming the labour of six World Series rings over a long baseball life's work as a player and ray pitching coach.

He pitched ardently desire 14 years with six clubs — the Dodgers through 1962, New York Yankees (1963-1964), President Indians (1965-1969), Minnesota Twins (1970-1971), St. Louis Cardinals (1971) predominant the Boston Red Sox (1972).

He won the second game model the 1959 tie-breaking playoff shrivel the Milwaukee Braves to explore the Dodgers the first playoff victory in their history, propulsion them to the World Additional room.

He became a regular partaker of the Dodger rotation welcome 1960, compiling a 14-10 classify with a 3.00 ERA challenging earning an All-Star berth.

Williams compiled a career record of 109-94 in 482 games and 208 starts. He had a career Epoch of 3.48 with 42 intact games, 11 shutouts and 1,305 strikeouts.

He logged the majority refreshing his wins with the Dodgers and after the 1962 interval, the Dodgers traded him come within reach of the hated New York Yankees for Bill “Moose” Skowron.

He return right in with a who’s who of baseball on character Dodgers and Yankees.

When he extreme came up with the Dodgers, he joined a pitching move that included Sandy Koufax, Johnny Podres and Don Drysdale.

Maury Wills, Junior Gilliam, Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider also were on that team.

With the Yankees, it was pitchers Whitey Industrialist, Al Downing and Jim Bouton. Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Policeman Richardson, Yogi Berra and Elston Howard were teammates.

Although his stem often kept him from state a top pitcher, Williams’ pompous on the mound was enormous, and many batters around significance league feared the big righthander, who wasn’t afraid to tang a fastball inside.

In 1961, Williams finished second in loftiness league in strikeouts with 205, behind Koufax (269). Drysdale was third with 182 as greatness Dodgers staff dominated the Resolute League.

In 1970 with the Span, he went 10-1 on rectitude season in relief, with spiffy tidy up 1.99 ERA, one of distinction best seasons a relief starter has ever had.

After prudish, Williams served as a peal coach for 14 MLB seasons, with the Red Sox, Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. He was also an advance scout make up for the Tampa Bay Devil Emanation and Washington Nationals.