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PERSONAL: William Roger (Rocket) Clemens...Married, Debra Lynn Godfrey...Children: Koby Aaron 12/4/86, Kory Allen 5/31/88, Kacy Austin 7/27/94, Kody Alec 5/15/96...Graduated from Spring Woods H.S. (Houston, TX) in 1980...P-1B in H.S. and Legion ball. All-State in H.S....Helped Legion team win State Championship in 1979...Won 3 letters as a football defensive end and two more as a basketball center...All-District in football...12th pick of N.Y. Mets in 1981 June draft but did not sign...Had a 2-yr (1982-83) record at Texas of 25-7 with 241 strikeouts in 275 IP...All-American honors both years...In 1983, was winning pitcher in final game of the College World Series as Texas beat Alabama 4-3 for NCAA title...Was 13-5, 3.04 for the Longhorns (166IP, 22BB, 151K)...Also won All-American honors at San Jacinto J.C. (Houston) in 1981...In Feb. 1993 became first U of Texas baseball alumnus to have his number (21) retired...Red Sox first pick in 1983 June draft (19th overall)...In 1987 began a ticket purchase program for youngsters under direction of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston...Was very active in Red Sox charitable programs including the Jimmy Fund (cancer research for children) and homeless projects...Active in Blue Jays Charities including the creation of the K for Kids program.


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LAST SEASON: Selected as the American League CY YOUNG Award Winner for the fourth time in his career...Became the first AL pitcher to lead the league in wins (21), ERA (2.05) and strikeouts (292) since Detroit's Hal Newhouser in 1945...Finished 21-7 with a 2.05ERA in 34 starts...Named Blue Jay Pitcher of the Year by the Toronto chapter of the BBWAA...Was 0-3 against NL opponents and 21-4 against the AL...The 21 wins tied for the Blue Jays single season win total...Led the major leagues in wins...The 292 strikeouts were a career high (213 swinging, 79 looking)... Opened the season by going 11-0 to tie the club record for wins to start the season, and set the club mark for starters...Won his Blue Jays debut on April 2 in Toronto vs Chicago tossing his first complete game in a 6 hit, 6-1 win...Won four games in May to set a new club mark...Named the AL Player of the Week for the period May 6 to 11, was 2-0 with a 2.81 ERA in two starts, pitching 16.0 innings allowing just 13 hits while walking no one and striking out 24...Became 93rd pitcher in baseball history to reach 200 wins on May 21 at New York in a 4-1 win (8.0IP, 4H, 1R/ER, 3BB, 12K)...First pitcher in the major leagues to reach win totals of 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21...Named AL Pitcher of the Month in May after going 6-0 with a 1.96 ERA, 46.0IP, 35H, 2HR, 13BB, 51K - was his ninth career pitcher of the month award...Tied the club record for consecutive wins to start the season at 11 and set the record for starting pitchers...Set Blue Jays All-Star Break records with 12 wins and 140 strikeouts...Won 400th career start on July 6 vs New York tossing a four hit shutout, the 39th of his career...Was selected to his sixth American League All-Star Team and pitched a scoreless third inning in a 3-1 AL win...Made his return to Boston and Fenway Park on July 12 capturing his 14th win and setting the Blue Jay club record with 16 strikeouts in a 3-1 game (8.0IP, 4H, 1R/ER, 16K)...Won nine straight road games to set a Blue Jays club mark...On August 7 broke the Blue Jays club record for strikeouts in a single season as he reached 199 striking out Cleveland's Manny Ramirez to surpass Dave Stieb's mark of 198 in 1984...Then struck out the next batter, Jim Thome, for his 200th strikeout of the season, the ninth time in his career to reach the 200 plateau...Won on August 7, 4-0, tossed his 2nd shutout of the season and the 40th of his career to tie for 42nd All-Time with Chief Bender, Jim Bunning, Larry French, Sandy Koufax, Claude Osteen and Mel Stottlemyre...One month later, September 7, recorded third shutout, 41st career to move in to a tie for 39th All-Time with Hippo Vaughn, and Mickey Welch...On September 2nd reached 3000 career innings pitched and passed Mickey Lolich for 12th on the All-time strike out list...Won 20th game, 5-3 on August 22 in Kansas City (7.1IP, 7H, 3R, 2ER, 1BB, 4K)...Was his fourth career 20 win season...In doing so became just the third Blue Jay to 20 wins (Hentgen 20 in 1996 and Jack Morris, 21 in 1993)...Named the AL Pitcher of the Month for August after posting a 4-0 record in six starts with a 2.47 ERA, 2 CG, 47.1IP, 13ER, 1HR, 54K...Last AL pitcher to win two monthly awards in the same season was Pat Hentgen in 1996...Pitched 63.1 innings without a home run from August 7 to September 12... Streak broken by Seattle's Edgar Martinez...Lost on September 2 in New York against the Mets, was 1-2 at the plate with a double and a run scored...Was 0-2 vs Seattle with an ERA of 6.86- ERA in the rest of his starts was 1.63 (44ER, 243.0IP)...Had 14 starts with ten or more strikeouts, now has 82 career ten K games...Made four attempts at win #22 but had run support of 3, 2, 2 & 3...Was 11-3 on the road with a 2.71 ERA- 2nd in the AL...Did not allow a run on the road until the 2nd inning of his fourth start (21.1IP)...At home was 10-4 with the league's best home ERA of a 1.52...Against RH batters allowed a .222 batting average- 5th in the AL, against LH batters allowed a league best .205 average...His 21-7 record gave him the third highest winning percentage in the league...Had nine complete games to tie for the American League lead with Hentgen...Led the AL in innings pitched (264.0), pitches thrown (4106), pitches per start (120.76), base runners per 9.0 innings (9.7/284 in 264IP), on base average allowed .273, in slugging percentage allowed 290...Was second in the AL in batters faced (1044), strikeout to walk ratio at 4.29 (292-68) and in HR per nine innings 0.31 (9/264.0IP)...Also second in hits per IP (.77) and opponents BA (.273/284-1039)...3rd in strikeouts per 9.0 innings at 9.95 (292/264.0IP)...Following a Blue Jay loss was 10-5.


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PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

1983: Started pro career at Winter Haven...After a 3-1, 1.24 record in 4 starts (22H, 0BB, 36K) he was promoted to New Britain...Struck out 15 and shut out Lakeland in his final Winter Haven start...Went 4-1, 1.38 in 7 starts at New Britain (52IP, 59K) and held opps. to a .167 avg. (31-186)...Won 2 starts in Eastern League playoffs (vs pennant-winner Reading & Lynn), allowing 1 ER in 17 IP...Won 6-0, 3-hitter in the championship finale vs Lynn, fanning 10 (1BB)...Overall pro record including the Eastern League was 9-2, 1.19 (98IP, 66H, 13ER, 14BB, 108K)...

1984: Was non-roster invitee to spring training...Recalled May 11 from Pawtucket and added to 40-man roster...No decision in ML debut May 15 in Cleveland (5.2IP, 11H, 5R, 4ER, 3BB, 4K) as Red Sox lost, 7-5...First ML win next start, 5-4 in Minn. May 20...Season cut short by right forearm injury in the 4th inning Aug. 31 in Clev. (allowed 1 hit in 3.2IP with 7K)...AL Pitcher of Month for Aug. (4-0, 2.89 in 6 games, 52K in 43.2IP)...That included 15 K vs K.C. Aug. 21 (0BB)...126 K most for Red Sox rookie since Ken Brett's 155 in 1970...Had 10+K 3 times, 8+K 6 times (all in Fenway)...1st ML SHO July 26 vs Chi., 7-0 (4H, 3BB, 11K)...6-0 in his last 8 starts from July 26 (Sox won all 8) with 2.63 ERA (61.2IP, 47H, 18ER, 69K) and held opps. to .202 batting average...Went more than 6 IP, 13 times (9-1 record)...Named Red Sox co-Rookie Pitcher of Year with Al Nipper by Boston Writers...

1985: 2nd straight injury-shortened season...Only 5 apps. after May 27, 3 after June 16, none after Aug.11...Surgery on right shoulder Aug. 30...6-4, 3.44 thru May 27 when problems began...5-0, 5-hitter May 17 in Clev. (season-high 10K)...Went on 15-day DL July 8 and again Aug. 21...Made 2 starts in between, a 5-4 win Aug. 3 in KC (6IP, 3H, 1R) and a 5-3 loss Aug. 11 vs NYY (5IP, 3H, 1R)...Held opps. to .228 BA...Best Fenway start was 5-2, 6-hitter Apr. 26 vs KC. (1BB, 8K)...

1986: Named AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner, All-Star Game MVP, AL Joe Cronin Award, Sporting News ML Player of Year, RHP AP ML All Team, RHP UPI and Sporting News AL All Teams...Clemens, Sandy Koufax ('63) and Denny McLain ('68) are only pitchers to earn MVP, Cy Young and Sporting News Player of Year honors in same season... The only pitcher to win MVP, Cy Young and All-Star MVP in same season...Began season 14-0 in 15 GS (Red Sox won 15), 5th best start in ML history (matched by Smoltz in 1996) & 2nd best Red Sox streak at any point in season...First loss was 4-2 to Toronto in Fenway July 2 (2-1 lead into 8th)...15-2, 2.48 at All-Star break...Led AL with 24 wins, 2.48 ERA, and .857 winning pct. 2nd with 238 K...AL Pitcher of Month for Apr. (4-0, 1.62) & June (6-0, 1.44)...Set ML record with 20 K (3H, 0BB) in 3-1 win vs Seattle, Apr. 29...Beat every team at least once and was 4-0 vs Minn and 3-0 vs Cal and Balt...Won 14 games after a Red Sox loss...Won final 7 decisions (11GS) after 1-0 loss to CWS. Aug. 4 (unearned run)...Also went 9 scoreless innings Sept. 26 vs Toronto (Sox lost 1-0 in 12th)...Most wins for Red Sox since Mel Parnell (25-7) in 1949...Had eight 10-K games to tie Red Sox one-year mark (Jim Lonborg '67)...Started and won All-Star Game with 3 perfect innings (25 pitches, 21 strikes)...Tied AL mark with 8 straight K in 20-K gm...Tied AL mark (Nolan. Ryan) with 41 K in 3 straight 9-inn. apps. (Apr. 29, May 4 & 9)...Had three 2-hitters: May 25 in Tex, July 25 in Cal, and Aug. 20 in Minn...No-hitter May 25 for 7.2 IP until Oddibe McDowell singled to CF...Only SHO was 3-0 June 6 in Milw. (4H, 8K)...11-3, 2.56 in Fenway; 13-1, 2.41 away...Only road loss was July 30 in CWS when he was ejected by Greg Kosc in 5th inn. for arguing two-out call at 1B that allowed CWS to take 3-2 lead...20th win was 7-3, 4-hitter vs Clev, Aug. 30 in Fenway (1BB, 11K)...Joined Cy Young ('03) and Joe Wood ('12) as only Red Sox to lead AL in win pct. and wins in same year...Fewest defeats (4) by Sox 20-game winner...Allowed 10 HR thru May (73.2IP) and 11 rest of year (none after Aug. 30)...Fanned the side 13 times...Sox were 27-6 in his starts...Pitched into the 7th, 30 times...Avg. 7+IP/start...Allowed .195 BA., incl. .195 vs LH & RH...On 0-2 counts he allowed .088 avg. (7-80, 0HR, 48K)...11-1, 2.61 vs East, 13-3, 2.38 vs West...Started 258 inn. & allowed the leadoff batter to reach only 73 times (49H, 19BB, 5E), or 28%...Walked 2 or less 23 times...Winner of the Thomas A. Yawkey Award (team MVP) voted by the Boston Writers...

1987: Missed spring training and had erratic first 2 1/2 months, then finished strongly to win his 2nd straight Cy Young Award...Joined Jim Palmer (1975-76) and Sandy Koufax (1965-66) as only ML hurlers to win the award two straight years...(Denny McLain won in 1968 but tied with Mike Cuellar in 1969)...Left camp in contract dispute Mar. 6 and returned last day of training Apr. 4...Was 4-6, 3.51 after 13 GS thru June 12, then won his next 4 dec. and was 16-3, 2.68 last 23 GS...Ended season winning 4 straight CG (4-0, 0.50, 36IP, 2ER, 44K) and finished 20-9, 2.97...Won final 2 starts: 7-0, 13-K, CG Sept. 30 in NY and 4-0, 2-hitter (12K) Oct. 4 vs Milw... Led ML with 18 CG (most for Red Sox since Luis Tiant's 19 in '76) and 7 SHO...T1st in wins, 2nd in IP & K, and 3rd in ERA...1st consec. 20-gm. winner in AL since Tommy John (1979-80) and 1st for Red Sox since Tiant (1973-74)...12-1 after a Red Sox loss...Nine 10-K gms...Walked 2 or less 24 times...Had 2 CG wins in Fenway without a strikeout (July 1, 6-2 vs Balt. & July 21, 3-0 vs Cal)... On 0-2 counts he allowed a .098 BA (6-61, 41K)...Twice named AL Player of Week...Also named to final AP ML team and UPI and Sporting News AL teams...Named Baseball America AL Pitcher of Year...Named Sox Most Valuable Pitcher by Boston Writers...

1988: Was 15-5, 2.24 thru July 30, then went 0-5, 7.33 in Aug. and finished 18-12, 2.93...Led ML with 291 K (Sox record), most in AL since Nolan Ryan's 341 in 1977...4th Red Sox pitcher to lead AL...T1st in ML with 8 SHO (Orel Hershiser), most for the Red Sox since Babe Ruth's 9 in 1916 and most in AL since Ron Guidry's 9 in 1978...T1st in AL in 14 CG (Dave Stewart) and 5th with 2.93 ERA...13 K or more in a game 6 times...Twelve 10-K gms to snap his own high of 9 in 1987...Had 16 K in a 2-0 win May 9 in KC...5 straight CG May 9-30...15 K in a no-decision July 9 (2nd G) in CWS (8IP)...12-5, 2.42 at All-Star break...AL Pitcher of Month for July (4-0, 1.64)...Beat KC, 3-1 with CG (16K) July 15 (1st G) in Fenway in Joe Morgan's first game as Red Sox manager...Lost all 5 Aug. starts, worst streak of his career...First career 1-hitter Sept. 10 in Fenway vs Clev., 6-0 (1BB, 5K)...Retired first 14 before a Dave Clark BB in 5th...Retired next 8 before Clark singled to RCF with 1 out in 8th... Pitched into the 7th inn in 31 starts and into the 8th in 23...Was 12-4, 2.09 away; 6-8, 3.91 at home...Held opps. to a .220 BA. Walked 2 or less in 27 starts...Sox were 22-13 in his GS...Fanned the side 16 times...8-4 after a Sox loss...Won the Red Sox 12th straight game 2-0 in Tex, July 25... Voted RHP on UPI and Sporting News AL final All-Star teams...

1989: 2nd in ML with 230 strikeouts (Ryan 301)...3rd with 8.2K/9IP...T4th in AL with 8 CG and 35 GS...Held opp to a .231 BA. (6th in AL) and was T6th in wins (17)...Began 5-1, 2.18 in 8 starts thru May 12 and ended 5-2, 2.29 in his last 8 starts from Aug. 26 on...In the 19 starts in between he was 7-8, 4.00 (128.1IP, 57ER)...Had five 10-K gms., including a season-high 13 K, Aug. 31 in a 5-2 CG win vs Cal. in Fenway...Lost his final start 3-1 to Milw. in Fenway Sept. 30 (2ER, 10K), only the 2nd time he lost a 10-K game... Became the 4th Red Sox hurler with 1,000 K on Apr. 13 (Jacoby)...Held opps. to 1 ER or less 12 times and 2 ER or less 18 times...In 8 starts the Red Sox scored 1 or less runs (he was 0-6 with 2 no dec.)...9-3, 2.90 in Fenway and 8-8, 3.29 with a staff-high 20 starts on the road ...Pitched into the 7th in 32 starts, including the last 11...Missed Aug. 2 start & left Aug. 6 start in 1st inning vs Clev. with tightness in right forearm/elbow...11-5 after a Red Sox loss...Red Sox were 20-15 in his starts and he won 14 of 15 in which Red Sox scored 5 or more runs...9-4, 3.58 in 17 GS vs East and 8-7, 2.73 in 18 GS vs West...No errors in 44 TC (1 in 79 TC 1988-89)...Struck out the side 9 times...In late May he received the 1988 American Legion Graduate of the Year Award, the 4th Sox to be honored (Ted Williams '60, Carl Yastrzemski '67, Carlton Fisk '75)...

1990: 21-6 in 31 GS despite right shoulder problems that limited him to 2 GS in Sept...Led ML with 1.93 ERA, T1st in ML with 4 SHO, was 2nd in AL (3rd in ML) with .778 win pct., 3rd in AL (4th in ML) with 21 wins, 3rd in AL with .228 BA allowed, T3rd in AL with 7 CG, and 4th in AL woth 209 K...First to lead AL with ERA under 2.00 since Ron Guidry (1.74) in '78 and 1st in ML since Dwight Gooden (1.53) in '85...Allowed 3 ER or less in 29 of his 31 starts...Won 1-0 Aug. 25 at Toronto (5H), Red Sox 1st CG, 1-0 road win since May 3, 1984, when Bob Ojeda beat Jack Morris in Det. (Evans won both gms. with a HR, in the 7th inn. in Tor. and 8th inn. in Det.)...11-2, 1.53 at home in 15 GS and 10-4, 2.31 away in 16 GS...11-3 after a Red Sox loss, 5-1 in one-run gms. and 6-0 in two-run gms...Pitched into the 7th inn. 28 times with a 20-4 record (Red Sox were 21-7)...Beat Det. 5-2 Opening Day, Apr. 9...Was 4-1 in 5 Apr. GS with only loss 1-0 to Dave Stewart Apr. 29 in Fenway... 4-1 again in May and in June, then was 2-2 in 6 July GS (left 2 gms. with 1-R lead and Red Sox lost both)...Ended July with consec. SHO, 2-0 July 25 in Milw. (3H, 1BB, 9K) and 3-0 July 30 vs Chi. (9H, 0BB, 8K)...That began an 8-start win streak (67.1IP, 6ER, 6BB, 65K) thru Aug. 30 that ended with his 20th win in Clev...Then lost to Dave Stewart for the 3rd time Sept. 4 when shoulder problems sidelined him...Returned Sept. 29 and beat Toronto 7-5 in Fenway (6IP, 4H, 0R)...Allowed only 7 HR, none after July 8 (12GS, 98.2IP) and none by a RH batter...Became Red Sox all-time strikeout leader (Cy Young, 1341) and the 4th with three or more 20-win seasons (Young 6, B.Dinneen & Tiant 3)...11-1, 1.78 in 13 starts vs East, 10-5, 2.05 in 18 starts vs West...On 0-2 counts opp were 2-46 .043 (30K), best on Red Sox...2 E in 52 TC, both on throws vs Oak. Sept. 4...Chosen to AL All-Star team in July...Was AL Pitcher of Month for Aug. (6-0, 0.73 in 6 starts, his 2nd career 6-win month; 6-0 June '86)...Named Sox Most Valuable Pitcher and winner of the Thomas A. Yawkey Award (team MVP) by the Boston Writers Assoc...

1991: Won 3rd Cy Young Award, tying Jim Palmer for most in AL (In NL, Steve Carlton 4, Sandy Koufax & Tom Seaver 3)... Tied for ML lead with 241 K (Cone, Mets)...Led ML in IP with 271.1 (2nd to his 281.2 in '87)...Led AL with 2.62 ERA & 4 SHO...T1st with 35 GS, 2nd with 13 CG, .3rd with 8K/9IP, T3rd with 18 wins,.4th with .221 BA allowed...Had seven 10-K gms., most since he had Red Sox record 12 in '88...Won first 6 starts (0.73, 49IP, 4ER, 51K)...Best streak to start season since 14-0 in '86...Had 30.2 consecutive scoreless IP (3rd inng. Apr. 9 thru Apr. 23), best for Red Sox since 42 IP for Luis Tiant in '72...Suspended 5 games for '90 ALCS ejection, Apr. 26-May 3...Returned that night for 7-2 CG win in Chi. (5H, 7K), 9-3, 2.21 thru 13 GS and 11-5, 2.22 (133.2IP, 33ER, 123K) at All-Star break...6-0, 1.33 (61IP, 9ER, 54K) in 7 starts Aug. 26-Sept. 26...Only ND in that stretch went 9 IP Sept. 5 vs Seattle & left with 3-3 tie (Red Sox won 4-3 in 10th)...Lost last 2 starts, both at Fenway, 8-5, Oct. 1 vs Det. and 6-3 Oct. 6 vs Milw...18-8, 2.38 prior to last 2 starts...Left 3 times with lead and twice with tie, but all 5 were ND...10-2 when Red Sox scored 5 or more runs...Sept. 10 in Det. tossed 2nd career 2-hitter in a 4-0 win...Retired 1st 19 batters before a Lou Whitaker BB, followed by an Alan Trammell single, broke up the perfect game & no-hitter with 1 out in the 7th. Only other baserunner, a Milt Cuyler leadoff single in the 9th, was erased on a GIDP...Had three 3-hitters, all SHO: 4-0 Apr. 13 vs Clev., 3-0 Aug. 26 in Oak. & 2-0 Sept. 20 vs NY...Held opp to a .221 (219-993) BA, 4th in AL...10-8 after Red Sox loss...Allowed 15 HR (9 at Fenway; 12 to RH)...Allowed 3 HR in 5 IP Oct. 1 vs Det...Fanned side 8 times...Pitched into the 7th 31 times & into the 8th 24 times...8-5, 2.59 in 18 Fenway starts (142.2IP, 41ER) and 10-5, 2.66 in 17 road starts (128.2IP, 38ER)...Held opp to a .059 BA (4-68, 1HR, 2RBI, 41K) on 0-2 counts...Was AL co-Player-of-the-Week Aug. 25-31, his 6th weekly award...Was AL Pitcher of the Month twice: in Apr. (4-0, 0.28, 4GS) & Sept. (4-0, 1.67, 5GS)...Pitched 4th inning of All-Star Game & allowed solo HR to Andre Dawson...Named RHP on final AL All-Star team by AP, UPI, and Sporting News...Also named AL Pitcher-of-the-Year by Sporting News...Named to AL All-Star team by UPI...Winner of Thomas A. Yawkey Award (team MVP) by Boston Writers Assoc...

1992: Led AL with 2.41 ERA & 5 SHO...3rd in AL (5th ML) with 208 K...Tied AL record with 7 consecutive 200-K seasons (Rube Waddell 1902-08 & Walter Johnson 1910-16); ML mark is 9 by Seaver 1968-76...Only other ML pitcher to lead his league in ERA & SHO for 3 consecutive years was Grover Alexander, NL 1915-17...First ML pitcher to lead league in ERA more than 2 consecutive years since Sandy Koufax 5 (1962-66)...First AL pitcher to lead in ERA more than 2 consecutive years since Lefty Grove 4 (1929-32)...T2nd in AL with 11 CG, T4th with 18 wins, .224 BA allowed (203-907), and 7.6K/9IP...Left his 3 ND with the lead...Red Sox scored 2 or less runs in 6 of his 11 losses...15-4 after a Red Sox loss...Won 6 straight starts May 9- June 6 (0.90, 50IP, 5ER)...After winning 3 straight road starts Aug. 28-Sept. 7 was 18-8, 2.18...Lost final 3 starts (all at Fenway)...Was unable to start Sept. 27 in Balt. (right groin injury), and did not pitch again...Had two 2-hit SHO: won 3-0 Apr. 12 in Clev. (had been in Boston, resting finger, but flew to Clev. that a.m. to pitch 2nd game of DH after Red Sox had used 7 pitchers in 19-inning win day before) & 1-0 July 18 in Minn...One 3-hit SHO: Won 5-0 May 9 in KC...Two 4-hit SHO, both vs Cal at Fenway, May 15 & Aug. 18...6 CG first 8 starts...Three 10-K gms., including 12K (9IP) Apr. 12 in Clev.8-6...2.88 in 17 Fenway starts (128.1IP, 41ER)...6-0, 1.09 in last 6 road starts, overall 10-5, 1.90 in 15 road starts (118.1IP, 25ER)...AL Pitcher of the Month twice: May (5-1, 1.76) and Aug. (5-1, 1.90), his 8th and 9th monthly awards...Winner of Thomas A. Yawkey Award (team MVP) by Boston Writers Assoc. for 3rd straight year, 4th time overall...Named Annual Man of the Year by the BoSox Club & Pitcher of Year by the Boston Writers Assoc...RHP on final Sporting News AL All-Stars...3rd in AL Cy Young voting...

1993: 1st sub-.500 season...two injuries held him under 30 GS and 200 IP for 1st time since '85...His AL-tying record of 7 straight 200-K seasons was snapped...On 15-day DL June 21-July 16 with strained right groin muscle...Missed final 13 days with sore right elbow...Lost last start 5-0, Sept. 21 at Toronto (6IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER)...Began strongly: 3-0, 1.48 in 4 starts and 4-1, 1.55 in first 6 starts (46.1IP, 8ER, 40K)...May 11 at Baltimore was best start, 4-0, with a season-high 13 K (5H, 2BB)...2 CG (2-1 loss Apr. 25 at Cal. & the May 11 SHO at Balt)...In 19 of his starts, while he was pitching, the Red Sox scored 3 R or less, including 15 with 2 R or less...Three 10-K games, all in a span of six May starts...Besides 13 K May 11, had 11K (8IP) in two Fenway wins, 3-1 May 1 vs Cal & 4-1 May 28 vs Tex...One rehab. start at Pawtucket July 11 vs Richmond (3.2IP, 1H, 0R, 4BB, 8K), then came off the DL July 16 and beat Seattle 5-3 at Fenway...9-6, 3.36 after 17 GS thru July 21 (118IP, 98H, 44ER, 40BB, 111K)...2-8, 6.23 in last 12 GS (73.2IP, 77H, 51ER, 27BB, 49K)...Last win, 6-5 Sept. 15 vs Balt...Staff-high 16 Fenway starts: 6-8, 5.14 (105IP, 60ER)... 3 road starts: 5-6, 3.63 (86.2IP, 35ER)...Held opps to a .244 BA (175-718) including RH at .223 (70-314) and LH .260 (105-404)...Allowed 17 HR (9LH, 8RH), his high since 20 in '89...Allowed 3 HR Aug. 6 at Det (4+IP)...1st ML grand slam allowed Sept. 5 at Fenway vs KC (Gaetti) with 2 outs in 6th to snap a 1-1 tie in a 5-2 loss...5-0 with one no decision, the six times the Red Sox scored 5 or more R during his starts...6-6 after a Red Sox loss...Pitched into the 7th inning 19 times... Averaged 109 pitches/start...On 0-2 counts opp. were 2-28 .071 with 20 K...Hit 11 batters, T3rd in AL...7.5K/9IP, 4th in AL...0-4, 10.90 in 4 starts vs Toronto, the 1st time he lost 4 games to an opp. during the regular season (8-1 in 10 starts vs Toronto, 1990-92)...3-1, 3.38 in 4 GS vs Balt. and 2-0, 1.46 in 2 GS vs Sea. (12.1IP, 2ER)...1 E in 32 TC (a throw May 17 vs Tor), his 5th E in last 5 yrs...

1994: Led ML with .204 BA, 2nd in AL (5th in ML) with 2.85 ERA, 2nd in AL (4th in ML) with 168 K, 2nd in AL (T3rd in ML) with 8.9K/9IP, T9th in AL with 170.2 IP...5-4 after a Red Sox loss...Fanned side 7 times & had five 10-K games...Held opp to .179 avg. (42-234) with MOB, best in ML...Averaged 119 pitches/start with high of 137 (9IP) in 2-0 win Apr. 20 vs Oak...Pitched into 7th inning 20 times (he was 9-6, Red Sox 11-9)...5-3, 2.75 in 11 Fenway starts (.188 avg. allowed) & 4-4, 2.93 in 13 road starts (.217 avg. allowed)...Opened with two ND, then was 6-2 his next 11 starts through June 7...0-2 next 4 starts, but 3-1 in 4 starts July 4-24...Won 5-1 June 7 at Det (7IP, 4H, season-high 12K)...0-2 his last three starts, but Red Sox scored 6 R in the 3 gms...Overall he was supported with 3.8 R while he was pitching & he allowed 3.3 (both staff lows)...Red Sox scored more than 3 R while he was pitching 8 times, including 3 times his last 14 starts...Allowed 2 ER or less 16 times (he was 9-3, Red Sox 11-5) & one or less 10 times (he was 8-1, Red Sox 8-2)...Lost no-hit bid at Oak. July 14 when Ruben Sierra opened last of 7th with a single to RF. Gave up solo HR in last of 9th to Neel but won 2-1 CG (2H, 4BB, 7K, 135 pitches)... Also beat Oak. with 2-0 CG Apr. 20 in Fenway (2H, 2BB, 10K)...2-0, 0.50 vs Oak. (2GS, 18IP, 4H, 1ER, 6BB, 17K, .059 avg.) and 2-1, 2.08 vs Cal. (3GS, 21.2IP, 13H, 26K)...On 0-2 counts he held opp. to a .069 BA (2-29, 16K), best on staff...Named Red Sox Pitcher of the Year by the Boston Writers Assoc...

1995: Began season on DL (Apr. 17-June 2) with strained muscle behind right shoulder...May 23 began rehab with Sarasota (A) with ND (4IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 7K)...May 28 was 2nd rehab start, ND with Pawtucket (5IP, 1H, 0R, 3BB, 5K)...Activated for June 2 start vs Sea., ND as Red Sox rallied for 6-5 win in 10th (5IP, 6H, 5R)...Won next start 5-1 June 7 vs Cal (5IP, 2H, 0R, 8K)...2-2, 5.30 after 9 starts & 3-4, 5.56 after 12 starts (Red Sox were 8-4)...Then was 5-0, 1.95 in next 7 starts (50.2IP, 11ER, 48K) (Red Sox 7-0) from Aug.7-Sept. 6...Won last 2 starts, 5-0 Sept. 23 vs Tor (6IP, 4H) & 11-6 Sept. 28 at Milw (5IP, 5H, 4R)...Won his final four Fenway starts... Red Sox were 16-7 in his 23 starts, but 10 times Red Sox scored 3 R or fewer while he was pitching...Season-high 10 K in 8-2 win Sept. 6 vs Oak (8IP, 4H, 1R) (only 10-K game)...1st time no CG...Longest outing was 8 IP twice; 8-2 win Sept. 6 vs Oak. & 4-1 win July 18 vs KC...6 or more IP, 12 times (he was 7-1, Red Sox 11-1)...Avg. 106 pitches/GS with season-high 131 pitches in 7-0 win Aug. 12 vs Balt (7.2IP, 6H, 9K)...Allowed .259 BA, up from .204 in '94...Allowed 15 HR (8 at Fenway) but only 1 his last 7 starts (Jim Thome, Sept. 16 in Clev.)...5-2 after Red Sox loss...K'd side 4 times...Held opps on 0-2 counts to a .189 BA. (7-37, 18K)...3-0, 2.70 in 4 GS vs Cal (26.2IP, 30K) (Red Sox 4-0)...2-0, 1.20 in 2 GS vs Oak (15IP, 10H, 12K)...2-0, 1.40 in 3 GS vs Balt...Led AL with 14 HB (2nd in ML, Mark Leiter 17), including 10 his first 11 starts...

1996: 10-13, 3.63 (7th in AL) in 34 GS with 6 CG, 2 SHO, and an AL-best 257 K...Began 0-4, 4.17 (36.2IP, 17ER) in first 6 starts...3-0, 3.32 (40.2IP, 15ER) in next 5 starts...1-7, 4.93 (87.2IP, 48ER) in next 13 starts...In last 10 starts was 6-2, 2.09 (77.2IP, 18ER)...Singled May 23 vs Seattle (Norm Charlton) in his first AB since 1986 World Series...First hit by a Red Sox pitcher in a regular season game since single by Luis Tiant (Woody Fryman) Oct. 3, 1972, in Detroit...Tied career high with 7 BB July 1 in 2-0 loss in NY...Went 68.2 homerless inngs (July 11-Sept. 7)...Had 28.0 consecutive scoreless innings (Aug. 1-22), the 1996 ML high & the 2nd best of his career (30.2IP in 1991)...Won 4 straight starts, Aug. 11-27 (0.27ERA, 33IP, 1ER)...Tied own ML record of 20 K in a 9-inning game (0BB) in 4-0 win Sept. 18 in Detroit, joining Cy Young atop all-time Red Sox list wtih 192 wins & 38 SHO...Led AL with 257 K, 3rd-highest...8th year with 200+ K...8 games with 10+ K (5-2, with 1 ND)...Began season 29th on all-time K list & moved to 15th with 2590 K...K'd side 15 times...Held LH to .235 (120-510), 74 BB, 145 K, 10 HR and RH to .239 (96-401), 32 BB, 112 K, 9 HR...5-4, 3.45 in 14 Fenway starts...Led Red Sox starters with .237 opp. avg. allowed, 2nd best in AL...5-9, 3.78 in 20 starts on the road...Best month was Aug., 4-1, 1.85 (39IP, 8ER), 2 CG...Avg. 125 pitches/start with season-high 160 pitches in a 10-6 loss July 21 vs Balt. (7.2IP, 8H, 5R, 4ER, 9K)...Led Sox with 242.2 IP (5th in AL)...Sox were 14-20 while scoring 150 runs in his starts, an average of 4.4 runs/start (the lowest support for a Red Sox starter)...Sox scored 3 runs or less in 15 of his starts (team was 3-12 in those games)...3-2 after a Red Sox loss...Opps. had 29 SB in 39 att. while he was pitching...3-0, 0.72 in 3 starts vs Det. (25IP, 14H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 43K).


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CAREER NOTES: Is the third pitcher to record four Cy Young Awards, first in the AL, he joins Steve Carlton and Greg Maddux...Is now tied for second All-Time in ERA titles after capturing his fifth in 1997...Now owns 82 career 10 K games, 14 with Toronto, and is 62-10 with ten ND...The 82- 10K games ranks fourth All-Time, third is Steve Carlton at 83 and fifth is Randy Johnson at 81...Set the Blue Jays club record for strikeouts in a game at 16 on July 12 at Boston...In 1997 was the first AL pitcher to lead the league in wins (21), ERA (2.05) and strikeouts (292) since Detroit's Hal Newhouser in 1945...Is the active leader in wins, strikeouts, shutouts and is second in winning percentage (.644) to Dwight Gooden (.646)...Last 12 years (1986-1997) has led the majors with 197 wins and 2,682 strikeouts...Has fanned the side 115 times in his career...Is 11th in strikeouts All-time at 2882; Bob Gibson is 10th at 3117...Is tied for 39th All-Time in shutouts at 41 with Mickey Lolich, Hippo Vaughan and Mickey Welch...Owns the ML record for strikeouts in a single 9 inning game at 20, done twice...Third Blue Jays pitcher to post a 20 win season (Hentgen, Morris)...Is Red Sox's career leader in 10K games, 382 GS and 2590K's...Tied with Cy Young for the Red Sox All-Time lead in shutouts (38) and wins (192)...Has been named AL Pitcher of the Month, 11 times in his career and twice in 1997...Following a loss is now 121-49, 111-44 with Boston and 10-5 with Toronto...Had six season between 20 win seasons from 1990 to 1997, Jim Kaat holds the record at seven years between 20 win seasons from 1966 to 1974.