Mike Mussina
Michael Cole "Mike" Mussina ( born December 8, 1968 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. His nickname is Moose.
Life
Mike Mussina graduated from Stanford University in only three and a half years and earned a degree in Economics. The right-handed pitcher was selected in the first round of the amateur drafts in 1990 by the Baltimore Orioles. His debut for the Orioles gave Mussina on August 4, 1991 against the Chicago White Sox to a 0-1 defeat. His first full season in the American League was already clearly the potential Mussinas. He led the Major Leagues in the category Winning percentage and was with an ERA 2.54 in third place in the American League. Since Frank Tanana and Mark Fydrich 1976 no 23- year starter had such low values in this category.
With the Orioles Mussina reached in 1996 and 1997, the American League Championship Series ( ALCS ), in which there was but defeats against the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. In the third game of the series against the Indians Mussina set with 15 strikeouts set a record for the ALCS, which was set in 2000 by Roger Clemens in the fourth game against the Seattle Mariners. After the 2000 season, Mussina was a free agent and signed on 30 November 2000 with the Yankees. In his first three years in the Bronx Mussina was able to record 52 wins in 29 defeats. After Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens, the Yankees had left after the 2003 season, Mussina was actually the core of the pitching rotation of the Yankees, but due to various injuries, he could not repeat his performance from previous years in the seasons 2004 and 2005.
Mussina had countless opportunities to throw a no-hitter, but failed repeatedly.
- On 30 May 1997, he had 25 players of the Cleveland Indians made out before he had to allow a single by Sandy Alomar Jr.. He then made the last two batsmen with two Strikouts and won the game 3-0.
- On August 24, 1998, he made out the first 23 players of the Detroit Tigers before Frank Catalonotto scored a double. The Orioles won the game 4-0.
- On September 2, 2001 Mussina came to his destination the next, 26 players of the Boston Red Sox were already out when Carl Everett was able to land a single. Trot Nixon was then identified by Mussina with a groundout, the Yankees won the one- hitter 1-0.
- On April 14, 2002, he could see the first 16 Red Sox player before Doug Mirabelli scored a single. 6:2 ended the game for the Yankees.
- On 12 October 2004 succeeded Mussina, not to let the first 17 Red Sox players on the bases before Mark Bellhorn with a double zunichtemachte also the chance of Mussina. The result of the game was 10-7 for the Yankees.