What former American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher was the focus of a best-selling 2005 biography, written by Jane Leavy, an award-winning American former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post?
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Jane Leavy Jane Leavy (born December 26, 1951) is an award-winning American former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post. She is the author of the critically acclaimed 1990 comic novel "Squeeze Play", which was called "the best novel ever written about baseball" by Entertainment Weekly. She also wrote a best-selling 2005 biography of Sandy Koufax. She lives in Washington, D.C. She is originally from Roslyn, New York, and graduated from Barnard College in 1974 and Columbia University School of Journalism in 1976. She has a house in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
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Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax ( ; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is a former American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Lefty Willis Charles William "Lefty" Willis (November 4, 1905 – May 10, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1925 to 1927 with the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Mark Portugal Mark Steven Portugal (born October 30, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from 1985 to 1999.
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Joe Torre Joseph Paul Torre ( ; born July 18, 1940) is an American professional baseball executive, serving in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief baseball officer since 2011. A former player, manager and television color commentator, Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager. With 2,342 hits during his playing career, Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits and 2,000 wins as a manager. From 1996 to 2007, he was the manager of the New York Yankees, whom he guided to four World Series championships.
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Ryan Bradley (baseball) Ryan Bradley (born October 26, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Anthony Varvaro Anthony Michael Varvaro (born October 31, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was the Seattle Mariners' 12th round selection in the June 2005 Major League Baseball Draft and also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox.
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Jeanie Descombes Jeneane Descombes Lesko (born March 28, 1935) is a former pitcher who played from 1953 through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft , 135 lb., she batted and threw left-handed. She played under the name of Jeanie (or Jean) Descombes.
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Mark Clark (baseball) Mark Willard Clark (born May 12, 1968) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in the majors.
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Cecil Butler Cecil Dean Butler (born October 23, 1937) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. The right-hander worked in 11 games, including two starting assignments, for the Milwaukee Braves in 1962 and 1964 . Nicknamed "Slewfoot," he was born in Dallas, Georgia, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 195 lb .
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Dick Ellsworth Richard Clark Ellsworth (born March 22, 1940) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1958 through 1971 for the Chicago Cubs (1958, 1960–66), Philadelphia Phillies (1967), Boston Red Sox (1968–69), Cleveland Indians (1969–70) and Milwaukee Brewers (1970–71).
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Mel Behney Melvin Brian Behney (born September 2, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. Behney was a left-handed pitcher who had a five-game trial, one as a starting pitcher, with the 1970 Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. He stood 6 ft tall and weighed 180 lb .
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Sammy Stewart Samuel Lee Stewart (born October 28, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1978 to 1987. Stewart had the best earned run average (ERA) in the American League (AL) in 1981 and he pitched in the postseason in 1979 and 1983. Stewart struggled with drug addiction after he retired from baseball; his addiction culminated in a prison term that ran from 2006 to 2013.
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Tom Timmermann Thomas Henry Timmermann (born May 12, 1940) is a former American baseball player. He played professional baseball for 15 years from 1960 to 1974, including six seasons in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1969–1973) and Cleveland Indians (1973–1974). He compiled a 35–35 win–loss record and a 3.78 earned run average (ERA), and recorded 35 saves and 315 strikeouts, in 228 major league games and 548 innings pitched.
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Denny McLain Dennis Dale McLain (born March 29, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for 10 seasons, most notably for the Detroit Tigers. In 1968, McLain became the last pitcher in Major League Baseball to win 30 or more games during a season (31–6) — a feat accomplished by only 11 players in the 20th century.
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Randy Kramer Randall John Kramer (born September 20, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners.
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Wayne Franklin Gary Wayne Franklin (born March 9, 1974) is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Houston Astros (2000-2001), Milwaukee Brewers (2002-2003), San Francisco Giants (2004), New York Yankees (2005), and Atlanta Braves (2006). Franklin bats and throws left-handed.
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Paul Lindblad Paul Aaron Lindblad (August 9, 1941 – January 1, 2006) was an American Major League Baseball left-handed middle-relief pitcher. During his career, he pitched primarily for the Kansas City Athletics and Oakland Athletics. At the time of his retirement in 1978, he had recorded the seventh-most appearances (655) of any left-hander in history.
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Jake Peavy Jacob Edward Peavy (born May 31, 1981) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Bryan Clark (baseball) Bryan Donald Clark (born July 12, 1956) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox in a span of eight seasons from 1981–1990. A native of Madera, California, Clark was listed at 6'2", 185 lb., and batted and threw left-handed. He attended Fresno Community College.
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Warren Spahn Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 – November 24, 2003) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games or more in 13 seasons, including a 23–7 record when he was age 42. Spahn was the 1957 Cy Young Award winner, and was the runner-up three times, all during the period when one award was given, covering both leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, with 83% of the total vote.(His eligibility was delayed, under the rules of the time, by two years of token minor league play.)
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Bob Meyer Robert Bernard Meyer (born August 4, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. Meyer pitched for the Yankees (1964), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Kansas City Athletics (1964), Seattle Pilots (1969), and Milwaukee Brewers (1970). His first major league strikeout victim was future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. During a 3-year baseball career, Meyer compiled 2 wins, 92 strikeouts, and a 4.38 earned run average.