ESPNET SportsZone MLB Profile Reports 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | College/Minor League Highlights

1996: Re-signed by the California Angels as a free agent on Jan. 8, 1996.
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1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | College/Minor League Highlights

1995: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as a free agent on April 8, 1995 ... Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, Andrew Lorraine, Bill Simas and John Snyder on July 27, 1995 ... Granted fr ee agency by the California Angels on Oct. 31, 1995 ... First in least pitches thrown to a batter (3.48) ... Second in ERA on the road (2.68)
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1994: Posted his first winning record since 1991 ... His 4.55 ERA was the highest of his professional career ... Granted free agency by the New York Yankees on Dec. 23, 1994.
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1993: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for Russ Springer, J.T. Snow and Jerry Nielsen on Dec. 6, 1992 ... Threw a no-hitter Sept. 4 against Cleveland at Yankee Stadium ... Went 1-5 in his first six starts and 3-0 in his next five starts ... Lost his debut with the Yankees April 7 at Cleveland, but came back strong in the home opener, earning a complete game win ... Was on the DL June 17-25 with an abrasion on his left thumb ... Combined with Paul Gibson to shutout the Tigers June 30, the first time in 110 games that Detroit was held scoreless ... Won three straight starts from July 17-27 ... Was 4-7 with a 4.66 ERA in 13 starts before going on the DL and 7-7 with a 4.18 ERA in 19 starts after coming off the DL ... Went 1-3 wi th a 6.07 ERA in five starts after his no-hitter ... Has not allowed a homerun to a left-handed batter in his past 64 starts spanning 449 2/3 innings ... Struck out a career-low 95 batters ... Tied for fourth in the AL with 14 losses ... Ranked 14th in th e AL with a .979 fielding percentage ... Was voted by the fans as the fifth-best role model and fifth-nicest player in the major leagues in a post-season Baseball America survey.
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1992: Fourth and final season with the Angels ... Fifth-lowest ERA in the AL ... Compiled the second-lowest road ERA in the league at 2.33 ... Finished second on the staff with seven complete games, but posted a 1-6 mark in those contests ... Pitch ed 200 or more innings for the third consecutive season ... Received only 2.55 runs per game, the lowest run support in the history of the DH ... Had a 3.19 ERA and a 0.92 ERA in five turf starts ... Was 4-11 with a 2.96 ERA in 19 pre-break starts and 3-4 with a 2.45 ERA in 10 starts after the break ... Pitched over seven innings in 22 of his 29 starts ... Went on the DL for the first time in his career in July with a strained muscle in his right rib cage ... Did not committ an error in 46 chances, the se cond-most errorless chances among AL pitchers in 1992.
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1991: Finished third in the AL Cy Young voting behind Roger Clemens and Kevin Tapani ... Was 11-5 with a 2.38 ERA and four complete games in the second half of the season ... Held opposition to three earned runs or less in 27 of his 34 starts ... P itched a career-high 10 innings Sept. 24 vs. Toronto ... Won a career-best seven consecutive games from Aug. 7 to Sept. 8 ... Was selected as co-winner of the Owner's Trophy (team MVP) with Bryan Harvey ... Also honored as the Victory Awards recipient at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., an award presented by the National Rehabilitation Hospital saluting the individual who best exemplifies exceptional depth of inner strength, purpose and integrity.
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1990: Second season with the Angels ... Hurled back-to-back walkless complete games, July 13 & 18 ,the first Angel to do so since Jim Slaton in 1984 ... Induced the second-most GIDPs in the AL (27) ... Led the league in hits allowed (246), was thir d in earned runs allowed (106) and ranked sixth in fewest runs support (96, 4.08 per game) ... Angels scored only 15 runs in his 14 losses.
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1989: Started the season on the Angels' roster, marking just the 15th time since the inception of the amateur free-agent draft (1965) that a player made his professional debut in the majors ... Of the previous 14, nine were pitchers and none won mo re than six games ... Made his major league debut on April 8 vs. Mark Langston and the Seattle Mariners in Anaheim and took the loss in a 7-0 Seattle victory ... Notched his first win April 24 vs. Baltimore, becoming the first left-handed rookie starter t o win a game for the Angels since Angel Moreno in 1981 ... Tossed both his shutouts against the Red Sox ... Became the first Angel rookie to post double figures in wins since Willie Fraser in 1987 and the first left-handed rookie since Frank Tanana in 197 4 ... Allowed three runs or less in 21 of his 29 starts ... Angels scored 23 runs in his 12 losses ... Named to Topps' All-Star Rookie team.
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Named the Golden Spikes Award winner by USA Baseball in 1987 ... Was voted the left-handed pitcher on The Sporting News college All-America team in 1988 ... Posted a 26-8 mark with a 3.03 ERA in three years at Michigan ... Was a member of the 1988 U.S. Ol ympic baseball team ... Received the Sullivan Award, honoring the nation's top amateur athlete.
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