The rest, as they say, is history, in a way. And Wakefield was cut by the team in 1995. Three years since the Pirates had told him “you can’t hit with wood bats make it as a pitcher, or else.” Pittsburgh lost in seven games, their third straight year of losing the NLCS, but they’d be back. He was brilliant, as he had been since his July callup, only four years after being drafted as a power-hitting first baseman. On October 4, 2002, Pirates rookie Tim Wakefield started Game 5 of the NLCS against Atlanta. They liked the way his knuckleball moved. With the team he tied that wild pitch record against, the Minnesota Twins. It was his 12 th one-year deal, since being a first-round draft pick in 1996 ( two spots ahead of Eric Milton).īut he signed another one-year deal in 2009. (A record held by the legend Walter Johnson and by Dickey’s childhood favorite, Phil Niekro).ĭickey was 33, with a wife and three young children. He wasn’t good, allowing three hits and three walks in 1.1 IP, and tying the major-league-record of four wild pitches in an inning. Dickey entered the game with Seattle down 6-0 in the fourth inning. On August 17, 2008, Mariners afterthought pitcher R.A.
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