Andy Messersmith information

John Alexander "Andy" Messersmith (born August 6, 1945) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career...

baseball's reserve clause. The ruling was issued in regard to pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally. Since the 1880s, baseball owners had included a paragraph...

in one of the best years of his career, Davey Lopes stole 59 bases, Andy Messersmith won twenty games, and Don Sutton won nineteen games. Walter Alston...

Company. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-393-06681-4. Curran, Mike; Newman, Ross & Lopez, Andy (2007). Coaching Baseball Successfully. Human Kinetics. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7360-6520-7...

in the 1990s and early 2000s. At one point, he suggested to pitcher Andy Messersmith, who wore number 17, that he change his surname to "Channel" to promote...

a pension fund increase. In 1974, Miller coordinated with players Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally in a bid for free agency that resulted in the abolition...

Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Gold Glove Award Steve Garvey Andy Messersmith NL Pitcher of the Month Don Sutton (April 1975) Don Sutton (May 1975)...

Angeles (NL) 1955–66 4 2.86 Jim Palmer Baltimore (AL) 1950–67 5 2.86 Andy Messersmith Anaheim, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles 1968–79 6 2.86...

seven batters in the game, breaking a Dodger record previously held by Andy Messersmith (1973) and one short of the major league record. Kershaw picked up...

Cardinals 11 24 2 2 .946 6 1 40% 0 1974 Andy Messersmith Los Angeles Dodgers 18 44 9 3 .873 6 3 46% 3 1975 Andy Messersmith Los Angeles Dodgers 11 43 5 1 .915...

64 Don Sutton* 1.1425 65 Greg Maddux* 1.1431 Ed Reulbach 1.1431 67 Andy Messersmith 1.1433 68 Sid Fernandez 1.1443 69 Jeff Tesreau 1.1447 70 Gary Nolan...

World" John Lackey, John Derran Lackey (2002– ): "Bender" Andy Messersmith, John Alexander Messersmith (1968–1979): "Bluto" Lance Parrish, Lance Michael Parrish...

arbitrator ruled that Hunter could be a free agent. When pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally had their 1974 contracts automatically renewed by...

Awards and achievements Preceded by Andy Messersmith California Angels Opening Day Starting pitcher 1973–1975 Succeeded by Frank Tanana Preceded by Joe...

All-Star break but was left off the roster, as the Dodgers already had Andy Messersmith and Mike Marshall on the team. "If I don't belong on the team, there...

hit a second home run out of Dodger Stadium on May 8, 1973, against Andy Messersmith, measured at 470 feet (140 m). Dodger Hall of Famer Don Sutton said...

down in 1975 when arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled that since pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally had played for one season without a contract, they...

A's went on to win 3–2. He won Game 4 5–2, hitting a home run off Andy Messersmith in the third inning for a 1–0 lead. After losing in salary arbitration...

important towards free agency. In 1974, Miller encouraged pitchers Andy Messersmith of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dave McNally of the Baltimore Orioles...

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (1) 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Andy Messersmith starter Steve Garvey starter Ron Cey starter Jimmy Wynn starter Mike...

reserve clause survived, but it had been irrevocably weakened. In 1975, Andy Messersmith of the Dodgers and Dave McNally of the Montreal Expos played without...

City School of Law. As a young lawyer, Fehr assisted the MLBPA in the Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally arbitration case (later known as the Seitz decision)...

outside the stadium. Stargell then hit a 470-foot (140 m) home run off Andy Messersmith on May 8, 1973, that landed on the right field pavilion roof and bounced...

McGlothlin (1965–1966) MLB All-Star Rudy May (1966) 1980 AL ERA Leader Andy Messersmith (1966, 1968) 4 x MLB All-Star Claude Osteen (1958) 3 x MLB All-Star...