Andy Pettitte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American professional baseball player, pitcher
Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1972
Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Andy Pettitte
- Andrew Eugene Pettitte (; born June 15, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the New York Yankees.
- He also pitched for the Houston Astros.
- Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees and was a three-time All-Star.
- He ranks as MLB's all-time postseason wins leader with 19.Pettitte was drafted by the Yankees organization in 1990, and he signed with them roughly a year later.
- After debuting in the major leagues in 1995, Pettitte finished third in voting for the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award.
- In 1996, he led the AL with 21 wins and was runner-up for the AL Cy Young Award.
- Two years later, he was the Yankees' Opening Day starter.
- Pettitte established himself as one of the "Core Four" players who contributed to the Yankees' late-1990s dynasty that produced four championships.
- Pettitte won the 2001 AL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in helping his team win the pennant.
- After spending nine seasons with the Yankees—a stint in which he won at least 12 games each season—Pettitte signed with the Astros in 2004.
- He rejoined the Yankees in 2007 and later that season admitted to using human growth hormone to recover from an elbow injury in 2002.
- Pettitte's second tenure with the team lasted six seasons, interrupted by a one-year retirement in 2011, and also produced a fifth World Series championship in 2009.
- He retired after the 2013 season. Pettitte's pitching repertoire included a four-seam and cut fastball and several off-speed pitches such as a slider, curveball, and changeup.
- A left-handed pitcher, he had an exceptional pickoff move to first base, which allowed him to record 98 career pickoffs.
- Among Yankees pitchers, Pettitte ranks first in strikeouts (2,020), third in wins (219), and tied for first in games started (438).
- He won the most games of any pitcher in the 2000s. His uniform number 46 was retired by the Yankees on August 23, 2015.
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