Tom Waddell (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tom Waddell (baseball)

Major League Baseball pitcher

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1958

Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Sep-2019

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Tom Waddell (baseball)

  • Thomas David Waddell (September 17, 1958 – September 14, 2019) was a Major League Baseball pitcher.
  • One of only eight Scotland natives to ever be a major league ballplayer, he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1984 to 1985, and again in 1987. Waddell grew up in Closter, New Jersey.The right-hander was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent out of Manhattan College in 1981.
  • After three seasons in their farm system, he was drafted by the Indians in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
  • He made his major league debut on April 15, 1984 against the Baltimore Orioles, facing only two batters and giving up a game tying sacrifice fly and a single.
  • For the season, Waddell went 7–4 with a 3.06 earned run average, 59 strikeouts and six saves in 58 appearances for the Indians, setting a club record for relief appearances by a rookie. In 1985, Waddell was 4–5 with a 3.88 ERA and nine saves out of the tribe's bullpen when Cleveland manager Pat Corrales converted him into a starter.
  • In his first major league start, Waddell pitched six plus innings to earn the win over Ron Guidry and the New York Yankees.
  • For the season, he made nine starts, including a 7-hit complete game win over Dave Stieb and the Toronto Blue Jays on August 19.Waddell had shoulder surgery in September 1985 and made only three rehab appearances for Cleveland's triple A affiliate in 1986.
  • He was unsuccessful in a brief 1987 comeback bid, going 0–1 with a 14.29 ERA in six games with the Indians.
  • He signed a minor league contract with the Montreal Expos in 1988, and went 3–2 with a 2.95 ERA splitting the season between their double and triple A affiliates.
  • He split the 1989 season between the Expos' and Milwaukee Brewers' farm system before retiring.

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