Mike Nagy (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name = Mike Nagy
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position = Pitcher
birthdate = March 25, 1948
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bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 21
debutyear = 1969
debutteam = Boston Red Sox
finaldate = May 19
finalyear = 1974
finalteam = Houston Astros
stat1label = Wins
stat1value = 20
stat2label = Losses
stat2value = 13
stat3label = ERA
stat3value = 4.15
teams =
*Boston Red Sox (1969-1972)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1973)
*Texas Rangers (1973)
*Houston Astros (1974)
highlights = 1969 American League Rookie pitcher of the Year
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Michael Timothy Nagy (born March 25, 1948, in Bronx, New York) was a Major League pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, and Houston Astros. He batted and pitched right-handed. Nagy played from the years 1966 to 1974, being traded five times throughout his career. [cite web |url= http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nagymi01.shtml#TRANS |title= Mike Nagy Transactions |accessdate=2008-04-20 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com]

Career

Mike Nagy was drafted in the sixth round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Boston Red Sox. He played three years in the minor leagues, and made his Major League debut in 1969. [cite web |url= http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nagymi01.shtml#TRANS |title= Mike Nagy Statistics |accessdate=2008-04-20 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com] Nagy had a very good year in his first Major League Season, with 12 wins, and only 2 losses. He also had a 3.11 earned run average. This season led to him being selected as American League Rookie pitcher of the Year. [cite web |url= http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/N/mike-nagy.shtml |title= Mike Nagy (Awards) |accessdate=2008-04-20 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher= The Baseball Cube] Nagy's pitching career never was as good as his rookie season was. Due to major arm injuries, he never pitched an entire season in the Major Leagues without being placed on the disabled list with an arm injury. [cite web |url= http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Mike_Nagy_1948 |title= The Ballplayers: Mike Nagy |accessdate=2008-04-20 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=The Baseball Library] He spent the next three years with the Red Sox before being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The Red Sox were later sent pitcher Lance Clemons. Just a little more than two months later on March 31, 1973, he was traded to the Texas Rangers. This trade was to complete a deal between the Cardinals and Rangers that had been made on February 1, 1973. The Cardinals originally sent pitcher Charlie Hudson and a player to be named later to the Rangers for Mike Thompson. Nagy was sent to the Rangers to complete the trade. He was again sent to the Cardinals, where he played for one season. After that, he played for the Houston Astros for one year and retired in 1975.

In 1977, Nagy got his Real Estate Brokers License and opened Michael T. Nagy Realty in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx, NY. As of August 27, 2008, Michael T. Nagy Realty is still in business serving the Throggs Neck community.

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nagymi01.shtml Mike Nagy at Baseball-Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=nagymi01 Mike Nagy at the Baseball Almanac]

See also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster
*St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster