Graeme Lloyd

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Graeme Lloyd
position=Pitcher
birthdate=birth date and age|1967|4|9
bats=Left
throws=Left
debutdate=April 11
debutyear=1993
debutteam=Milwaukee Brewers
finaldate=September 27
finalyear=2003
finalteam=Kansas City Royals
stat1label=Record
stat1value=30-36
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=4.04
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=304
teams=
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|1993-by|1996)
*New York Yankees (by|1996-by|1998)
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|1999)
*Montreal Expos (by|2001-by|2002)
*Florida Marlins (by|2002)
*New York Mets (by|2003)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2003)
highlights=
*American League pennant: 1996, 1998
*World Series champion: 1996, 1998

Graeme John Lloyd (born April 9, 1967 in Victoria, Australia) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who had a ten year career from 1993 to 2003. He played with the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals all of the American League and the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins and New York Mets all of the National League. He is believed to be the fourth native Australian to pitch in Major League Baseball.

Lloyd was used exclusively as a relief pitcher during his ten years in the major leagues. He ended his career with 30 wins against 36 losses, 17 saves, and 97 holds. At his peak, Lloyd threw a sinking fastball that reached 90 miles per hour and a slider. Later in his career, he added a palmball to his repertoire.

For much of his career, he was used as a matchup lefty, or LOOGY (lefty one out only guy). This type of pitcher is used against an opposing team's star left-handed hitter(s) late in a game. Lloyd excelled in this role for the New York Yankees in 1998 when he posted a career-best 1.67 ERA. This effectiveness led to the Toronto Blue Jays demanding that Lloyd be included in a package anchored by starting pitcher David Wells when the Yankees traded for Toronto starting pitcher Roger Clemens.

Lloyd lost the entire 2000 season while recovering from arthroscopic surgery.In 2001, he received the Tony Conigliaro Award.

Lloyd represented his native Australia at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. His teammate Dave Nilsson had made history with him ten years earlier, when, on April 13, 1994, the men formed the first all-Australian battery in an MLB game.

Lloyd's wife Cindy suffered from Crohn's disease, which she succumbed to in 2000 at the age of 26. In 2000 and 2001 Graeme acted as the spokesman for the Graeme Lloyd and Jon Mechanic Field of Dreams, a charity which was dedicated in the name of Cindy Lloyd.

ee also

* Montreal Expos all-time roster
* List of players from Australia in Major League Baseball
* Florida Marlins all-time roster

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