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Dan Petry Pitcher Born: November 13, 1958
Palo Alto, CaliforniaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut July 8, 1979 for the Detroit Tigers Last MLB appearance October 5, 1991 for the Boston Red Sox Career statistics Win–loss record 125–104 Earned run average 3.95 Strikeouts 1,063 Teams Career highlights and awards - All-Star selection (1985)
- World Series champion (1984)
Daniel Joseph Petry (born November 13, 1958, in Palo Alto, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1979–87 and 1990–91), California Angels (1988–89), Atlanta Braves (1991) and Boston Red Sox (1991).
He helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series and the 1987 American League Eastern Division and the Braves win the 1991 National League Pennant.
He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1985.
He finished 9th in voting for the 1982 American League Cy Young Award for having a 15-9 record, 35 appearances, 35 games started, 8 complete games, one shutout, 246 innings pitched, 220 hits allowed, 98 runs allowed, 88 earned runs allowed, 15 home runs allowed, 100 walks allowed, 132 strikeouts, 4 hit batsmen, nine wild pitches and a 3.22 ERA.
He finished 5th in voting for the 1984 American League Cy Young Award for having a 18-8 record, 35 appearances, 35 games started, seven complete games, two shutouts, 233 ⅓ innings pitched, 231 hits allowed, 94 runs allowed, 84 earned runs allowed, 21 home runs allowed, 66 walks allowed, 144 strikeouts, three hit batsmen, seven wild pitches and a 3.24 ERA.
Petry led the American League in games started (38) in 1983.
In 13 years he had a 125-104 record, 370 appearances, 300 games started, 52 complete games, 11 shutouts, one save, 2,080 ⅓ innings pitched, 1,984 hits allowed, 1,025 runs allowed, 912 earned runs allowed, 218 home runs allowed, 852 walks allowed, 1,063 strikeouts, 47 hit batsmen, 77 wild pitches, seven balks and a 3.95 ERA.
His son Jeff, an ice hockey defenseman, was a second-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers. Jeff was named USA Hockey Junior Player of the Year for the 2006-07 season while with the Des Moines Buccaneers and played for Michigan State. He made his NHL debut for the Oilers in December, 2010.
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Detroit Tigers 1984 World Series Champions 1 Lou Whitaker | 3 Alan Trammell (World Series MVP) | 8 Marty Castillo | 9 Doug Baker | 13 Lance Parrish | 14 Dave Bergman | 15 Rusty Kuntz | 16 Tom Brookens | 17 Bill Scherrer | 19 Dave Rozema | 20 Howard Johnson | 21 Willie Hernández | 23 Kirk Gibson (ALCS MVP) | 27 Bárbaro Garbey | 29 Aurelio López | 30 Johnny Grubb | 31 Larry Herndon | 32 Ruppert Jones | 34 Chet Lemon | 39 Milt Wilcox | 40 Doug Bair | 41 Darrell Evans | 44 Juan Berenguer | 46 Dan Petry | 47 Jack Morris
Manager 11 Sparky Anderson
Coaches: 26 Gates Brown | 38 Roger Craig | 50 Billy Consolo | 51 Alex Grammas | 53 Dick TracewskiRegular season • American League Championship Series Categories:- 1958 births
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