- Steve Renko
Steve Renko, Jr. (born
December 10 1944 inKansas City, Kansas ) is a former right-handedpitcher inMajor League Baseball for theMontreal Expos (1969-1976),Chicago Cubs (1976-1977),Chicago White Sox (1977),Oakland Athletics (1978),Boston Red Sox (1979-1980), California Angels (1981-1982) andKansas City Royals (1983).He helped the Angels win the 1982
American League Western Division, with a win/loss of 11-6.He was a 15 game winner in 1971 and 1973.
He led the
National League inearned run s allowed (115) in 1971.He led the National League in
wild pitch es (19) in 1974.He ranks 99th on the career
home run s allowed List (248).In 15 seasons he had a 134-146 win-loss record, 451 games, 365 games started, 57 complete games, 9 shutouts, 36 games finished, 6 saves, 2,494 innings pitched, 2,438 hits allowed, 1,233 runs allowed, 1,107 earned runs allowed, 248 home runs allowed, 1,010 walks allowed, 1,455
strikeout s, 22 hit batsmen, 73 wild pitches, 10,704 batters faced, 86 intentional walks, 4 balks and a 3.99earned run average . In 1979, he carried ano-hitter into the ninth inning against the Oakland A's in Oakland, only to be broken up by aRickey Henderson double with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Renko pitched 5 career one-hitters.ee also
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Montreal Expos all-time roster
*Chicago White Sox all-time roster External links
*baseball-reference|id=r/renkost01
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