Jim Clancy (baseball)

Jim Clancy (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor1=white
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name=Jim Clancy
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1955|12|18
city-state|Chicago|Illinois
debutdate=July 26
debutyear=1977
debutteam=Toronto Blue Jays
finaldate=October 6
finalyear=1991
finalteam=Atlanta Braves
stat1label=Record
stat1value=140-167
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=4.23
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=1422
teams=
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|1977-by|1988)
*Houston Astros (by|1989-by|1991)
*Atlanta Braves (by|1991)
highlights=
*All-Star (AL): 1982
*Led A.L. in games started in 1982 (40) and 1984 (36)

James Clancy (born December 18, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1977-88), Houston Astros (1989-91) and Atlanta Braves (1991). He batted and threw right-handed and attended St. Rita of Cascia High School on the south side of Chicago.

Clancy made his debut in by|1977 with the expansion Toronto Blue Jays, starting 13 games and struggling to a 4-9 record and 5.05 ERA. Over the next decade, however, Clancy established himself as a dependable starter who regularly posted 13 to 16 wins and a ERA below 4.00 each year. His best seasons include by|1982, when he went 16-14 with a 3.71 ERA, and by|1987, when he went 15-11 with a 3.54 ERA and 180 strikeouts, a career best. Clancy made the American League All-Star team in by|1982.

Clancy signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros before the by|1989 season but beginning then, and for the rest of his career, he was unable to demonstrate the consistency he had shown while playing for Toronto. After posting a 5.08 ERA with Houston, Clancy was relegated to mainly relief work in by|1990 and by|1991. He was traded at the trade deadline to the Atlanta Braves, for whom he appeared in his second postseason (after by|1985 with Toronto) and first World Series that fall. Clancy pitched in three games and picked up a victory but the Braves lost to the Minnesota Twins four games to three.

Clancy signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs prior to the by|1992 season but didn't play. Over his 15-season career, Clancy posted a 140-167 record with 1422 strikeouts and a 4.23 ERA.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

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