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46. Mike Cuellar

46. Mike Cuellar
  1. General
  2. Awards
  3. Career Stats
  • Born: May 8, 1937 in Las Villas, Cuba
  • Weight: 165 lbs.
  • Height: 6'0"
  • Bats: L
  • Throws: L
  • Debut: April 18, 1959
  • Final Game: May 03, 1977
  • Cy Young Award - 1969
  • TSN All-Star - 1969
  • TSN All-Star - 1974
  • Cy Young - 1969
  • Cy Young - 1970
  • Cy Young - 1974
  • MVP - 1969
  • MVP - 1970
  • MVP - 1971
  • MVP - 1974
 
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Mike Cuellar would become a World Series Champion and a Cy Young winner with the Baltimore Orioles, but he first turned heads when he was a Houston Astro.  Cuellar would go his first All-Star Game as an Astro in 1967, a season where he went 16 and 11.  Overall, in the four seasons he was in Houston (1965-68), he went 37-36 with 557 Strikeouts.

The Bullet Points

  • Position: Pitcher
  • Acquired: Traded from the St. Louis Cardinals with Ron Taylor for Chuck Taylor and Hal Woodeshick 6/15/65.
  • Departed: Traded to the Baltimore Orioles with Tom Johnson and Enzo Hernandez for John Mason and Curt Blefary 12/4/68.
  • Games Played: 127
  • Notable Statistics: 37 Wins
    36 Losses
    2.74 ERA
    88 Games Started
    38 Complete Games
    6 Shutouts
    33 Games Finished
    6 Saves
    700.1 Innings Pitched
    557 Strikeouts
    2.39 FIP
    1.162 WHIP
    3.08 SO/BB
    13.3 bWAR

    No Playoff Games
  • Major Accolades and Awards: All-Star (1967)

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