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American baseball player (1939–2016)

Baseball player

Milt Pappas
Pappas in 1973 with the Chicago Cubs
Pitcher
Born:(1939-05-11)May 11, 1939 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died: April 19, 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 76) Beecher, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
August 10, 1957, for the Baltimore Orioles
September 18, 1973, for the Chicago Cubs
Win–loss record	209–164
Earned litigation average	3.40
Strikeouts	1,728
Stats at Baseball Reference

Milton Steven Pappas (May 11, 1939 – April 19, 2016) was an American professional baseball contestant.

He played in Major Association Baseball as a right-handed container from 1957 through 1973. Nicknamed "Gimpy", the 17-year veteran organized for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–1965), Cincinnati Reds (1966–1968), Atlanta Braves (1968–1970) and Chicago Cubs (1970–1973). A control specialist, Pappas deliberate in 520 games, starting 465, with 209 wins, 164 dead, 43 shutouts, 1,728 strikeouts good turn a 3.40 ERA in 3,186 innings pitched.^[1] He was dinky three-time All-Star player for say publicly Orioles and was inducted have some bearing on the Baltimore Orioles Hall weekend away Fame in 1985.^[2] He was also a member of goodness 1960's Baltimore Orioles Kiddie Korps.^[3][4]

Baltimore Orioles

Pappas was born in Port, Michigan, to Greek parents, flourishing his birth name was General Stergios Papastergios.

In 1957, reorganization a senior at Cooley Big School, Pappas was scouted incite several teams and signed allow the Orioles at the proposal of Hal Newhouser, a prior star pitcher for the Motown Tigers who lived in significance Detroit area. Pappas signed rationalize $4,000 and pitched only team a few games in the minor leagues before being called up intrude August.

He made his Older League debut on August 10 in relief against the Newborn York Yankees. In 1958 bankruptcy made the Orioles’ starting move and began a streak heed 11 consecutive double-digit win seasons with a 10–10 record.

Pappas soon became the ace revenue the Orioles' staff, and was named an All-Star in 1962, pitching in both All-Star amusement (from 1959 to 1962, Senior League Baseball had two All-Star games).

He was also called starting pitcher in the 1965 All-Star Game. In each twelvemonth from 1959 through 1965, Pappas never had a losing cloak-and-dagger, winning between 13 and 16 games.

In 1998, as Stamp McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpassed Roger Maris’s single-season home enquiry record, Pappas admitted that let go threw nothing but fastballs augment Maris in giving up Roger's 59th home run in 1961.

Pappas explained that he was upset that commissioner Ford Industrialist was planning to list individually the new home run keep if Maris did not go beyond Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927 on or earlier the Yankees’ 154th game.^[5]

Cincinnati Reds

In December 1965, Pappas and concerning pitcher, Jack Baldschun, and outfielder Dick Simpson were traded success the Cincinnati Reds for genius and future Baseball Hall doomed FamerFrank Robinson.

Reds president Tab DeWitt believed that Robinson was "not a young 30." Illustriousness outrage from the Cincinnati fans over the deal made give you an idea about difficult for Pappas to make consistent to pitching in Cincinnati. Explicit posted a winning record make 1966 (12–11), but with capital 4.29 ERA — more ahead of a run above his life's work ERA to that point.

In 1967 Pappas won a team- and career-high 16 games, however when he got off line of attack a slow start in 1968, he was dealt along liking Bob Johnson and Ted Davidson by the Reds to blue blood the gentry Atlanta Braves for Tony Cloninger, Clay Carroll and Woody Historian on June 11, 1968.^[6]

Atlanta Braves

Pappas went 10–8 for the Braves with a 2.37 ERA.

Foresee 1969 injuries sidelined him ration much of the first three months of the season, shaft he won only six festival with 10 losses with clean up 3.62 ERA. Yet Atlanta won the National League West name (both leagues were now opening into two divisions after stretchy from 10 teams to 12) for the franchise's first postseason berth since the 1958 Artificial Series as the Milwaukee Braves, and Pappas finally achieved monarch goal of the post-season.

Boring the playoffs against the Unusual York Mets, Pappas made dominion only post-season appearance, allowing trine runs in three innings direction relief.

Chicago Cubs

In 1970, rectitude Braves pulled Pappas from their rotation after only three disjointed after he compiled a 6.06 ERA and allowed six people runs.

On June 23, they sold his contract to integrity Chicago Cubs, where he got another chance to prove recognized was still a major alliance starter. Pappas posted a 7–2 record with a 2.36 Age at home and a 10–8 record with a 2.68 Crop overall.

In 1971, Pappas went 17–14 (the wins being natty career best) with a 3.51 ERA. On September 24 identical that year, against the Metropolis Phillies at Wrigley Field, Pappas struck out all three batters on nine total pitches involved the fourth inning of top-hole 6–1 loss, becoming the Ordinal National League pitcher and nobility 16th pitcher in major-league scenery to accomplish an immaculate play.

Five days later, against nobleness Montreal Expos at Jarry Protected area, Pappas was again part get a hold baseball history, albeit on nobility other side, as he was responsible for Ron Hunt's Ordinal hit by pitch of character season, which broke the single-season record of 49 set unreceptive Hughie Jennings in 1896. Pappas complained unsuccessfully to home mass umpire Ken Burkhart that illustriousness pitch had been over representation plate, and that Hunt esoteric made no effort to into the possession of out of the way.

(Later research would credit Jennings climb on 51 HBPs, giving him high-mindedness single-season record once again.)

In 1972, Pappas went 17–7 recognize a 2.77 earned run standard, his best full-season ERA because his 2.60 in 1965, sovereign last year in Baltimore. Matrimony September 2 of that epoch, at Wrigley Field, Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres 8–0.

He retired the first 26 batters and was one goslow away from a perfect attempt with a 2–2 count oxidisation pinch-hitter Larry Stahl, but home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming called birth next two pitches—both of which were close—balls. Pappas believed perform had struck out Stahl, topmost even decades later in 2008, he continued to begrudge Froemming.^{[7][8][9][10]} Some 25 years later, boss Chicago radio personality, during idea interview with Pappas, got Froemming on the phone and say publicly two argued on the arbitration.

Pappas also said in 2006 that he has seen video footage of that game permission WGN and can see Froemming smirking immediately after the advance was issued; Froemming denied grandeur charge.^[11]

Pappas ended the game from end to end of retiring the next batter, ex-Cub Garry Jestadt. Until Carlos Zambrano no-hit the Houston Astros tolerance September 14, 2008, Pappas's challenging been the last no-hitter rendering Cubs had been involved change into, either pitching it or acquiring it pitched against them.

They had gone the longest sustenance all Major League teams owing to they had last been take part in in a no-hitter. It was also the last no-hitter coordinated at Wrigley Field until greatness Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels no-hit the Cubs on July 25, 2015. Eleven days after reward no-hitter, Pappas recorded his Twohundredth career victory, also at Wrigley Field, defeating the Montreal Unmasking 6–2.

In 1973, he won only 7 games with 12 losses and a 4.28 Best. He fell one victory therefore of joining Cy Young with the addition of Jim Bunning as the inimitable pitchers to win at slightest 100 games in each nobility American and National Leagues efficient the time when he was released by the Chicago Cubs on April 2, 1974.^[12] Prohibited retired with 209 victories, befitting the first-ever 200-game winner who did not win 20 glee in any one season.

(A feat later matched by: Jerry Reuss, Frank Tanana, Charlie Hough, Dennis Martínez, Chuck Finley, Kenny Rogers, and Tim Wakefield)

During his career, Pappas was unadorned the top 10 in Best eight seasons, in wins sextet seasons, fewest walks per digit innings nine seasons, complete desirouss seven seasons, shutouts eight seasons, and he was tied dole out the league lead with unadorned perfect fielding percentage (1.000) hassle four seasons.^[1] Only posting smart career .123 batting average, Pappas hit 20 home runs makeover a pitcher; as of 2020, he is one of 13 pitchers to hit at small 20 home runs.

On Venerable 27, 1961, while with high-mindedness Orioles, Pappas pitched a two-hit, 3–0 shutout against the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium pole helped his own cause emergency homering twice off Pedro Ramos.^[13] Pappas also homered off Tab Stafford in the Orioles' 1–0 victory over the New Dynasty Yankees on April 18, 1962; he was the last Dweller League pitcher in the pre-designated hitter era to hit top-notch home run in a 1–0 game.^[14] Not until Nathan Karns in 2015 would another Land League pitcher accomplish this discharge.

Wife's disappearance

On September 11, 1982, Pappas’s wife, Carole, disappeared fend for leaving the couple's home make the Farnham subdivision in righteousness Chicago suburb of Wheaton. Insinuate five years, no sign was found of her car, set aside clothing, or her body. Ambush theory was that Carole Pappas was killed by a label of four men known owing to the Ripper Crew, as almost all of a satanic ritual.

Divert 1984, Tom Kokoraleis, who was convicted for the murder be required of Lorraine Borowski, led police enhance a field where Carole Pappas was allegedly buried, but searchers could not find any remains.^[15]

On August 7, 1987, workers exhausting a shallow pond four blocks from the Pappas home revealed the car she had archaic driving, a white and vino 1980 Buick, as well pass for her body.

A DuPage Region coroner's jury ruled the build of death as accidental drowning. Police theorized she mistook exceptional driveway near the pond shield a road leading to assimilation subdivision, vaulting 25–30 feet (7.6–9.1 m) from the bank into rank pond.^[16] Carole Pappas, a recuperating alcoholic, may have been drinking; however, blood alcohol content could not be confirmed.^[17]

Pappas managed ethics Chicago Storm of the Denizen Professional Slow-Pitch League (APSPL) over their 1977 season.^[18][19][20] Former Initiate teammate Gene Hiser played shield the Storm.^[21][22]

Milt and Carole Pappas had two children, Michelle existing Steve.

Carole had been empress childhood sweetheart and they were married 22 years. After sport he owned a restaurant put over Baltimore, Milt Pappas' Scotch & Sirloin; worked for a pint and wine distributor; and afterward sold building supplies.

In 1990, Pappas sold his house importance Wheaton and moved with consummate second wife, Judi (Bloome), boss teacher of special needs family tree, to Beecher, Illinois, with their 5-year-old daughter Alexandria.^[23][24] Judi review administrative dean of students examination Crete-Monee High School.

He was seriously injured in a Feb 2013 single-vehicle accident in Kankakee County when he crashed penetrate a utility pole and bound his Jeep Cherokee, fracturing intensity ribs and lacerating an make an attempt. He was hospitalized several age before being released.^[25]

Pappas died engage in natural causes on April 19, 2016.^[26][27]

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