Dick Calmus
| Dick Calmus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 7, 1944 Los Angeles, California | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 22, 1963, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 2, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Record | 3-1 |
| ERA | 3.17 |
| Strikeouts | 26 |
| Teams | |
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Richard Lee Calmus (born January 7, 1944) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He attended Webster High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was the Tulsa World's Oklahoma basketball player of the year in 1962.[1] He played baseball on the same high school team as fellow future major leaguer Carl Morton and won two state titles.[2]
Signed as a "bonus baby" by the Los Angeles Dodgers (and thus required to stay on the major league roster for his first season), he posted a 3–1 record and 2.66 ERA in 1963 but then developed arm trouble in the minor leagues; later traded to the Chicago Cubs, he never won another game in the majors.[3]
He is the uncle of Rocky Calmus, who played in the NFL after winning the Butkus Award in 2001 as a linebacker for the University of Oklahoma.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "All State Basketball History", Tulsa World, April 4, 2010.
- ^ Mike Brown, "Prep Work", Tulsa World, July 15, 1997.
- ^ Bill Connors, "Bill Connors", Tulsa World, August 11, 1989.
- ^ Austin Murphy, "Big 12 battle: Oklahoma anticipating showdown with Nebraska", Sports Illustrated, October 20, 2000.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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