Jack Armstrong (baseball)

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Jack Armstrong
Starting Pitcher
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 21, 1988
for the Cincinnati Reds
Final game
April 17, 1994
for the Texas Rangers
Career statistics
Record     40-65
ERA     4.58
Strikeouts     510
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Jack William Armstrong (born March 7, 1965, in Englewood, New Jersey) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is a graduate of Neptune High School in Neptune, New Jersey and an alumnus of Rider College and the University of Oklahoma.[1]

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round of the 1987 MLB amateur draft, Armstrong would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on June 21, 1988, and appeared in his final game on April 17, 1994. He tore a rotator cuff which prematurely ended his promising baseball career at the age of 27.

[edit] 1990

Armstrong had the best year of his career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990. He won eight of his first nine starts and was the starting pitcher of the 1990 All-Star game. His quick start tailed off, however, and despite an early season record of 9-3, Armstrong ended the year with a record of 12-9 and a 3.42 ERA. He relieved Scott Scudder in game two of the 1990 World Series with the Reds trailing, 4-3. Armstrong held the A's scoreless and his effective relief enabled the Reds to win the game in the tenth inning.

Armstrong was a member of the inaugural Florida Marlins team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Armstrong Disarms Mets", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 1990. "OK, let's get the obvious out of the way.Born in Englewood and a star at Neptune High School who went on to pitch at Rider College and the University of Oklahoma, 6-foot-5, 220-pound Cincinnati right-hander Jack Armstrong fulfills the qualifications for the obvious nickname, All-American Boy, like the fictional character of the same name."

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Cincinnati Reds 1990 World Series roster
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Florida Marlins 1993 Inaugural Season
9 C Benito Santiago • 39 1B Orestes Destrade • 8 2B Bret Barberie • 12 3B Dave Magadan • 22 SS Walt Weiss • RF Junior Felix • 2 CF Scott Pose • 19 LF/1B Jeff Conine • 49 P Charlie Hough • 26 IF Alex Arias • 55 C Steve Decker • IF Gus Polidor • 6 IF Rich Renteria • 10 3B Gary Sheffield • 16 OF Geronimo Berroa • 28 OF Greg Briley • OF Matías Carrillo • 29 OF Henry Cotto • 3 OF Carl Everett • 4 LF Monty Fariss • 52 C Mitch Lyden • 57 OF Terry McGriff • 13 C Bob Natal • OF 17 Darrell Whitmore • OF Nigel Wilson
77 SP Jack Armstrong • 46 SP Ryan Bowen • 11 SP Chris Hammond • 48 SP Pat Rapp • 27 RP Luis Aquino • RP Cris Carpenter • RP 41 Jim Corsi • RP 34 Bryan Harvey • 51 RP Trevor Hoffman • 40 RP John Johnstone • RP Joe Klink • 24 RP Richie Lewis • 57 RP Bob McClure • 31 RP Robb Nen • RP Rich Rodriguez • RP 54 Matt Turner • 35 RP David Weathers
Manager 15 Rene Lachemann
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