Steve McCatty

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Steve McCatty

Pitcher

Born: March 20, 1954 (1954-03-20) (age 54)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 17, 1977 for the Oakland Athletics
Final game
September 25, 1985 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics
Win-Loss	63-63
Strikeouts	541
ERA	3.99
Teams
Oakland Athletics (1977-1985)
Career highlights and awards
Led AL in wins (14) and shutouts (4) in 1981

Steven Earl McCatty (born March 20, 1954, Detroit, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics from 1977 to 1985. He graduated from Troy High School in Troy, Michigan in 1972.

[edit] Career

On August 10, 1980, McCatty pitched a 14 inning game against the Seattle Mariners, only to lose 2-1.

During the 1981 strike-shortened season, McCatty was third in the American League with a 2.32 ERA and was tied with three others with most wins with 14, including 4 shutouts, the last two of which were consecutive starts for McCatty. He finished second for the Cy Young Award, behind Rollie Fingers.

During in a 1982 exhibition game against the San Diego Padres, McCatty steps to the plate wielding a toy 15-inch bat but was refused by umpire Jim Quick to hit. McCatty was instructed by A's manager Bill Martin to use the toy bat as a protest, who was furious that the DH rule was not allowed in National League ballparks.

After 1986, McCatty moved on to coach several minor league baseball clubs, and was hired as pitching coach by the Detroit Tigers for the 2002 season. He subsequently coached for the Ottawa Lynx when it was the AAA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. He is currently (2008) in his fourth season coaching for the Washington Nationals organization, and is pitching coach for their AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers .