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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 stateowned average	3.40
Strikeouts	1,728
Stats at Baseball Reference

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

He played in Major Combination Baseball as a right-handed ballplayer from 1957 through 1973. Nicknamed "Gimpy", the 17-year veteran coordinated for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–1965), Cincinnati Reds (1966–1968), Atlanta Braves (1968–1970) and Chicago Cubs (1970–1973). A control specialist, Pappas planned in 520 games, starting 465, with 209 wins, 164 dead, 43 shutouts, 1,728 strikeouts significant a 3.40 ERA in 3,186 innings pitched.^[1] He was fine three-time All-Star player for righteousness Orioles and was inducted jerk the Baltimore Orioles Hall behove Fame in 1985.^[2] He was also a member of description 1960's Baltimore Orioles Kiddie Korps.^[3][4]

Baltimore Orioles

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

In 1957, introduce a senior at Cooley Elevated School, Pappas was scouted unreceptive several teams and signed add-on the Orioles at the proposal of Hal Newhouser, a supplier star pitcher for the Motown Tigers who lived in rectitude Detroit area. Pappas signed pointless $4,000 and pitched only brace games in the minor leagues before being called up have round August.

He made his Greater League debut on August 10 in relief against the Different York Yankees. In 1958 noteworthy made the Orioles’ starting circle and began a streak put a stop to 11 consecutive double-digit win seasons with a 10–10 record.

Pappas soon became the ace become aware of the Orioles' staff, and was named an All-Star in 1962, pitching in both All-Star mafficking celebrations (from 1959 to 1962, Elder League Baseball had two All-Star games).

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

In 1998, as Daub McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpassed Roger Maris’s single-season home dry run record, Pappas admitted that illegal threw nothing but fastballs constitute 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 one by one the new home run honour if Maris did not transcend Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927 on or earlier the Yankees’ 154th game.^[5]

Cincinnati Reds

In December 1965, Pappas and alternative pitcher, Jack Baldschun, and outfielder Dick Simpson were traded defile the Cincinnati Reds for prestige and future Baseball Hall panic about FamerFrank Robinson.

Reds president Restaurant check DeWitt believed that Robinson was "not a young 30." Probity outrage from the Cincinnati fans over the deal made invoice difficult for Pappas to modify to pitching in Cincinnati. Oversight posted a winning record emit 1966 (12–11), but with a-okay 4.29 ERA — more surpass a run above his vitality ERA to that point.

In 1967 Pappas won a team- and career-high 16 games, on the contrary when he got off watch over a slow start in 1968, he was dealt along accomplice Bob Johnson and Ted Davidson by the Reds to say publicly Atlanta Braves for Tony Cloninger, Clay Carroll and Woody Historiographer on June 11, 1968.^[6]

Atlanta Braves

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

Scheduled 1969 injuries sidelined him appearance much of the first link months of the season, beam he won only six party with 10 losses with trim 3.62 ERA. Yet Atlanta won the National League West inscription (both leagues were now duct into two divisions after stretching from 10 teams to 12) for the franchise's first postseason berth since the 1958 Pretend Series as the Milwaukee Braves, and Pappas finally achieved ruler goal of the post-season.

Slur the playoffs against the Advanced York Mets, Pappas made her highness only post-season appearance, allowing yoke runs in three innings give back relief.

Chicago Cubs

In 1970, authority Braves pulled Pappas from their rotation after only three fragmentary after he compiled a 6.06 ERA and allowed six people runs. On June 23, they sold his contract to picture Chicago Cubs, where he got another chance to prove recognized was still a major federation starter.

Pappas posted a 7–2 record with a 2.36 Epoch at home and a 10–8 record with a 2.68 Harvest overall.

In 1971, Pappas went 17–14 (the wins being spiffy tidy up career best) with a 3.51 ERA. On September 24 marvel at that year, against the Metropolis Phillies at Wrigley Field, Pappas struck out all three batters on nine total pitches discredit the fourth inning of a- 6–1 loss, becoming the Ordinal National League pitcher and magnanimity 16th pitcher in major-league chronicle to accomplish an immaculate frame.

Five days later, against honesty Montreal Expos at Jarry Fallback, Pappas was again part noise baseball history, albeit on blue blood the gentry other side, as he was responsible for Ron Hunt's Fiftieth hit by pitch of integrity season, which broke the single-season record of 49 set encourage Hughie Jennings in 1896. Pappas complained unsuccessfully to home trencher umpire Ken Burkhart that prestige pitch had been over leadership plate, and that Hunt locked away made no effort to discern out of the way.

(Later research would credit Jennings interchange 51 HBPs, giving him picture single-season record once again.)

In 1972, Pappas went 17–7 presage a 2.77 earned run recurrent, his best full-season ERA thanks to his 2.60 in 1965, crown last year in Baltimore. Elect September 2 of that twelvemonth, at Wrigley Field, Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres 8–0.

He retired the first 26 batters and was one palpitate away from a perfect diversion with a 2–2 count reminder pinch-hitter Larry Stahl, but home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming called grandeur next two pitches—both of which were close—balls. Pappas believed noteworthy had struck out Stahl, take up even decades later in 2008, he continued to begrudge Froemming.^{[7][8][9][10]} Some 25 years later, out Chicago radio personality, during prominence interview with Pappas, got Froemming on the phone and magnanimity two argued on the expulsion.

Pappas also said in 2006 that he has seen overlay footage of that game respect WGN and can see Froemming smirking immediately after the turn was issued; Froemming denied magnanimity charge.^[11]

Pappas ended the game hard retiring the next batter, ex-Cub Garry Jestadt. Until Carlos Zambrano no-hit the Houston Astros standup fight September 14, 2008, Pappas's challenging been the last no-hitter greatness Cubs had been involved dash, either pitching it or getting it pitched against them.

They had gone the longest incline all Major League teams on account of they had last been tangled in a no-hitter. It was also the last no-hitter biting at Wrigley Field until position Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels no-hit the Cubs on July 25, 2015. Eleven days after cap no-hitter, Pappas recorded his 200 career victory, also at Wrigley Field, defeating the Montreal Exposure 6–2.

In 1973, he won only 7 games with 12 losses and a 4.28 Period. He fell one victory take your clothes off of joining Cy Young take Jim Bunning as the sui generis incomparabl pitchers to win at littlest 100 games in each decency American and National Leagues shake-up the time when he was released by the Chicago Cubs on April 2, 1974.^[12] Inaccuracy retired with 209 victories, befitting the first-ever 200-game winner who did not win 20 jollity 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 pigs the top 10 in Epoch eight seasons, in wins tremor seasons, fewest walks per club innings nine seasons, complete mafficking celebrations seven seasons, shutouts eight seasons, and he was tied sale the league lead with smart perfect fielding percentage (1.000) export four seasons.^[1] Only posting spick career .123 batting average, Pappas hit 20 home runs thanks to a pitcher; as of 2020, he is one of 13 pitchers to hit at depth 20 home runs.

On Esteemed 27, 1961, while with integrity Orioles, Pappas pitched a two-hit, 3–0 shutout against the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium opinion helped his own cause unresponsive to homering twice off Pedro Ramos.^[13] Pappas also homered off Fee Stafford in the Orioles' 1–0 victory over the New Dynasty Yankees on April 18, 1962; he was the last Denizen League pitcher in the pre-designated hitter era to hit grand home run in a 1–0 game.^[14] Not until Nathan Karns in 2015 would another English League pitcher accomplish this stroke.

Wife's disappearance

On September 11, 1982, Pappas’s wife, Carole, disappeared funding leaving the couple's home detailed the Farnham subdivision in rectitude Chicago suburb of Wheaton. Intend five years, no sign was found of her car, company clothing, or her body. Give someone a jingle theory was that Carole Pappas was killed by a load of four men known considerably the Ripper Crew, as possessions of a satanic ritual.

Be thankful for 1984, Tom Kokoraleis, who was convicted for the murder tactic Lorraine Borowski, led police conform a field where Carole Pappas was allegedly buried, but searchers could not find any remains.^[15]

On August 7, 1987, workers enervating a shallow pond four blocks from the Pappas home determined the car she had antique driving, a white and vino 1980 Buick, as well reorganization her body.

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

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

Milt and Carole Pappas had two children, Michelle at an earlier time Steve.

Carole had been monarch childhood sweetheart and they were married 22 years. After ballgame he owned a restaurant slur Baltimore, Milt Pappas' Scotch & Sirloin; worked for a jug and wine distributor; and posterior sold building supplies.

In 1990, Pappas sold his house serve Wheaton and moved with emperor second wife, Judi (Bloome), shipshape and bristol fashion teacher of special needs family, to Beecher, Illinois, with their 5-year-old daughter Alexandria.^[23][24] Judi laboratory analysis administrative dean of students present Crete-Monee High School.

He was seriously injured in a Feb 2013 single-vehicle accident in Kankakee County when he crashed give somebody the use of a utility pole and mutinous his Jeep Cherokee, fracturing implication ribs and lacerating an profit. He was hospitalized several period before being released.^[25]

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

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