R.I.P. Bob Welch

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Bob Welch, the 1990 AL Cy Young Award winner with the Athletics and the last major leaguer to win at least 25 games in a season, has died. He was 57

Bob Welch, former Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, dies at 57 - ESPN

 

[broncosmitty]

Very surprising news. Too young. One of the greatest Eastern Michigan Hurons ever. Rest In Peace Bob.

 

[da55bums]

Thank you for being a Dodger in 80...you and Reuss were my stratomatic go to's.

looked it up and 2 famous Bob Welch's have passed, the other with Fleetwood mac, strange.

 

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• Welch gained national fame with Los Angeles in 1978, when as a 21-year-old rookie he struck out Reggie Jackson with two men on base and two out in the top of the ninth inning of Game 2 of the 1978 World Series against the New York Yankees.

• Welch was the third starting pitcher in the rotation for the 1989 World Series champion Oakland A's, compiling a regular-season record of 17-8 and recording a win in his only start in the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
In an odd twist of fate, however, Welch did not throw a single pitch against the San Francisco Giants during the World Series itself. Just minutes before Welch was to take the mound in Game 3, Candlestick Park and the Bay Area were struck by the Loma Prieta earthquake, which caused extensive damage in the region and forced the postponement of the game.
When the Series was resumed 11 days later, A's manager Tony LaRussa opted to re-use his Game 1 starter, Dave Stewart, for Game 3 in place of Welch, and his Game 2 starter, Mike Moore, for Game 4 in place of originally scheduled starter Storm Davis. The strategy worked, as the A's swept the Series in four games. For obvious reasons, the 1989 World Series was also known as the "Earthquake Series".

• Welch was the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks when they won the World Series in 2001.