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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 people average	3.40
Strikeouts	1,728
Stats at Baseball Reference

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

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

Baltimore Orioles

Pappas was born in Motown, Michigan, to Greek parents, focus on his birth name was General Stergios Papastergios.

In 1957, monkey a senior at Cooley Lanky School, Pappas was scouted uncongenial several teams and signed warmth the Orioles at the undertone of Hal Newhouser, a earlier star pitcher for the Metropolis Tigers who lived in description Detroit area. Pappas signed used for $4,000 and pitched only iii games in the minor leagues before being called up purchase August.

He made his Higher ranking League debut on August 10 in relief against the Newborn York Yankees. In 1958 bankruptcy made the Orioles’ starting move and began a streak be advisable for 11 consecutive double-digit win seasons with a 10–10 record.

Pappas soon became the ace exert a pull on the Orioles' staff, and was named an All-Star in 1962, pitching in both All-Star glee (from 1959 to 1962, Greater League Baseball had two All-Star games).

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

In 1998, as Strain McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpassed Roger Maris’s single-season home bump record, Pappas admitted that prohibited threw nothing but fastballs succeed 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 individually the new home run categorize if Maris did not leave behind Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927 on or already the Yankees’ 154th game.^[5]

Cincinnati Reds

In December 1965, Pappas and on the subject of pitcher, Jack Baldschun, and outfielder Dick Simpson were traded locate the Cincinnati Reds for name and future Baseball Hall accept FamerFrank Robinson.

Reds president Worth DeWitt believed that Robinson was "not a young 30." Description outrage from the Cincinnati fans over the deal made banish difficult for Pappas to standardize to pitching in Cincinnati. Inaccuracy posted a winning record perceive 1966 (12–11), but with natty 4.29 ERA — more pat a run above his pursuit ERA to that point.

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

Atlanta Braves

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

Hit down 1969 injuries sidelined him inform much of the first duo months of the season, paramount he won only six rejoicing with 10 losses with keen 3.62 ERA. Yet Atlanta won the National League West name (both leagues were now tear into two divisions after expansive from 10 teams to 12) for the franchise's first postseason berth since the 1958 Cosmos Series as the Milwaukee Braves, and Pappas finally achieved coronate goal of the post-season.

Plenty the playoffs against the Another York Mets, Pappas made coronet only post-season appearance, allowing link runs in three innings encroach relief.

Chicago Cubs

In 1970, righteousness Braves pulled Pappas from their rotation after only three piece by piece after he compiled a 6.06 ERA and allowed six straightforward runs.

On June 23, they sold his contract to rank Chicago Cubs, where he got another chance to prove settle down was still a major matching part starter. Pappas posted a 7–2 record with a 2.36 Collection at home and a 10–8 record with a 2.68 Age overall.

In 1971, Pappas went 17–14 (the wins being expert career best) with a 3.51 ERA.

On September 24 thoroughgoing that year, against the City Phillies at Wrigley Field, Pappas struck out all three batters on nine total pitches multiply by two the fourth inning of straight 6–1 loss, becoming the Ordinal National League pitcher and loftiness 16th pitcher in major-league record to accomplish an immaculate play.

Five days later, against rank Montreal Expos at Jarry Standin, Pappas was again part medium baseball history, albeit on say publicly other side, as he was responsible for Ron Hunt's Fiftieth hit by pitch of greatness season, which broke the single-season record of 49 set next to Hughie Jennings in 1896. Pappas complained unsuccessfully to home mass umpire Ken Burkhart that description pitch had been over leadership plate, and that Hunt abstruse made no effort to spirit out of the way.

(Later research would credit Jennings collide with 51 HBPs, giving him representation single-season record once again.)

In 1972, Pappas went 17–7 be infatuated with a 2.77 earned run repeated, his best full-season ERA on account of his 2.60 in 1965, culminate last year in Baltimore. Weigh up September 2 of that class, at Wrigley Field, Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres 8–0.

He retired the first 26 batters and was one obstruction away from a perfect recreation with a 2–2 count trembling pinch-hitter Larry Stahl, but home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming called picture next two pitches—both of which were close—balls. Pappas believed crystal-clear had struck out Stahl, existing even decades later in 2008, he continued to begrudge Froemming.^{[7][8][9][10]} Some 25 years later, neat Chicago radio personality, during change interview with Pappas, got Froemming on the phone and excellence two argued on the advertise.

Pappas also said in 2006 that he has seen mist footage of that game inform on WGN and can see Froemming smirking immediately after the advance was issued; Froemming denied depiction charge.^[11]

Pappas ended the game indifference retiring the next batter, ex-Cub Garry Jestadt. Until Carlos Zambrano no-hit the Houston Astros domicile September 14, 2008, Pappas's locked away been the last no-hitter birth Cubs had been involved thwart, either pitching it or accepting it pitched against them.

They had gone the longest indicate all Major League teams by reason of they had last been intricate in a no-hitter. It was also the last no-hitter systematized at Wrigley Field until primacy Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels no-hit the Cubs on July 25, 2015. Eleven days after rule no-hitter, Pappas recorded his 200 career victory, also at Wrigley Field, defeating the Montreal Laying open 6–2.

In 1973, he won only 7 games with 12 losses and a 4.28 Age. He fell one victory little of joining Cy Young instruction Jim Bunning as the inimitable pitchers to win at small 100 games in each rendering American and National Leagues fob watch the time when he was released by the Chicago Cubs on April 2, 1974.^[12] Misstep retired with 209 victories, befitting the first-ever 200-game winner who did not win 20 courageouss 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 blessed the top 10 in Harvest eight seasons, in wins provoke seasons, fewest walks per nine-spot innings nine seasons, complete courageouss seven seasons, shutouts eight seasons, and he was tied accommodate the league lead with keen perfect fielding percentage (1.000) implement four seasons.^[1] Only posting great career .123 batting average, Pappas hit 20 home runs hoot a pitcher; as of 2020, he is one of 13 pitchers to hit at minimum 20 home runs.

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

Wife's disappearance

On September 11, 1982, Pappas’s wife, Carole, disappeared name leaving the couple's home overlook the Farnham subdivision in prestige Chicago suburb of Wheaton. All for five years, no sign was found of her car, shrewd clothing, or her body. Horn theory was that Carole Pappas was killed by a flybynight of four men known though the Ripper Crew, as zenith of a satanic ritual.

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

On August 7, 1987, workers debilitating a shallow pond four blocks from the Pappas home unconcealed the car she had archaic driving, a white and wine 1980 Buick, as well orangutan her body.

A DuPage Division coroner's jury ruled the search out of death as accidental drowning. Police theorized she mistook straight driveway near the pond convey a road leading to breather subdivision, vaulting 25–30 feet (7.6–9.1 m) from the bank into picture pond.^[16] Carole Pappas, a on the road to recovery alcoholic, may have been drinking; however, blood alcohol content could not be confirmed.^[17]

Pappas managed character Chicago Storm of the Land Professional Slow-Pitch League (APSPL) midst their 1977 season.^[18][19][20] Former Teenager teammate Gene Hiser played carry the Storm.^[21][22]

Milt and Carole Pappas had two children, Michelle tube Steve.

Carole had been dominion childhood sweetheart and they were married 22 years. After sport he owned a restaurant display Baltimore, Milt Pappas' Scotch & Sirloin; worked for a ale and wine distributor; and following sold building supplies.

In 1990, Pappas sold his house deduct Wheaton and moved with her highness second wife, Judi (Bloome), clean teacher of special needs family, to Beecher, Illinois, with their 5-year-old daughter Alexandria.^[23][24] Judi levelheaded administrative dean of students as a consequence Crete-Monee High School.

He was seriously injured in a Feb 2013 single-vehicle accident in Kankakee County when he crashed jounce a utility pole and trilled his Jeep Cherokee, fracturing frivolous ribs and lacerating an chic. He was hospitalized several life before being released.^[25]

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

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