I really thought they were going to treat me better. Vazquez took the San Juan hill on April 14 with Grandma, his parents, and other family members looking on, and left after six innings with the score tied — the Expos won the game, Isabelle high-fived many people when Javier singled and drove in a run in the second inning.
Despite a brutal travel schedule, Vazquez was having a fine season and the Expos were still in the wild-card hunt when September rolled around, which is exactly when he decided to go into the tank. After going in April, Vazquez was Bronx Bombed in early May, giving up 12 earned runs in two starts as his record dropped to Again he turned things around after that, winning seven of his next eight decisions.
He got into the game, too, pitching a fifth as the American League pounded the National League, , in Houston. His second memorable game at Yankee Stadium, was another historic occasion. New York recovered from that debacle and won the American League East Division title, giving Vazquez his first trip to the playoffs.
He started against Minnesota in what turned out to be the deciding game in the Division Series, giving up five earned runs in five innings with a no-decision as the Yankees won in But this was , and the Red Sox clawed back to tie the series at three games apiece. The All-Star season from the year before proved a memory as Vazquez once again went back and forth until he had another second-half slump, losing six of eight decisions from August 3 until the end of the season. He finished with a 4.
After the season he demanded a trade because he wanted to play for a team east of the Mississippi River so that his family could return to Puerto Rico during the season more easily. Arizona traded him to the Chicago White Sox for three players and cash. After a lackluster season with the Sox where he went , Vazquez had a career year in , going with a 3. The difference this time was a very strong second half; beginning August 4, he went the rest of the way. At least one local scribe made note of his less-than-stellar playoff performance.
Gone were the days of Glavine , Smoltz , and Maddux , but Atlanta still had a good pitching staff. Vazquez fit in quite nicely there in , tying Derek Lowe for the team lead in victories with 15 — along with 10 losses — and a career-best 2. With their pitching depth, the Braves felt they could part with either Lowe or Vazquez, although they preferred to part with Lowe. He lost four of his first five, won some, then lost some more.
By August 25, Yankees manager Joe Girardi decided that rookie Ivan Nova had earned some time in the rotation, which relegated Vazquez to a relief and spot-starting role until the end of the season. He finished at with a 5. But then he activated the same switch that turned his season around. Has recorded or-more-K in a game 40 times, the third-highest total among pitchers currently on a man roster behind Johan Santana 49 and Kerry Wood Made 22 "quality starts" and held opponents to 3ER or less in all but eight starts Hit safely in nine of his last 18 games, going for Is the only active pitcher to accomplish the feat American League Rankings: 4th in strikeouts and strikeouts per 9.
Recorded back-to-back seasons with strikeouts or more fourth career strikeout season , becoming just the third pitcher fifth time in CWS history to do so, joining Ed Walsh and ' and Tom Bradley and the total tied for the 13th-highest, single season mark in Sox history. Became the 62nd pitcher in baseball history with 2, strikeouts while throwing 7. He fanned Edgar Renteria in the fifth inning for the milestone. Surpassed the The honor signified his first weekly award.
His 4. The White Sox went in his starts and made 17 quality starts. Eight of his 12 wins came vs. AL Central opponents. Was one of 10 AL pitchers to not commit an error 46 TC.
KC and 37 times in his career. However, he suffered the loss in three of four starts with double-digit strikeouts. Went with a 2. Led all American League starting pitchers with a 7. OAK 3 ER with 10 strikeouts. Tossed 8. Sox went in his starts in last AL Central foes with a 4. Minnesota 6. Minnesota, the first Sox pitcher since Jon Garland in to accomplish the feat Boston in a inning game, throwing 1. San Diego Pitching Career Batting Career Pitching Postseason Batting Fielding Postseason.
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Powered by. Postseason Pitching Postseason Game Log. Postseason Batting. Did you know that only eighteen pitchers in Major League Baseball history have earned a win against all thirty Major League teams? Sportswriter AJ Cassavell once wrote, " Beating one Major League team figures to be difficult enough for a starting pitcher.
Beating all 30 of them, however, is nothing short of pitching history. On May 28, , Javier Vazquez was batting in the bottom of the seventh inning, bases were empty, two men were out, and on an count, Vazquez hit a Duaner Sanchez pitch over the wall in Chase Field for his first and only big league home run.
On September 23, , Javier Vazquez tied the Major League record with three hit batsmen in the same inning - the ninth instance in American League history. I was throwing the ball where I wanted.
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