Dan Petry

Pitcher, Baseball Player

1958 –

42

Who is Dan Petry?

Daniel Joseph Petry is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, California Angels, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox.

He helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series and the 1987 American League Eastern Division and the Braves win the 1991 National League Pennant.

He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1985.

He finished 9th in voting for the 1982 American League Cy Young Award for having a 15-9 record, 35 appearances, 35 games started, 8 complete games, one shutout, 246 innings pitched, 220 hits allowed, 98 runs allowed, 88 earned runs allowed, 15 home runs allowed, 100 walks allowed, 132 strikeouts, 4 hit batsmen, nine wild pitches and a 3.22 ERA.

He finished 5th in voting for the 1984 American League Cy Young Award for having an 18-8 record, 35 appearances, 35 games started, seven complete games, two shutouts, 233 ⅓ innings pitched, 231 hits allowed, 94 runs allowed, 84 earned runs allowed, 21 home runs allowed, 66 walks allowed, 144 strikeouts, three hit batsmen, seven wild pitches and a 3.24 ERA.

Petry led the American League in games started in 1983.

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Born
Nov 13, 1958
Palo Alto
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Palo Alto

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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