Reggie Cleveland
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1948 –
Who is Reggie Cleveland?
Reginald Leslie "Reggie" Cleveland is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Cleveland played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers. He ended his career with 105 wins, with a 3.73 ERA and 930 strikeouts. Reggie was the 1971 Sporting News National League Rookie of the Year. In 1976, while with the Red Sox, Cleveland led the American League in home runs allowed per 9 innings at 0.159.
He has five children, adopted sons Timothy and Jonathan Cleveland, former Olympic swimmer, and three biological children, daughter Michelle and sons Michael and Todd from his first marriage to Kathleen. Also is Known as the inspiration for the "Reggie Cleveland All-Stars" created by Sports Writer Bill Simmons. The list contains white players who have names that make them sound as if they are of African-American descent.
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- Born
- May 23, 1948
Swift Current - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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