Cliff Young (baseball)
Clifford Raphael Young (August 2, 1964 – November 4, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1990 and 1993 for the California Angels (1990–91) and Cleveland Indians (1993). He was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1983. He was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays on September 10, 1985 completing an earlier trade of Mitch Webster to Montreal. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the Rule 5 draft after the 1986 season, but was returned to Toronto before the 1987 season started. Toronto traded him to the California Angels on March 9, 1989 for DeWayne Buice. The Cleveland Indians then signed him to a minor league contract on November 3, 1992, and invited him to spring training. On May 21, 1993, Young picked up the only save of his abbreviated career in a 10-5 Indians win over the Tigers. Young went 3 shutout innings, closing out the win for starter Mike Bielecki. The Indians released ...
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Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League(and later the National League) and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. The Japanese Central Le ...
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