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Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966) is an American former
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who is a commentator for conservative media outlet BlazeTV. He helped lead the
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to a
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appearance in 1993, and won championships in 2001 with the
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and in 2004 and 2007 with the
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. Schilling retired with a career
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record of 11–2, and his .846 postseason winning percentage is a major-league record among pitchers with at least ten decisions. He is a member of the 3,000 strikeout club and has the highest strikeout-to-walk ratio of any of its inactive members. He is tied for third for the most 300-strikeout seasons. After retiring, he founded Green Monster Games, which was renamed 38 Studios. The company released '' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning'' in February 2012. Three months later, they laid off their entire staff amid severe financial troubles. As a radio personality, Schilling was signed by the
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radio network to do a Saturday morning politics and sports show. An outspoken conservative, Schilling joined the far-right website
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in 2016.


Playing career


Amateur baseball

Schilling played for
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in
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, before attending
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in
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, in 1985.


Orioles and Astros (1988–1992)

Schilling began his professional career in the
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farm system as a second-round pick in what would be MLB's final January draft. He began his professional career with the Elmira Pioneers, then a Red Sox minor-league affiliate. After beginning 1988 with an 8–4 record and a 2.97
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in 21 games with the
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, he was traded along with
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to the
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for
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on July 29, two days prior to the trade deadline. Schilling allowed three runs in seven innings as the starter in a 4–3 win over the Red Sox in his MLB debut at Memorial Stadium on September 7, 1988. Orioles manager
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said of Schilling's performance, "He showed he doesn't get rattled out there." He was the losing pitcher in each of his remaining three starts of
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, including a season-ending 9–3 defeat to the
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at
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on October 2. Schilling earned both his first save and win in
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. The save was the result of not allowing a run in the last innings of a 6–2 victory over the
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at the
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which was his first Orioles appearance of the year on June 29. The win came two weeks later when he pitched two shutout innings in relief in a 7–5 home triumph over the Kansas City Royals on July 11. Working exclusively out of the bullpen, he finished the season with a 1–2 record and a 2.54 ERA.Luna, Richard. "Astros trade Davis to Orioles," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Thursday, January 10, 1991.
Retrieved September 6, 2021
In a transaction considered by Orioles fans as the worst in team history according to Thom Loverro, Schilling was dealt along with
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and Pete Harnisch to the
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for Glenn Davis on January 10, 1991. He joined an Astros organization that was for sale and lightening its payroll by going with younger, inexpensive players. Schilling was traded to the
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for pitcher
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on April 2, 1992.


Philadelphia Phillies (1992–2000)

After having struggled with the Orioles and Astros, Schilling was given the chance to pitch and start with the
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on a regular basis and flourished as the ace of the Phillies staff, leading the team in wins (14), ERA (2.35), strikeouts (147) and shutouts (4) in his first season with them in 1992. During the Phillies' pennant run in 1993, Schilling went 16–7 with a 4.02
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and 186
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. Schilling led the Phillies to an upset against the two-time defending National League champion
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in the
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. Although he received no decisions during his two appearances in the six-game series, Schilling's 1.69 ERA and 19 strikeouts (including the first 5 Braves hitters of Game 1, an NLCS record) were enough to earn him the 1993 NLCS Most Valuable Player Award. The Phillies went on to face the defending
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in the
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. After losing Game 1, he pitched brilliantly in his next start. With the Phillies facing elimination the day after losing a bizarre 15–14 contest at home in
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, Schilling pitched a five-hit shutout that the Phillies won, 2–0. Schilling was named to the NL All-Star team in 1997, 1998, and 1999 and started the 1999 game. In 1997, he finished 14th in NL MVP voting and fourth in NL Cy Young voting. During this season he set the Phillies single-season strikeout record with 319, surpassing the previous record of 310 strikeouts set by Steve Carlton who had held the record since 1972. Schilling either led or tied for the Phillies leader in wins, complete games, shutouts, and ERA among starters each season from 1997 to 1999, averaging 16 wins per season over those three years despite the team never finishing the season with a winning record. Unhappy with the team's performance, he requested a trade to a more competitive team in 2000 and was subsequently dealt to the
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. His 101 career victories ranks sixth all-time for Phillies pitchers, 20th in ERA (3.35), 23rd in games appeared in (242), sixth in games started (226), 34th in complete games (61), 13th in shutouts (14), fourth in strikeouts (1554), and eighth in innings pitched (1659.1).


Arizona Diamondbacks (2000–2003)

Schilling was traded to the Diamondbacks on July 26, 2000, for first baseman
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and pitchers
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,
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, and
Nelson Figueroa Nelson Figueroa (born May 18, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphi ...
. With Arizona, he went 22–6 with a 2.98
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in 2001, leading the majors in wins and innings pitched. He also went 4–0 with a 1.12 ERA in the playoffs. In the 2001 World Series, the
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beat the
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in seven games. Schilling was 1–0 in that World Series with a 1.69 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 21 innings, though he also allowed a go-ahead home run in the 8th inning of Game Seven. He shared the 2001
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with teammate
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(who relieved Schilling in Game Seven and got the win after the Diamondbacks' dramatic ninth-inning comeback). Schilling and Johnson also shared ''
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'' magazine's 2001 "
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" award. During the World Series Schilling received two other honors, as he was presented that year's
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and
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s, the first Arizona Diamondback so honored for either award. In 2002, he went 23–7 with a 3.23 ERA. He struck out 316 batters while walking 33 in 259.1 innings. On April 7, 2002, Schilling threw a one-hit shutout striking out 17 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Both years he finished second in the
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voting to Johnson. Schilling finished the 2003 season with an 8–9 record and a 2.95 ERA in 168 innings while striking out 194 batters. In November 2003, the Diamondbacks traded Schilling to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for
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,
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, Mike Goss, and
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.


Boston Red Sox (2004–2008)

The trade to Boston reunited Schilling with
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, his manager during his final four years with the Philadelphia Phillies. On September 16, 2004, Schilling won his 20th game of 2004 for the
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, becoming the fifth Boston pitcher to win 20 or more games in his first season with the team, and the first since Hall of Famer
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in 1978. Schilling ended his regular season with a 21–6 record. On October 19, 2004, Schilling won Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series against the
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. Notably, he won this game playing on an injured ankle—the same injuries that contributed to his disastrous outing in Game 1 of the ALCS. These injuries were so acute that by the end of his Game 6 performance, blood visibly soaked part of his white sock, which is now referred to as "the bloody sock". The victory forced a Game 7, which the Red Sox would go on to win to capture the pennant and make their first World Series appearance since 1986. Schilling pitched (and won) Game 2 of the 2004 World Series for the Red Sox against the
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. In both series, he had to have the tendon in his right ankle stabilized repeatedly, in what has become known as the Schilling tendon procedure, after the tendon sheath was torn during his Game 1 ALDS appearance against the
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. As in Game 6 of the ALCS, Schilling's sock was soaked with blood from the sutures used in this medical procedure, but he still managed to pitch seven strong innings, giving up one run on four hits and striking out four. This second bloody sock was placed in the
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after Boston's victory over St. Louis in the World Series. A four-game sweep of the World Series erased the
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. On February 23, 2013, the first bloody sock was sold at a live auction at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion for $92,613 to an anonymous bidder. Schilling was once again runner-up in Cy Young voting in 2004, this time to
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hurler
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, who was a unanimous selection, receiving all 28 first-place votes. Schilling received 27 of the 28 second-place votes. Later, the entire Red Sox team was named ''Sports Illustrated'' 2004 Sportsmen of the Year, making Schilling only the second person to have won or shared that award twice. Schilling began 2005 on the disabled list due to recurrent ankle injuries. He returned in July as Boston's closer. He eventually returned to the starting rotation and continued to struggle. The Red Sox made it to the playoffs, but were swept by the
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in three games. For the 2006 season, Schilling was said to be healthy. He began the season 4–0 with a 1.61 ERA. He finished the year with a 15–7 record and 198 strikeouts, with a respectable 3.97 ERA. On May 27, he earned his 200th career win, the 104th major league pitcher to accomplish the feat. On August 30, Schilling collected his 3,000th
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. Schilling has the highest ratio of strikeouts to walks of any pitcher with at least 3,000 strikeouts, and is one of four pitchers to reach the 3,000-K milestone before reaching 1,000 career walks. The other three who accomplished this feat are
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, Greg Maddux, and former Boston Red Sox ace and teammate
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. In January 2007, Schilling announced on the
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show that after talking with his family, he had changed his mind and did not want to retire at the conclusion of the 2007 season. He sought to negotiate an extension to his current contract, but Red Sox executives announced that they would not negotiate with him until after the season citing Schilling's age and physical condition as factors in their decision. Schilling went on to say he would become a
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at the end of the season, for the first time in his career, and would not negotiate with the Red Sox during the 15 days after the end of the World Series when the team has exclusive negotiating rights with potential free agents. On a June appearance on the Dennis and Callahan Show, Schilling stated he would accept a one-year extension to his contract at his current salary if the Red Sox offered it to him. Questioned on his statement, Schilling said, "I said I wouldn't negotiate a deal during the season, and I'm saying that now. But I would accept that offer." On June 7, 2007, Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter. Schilling gave up a two-out single to
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's Shannon Stewart, who lined a 95-mph fastball to right field for the A's only hit. Schilling followed up his one-hitter with two poor starts and was sent back to Boston on June 20 for an
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on his shoulder and was placed on the disabled list. He returned from the disabled list on August 6, pitching at least six innings in each of his nine starts following the All-Star break. Schilling continued his career postseason success in 2007, throwing seven shutout innings in a 9–1 victory over the Angels in the ALDS, wrapping up a three-game sweep for Boston. However, he did not fare as well pitching in Game 2 of the ALCS against Cleveland, surrendering nine hits—two of them home runs—and five earned runs in just innings. He did start again in the sixth game of the series, pitching seven complete innings during which he recorded five strikeouts, surrendering no walks with only two earned runs to gain the victory and force a Game 7. He earned his third win of the 2007 playoffs in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series leaving after innings, striking out four while allowing only four hits. With this win, he became only the second pitcher over the age of 40 to start and win a World Series game (
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became the first just one year prior). As Schilling departed in the 6th inning, fans at Fenway Park gave Schilling a standing ovation. Schilling filed for free agency on October 30, 2007. He said he would seek a one-year deal, and according to
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and his own blog page 38 Pitches. Schilling later signed a one-year deal with the Boston Red Sox for the 2008 season. Schilling missed all of the 2008 season because of a shoulder injury. The injury was first revealed in February 2008 and the treatment options became a point of contention between Schilling and the Red Sox management. On March 13, 2008, the Red Sox placed Schilling on the 60-day disabled list as he continued to rehabilitate his right shoulder. On June 18, 2008, Curt Schilling left the team to be reevaluated after suffering pain when throwing off the mound. On June 20, 2008 Schilling stated on WEEI's
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show that he would undergo season-ending surgery and that he had possibly thrown the last pitch of his career. On June 23, 2008, Schilling underwent
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surgery, during which a small undersurface tear on the
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was discovered and stitched, and a separation of the labrum was repaired. According to his surgeon, he could begin throwing in four months.


Retirement and honors

On March 23, 2009, Schilling officially announced his retirement from professional baseball after 20 seasons. Schilling ended his career with a 216–146 record, 3.46 ERA and 3116 strikeouts, 15th-most in MLB history. He was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2012. On August 2, 2013, Schilling was inducted into the Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame.


National Baseball Hall of Fame consideration

Having last pitched in 2007, Schilling became eligible for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the 2013 ballot, when he received 38.8% of the vote, well short of the 75% required for induction, but well above the 5% required to remain on the ballot. His support ramped in subsequent elections; in 2020 balloting he appeared on 278 of the 397 ballots cast (70.0%), just 20 votes short. In 2021 balloting, announced on January 26, 2021, Schilling appeared on 71.1% of the ballots cast, again falling short of the 75% election threshold. The degree to which Schilling's "propensity for divisive statements" may have influenced voters has been discussed by media. Schilling has now appeared on the BBWAA ballot nine times; players may appear a maximum of 10 times. Following the announcement of 2021 balloting results, Schilling announced on
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that he would be asking the Hall of Fame to remove his name from the 2022 ballot and that he would defer to the
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to judge his career. The BBWAA enjoined the Hall of Fame to ignore his request and leave him on the ballot for 2022. He was not selected on the 2022 ballot, receiving 58.6% of the vote in his 10th and final year on the BBWAA ballot. He was eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame through the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee in December 2022 but did not receive enough votes for induction.


Scouting report

During the prime of his career, Schilling was capable of reaching and sustaining speeds of 94–98 mph on his
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. Throughout his career, he was characterized by a determination to go deep into ballgames, routinely pitching past the sixth and seventh innings. He combined his endurance with pinpoint control, especially on his fastball. Schilling's "out" pitch was a
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, which he generally located beneath the
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(resulting in many swinging strikeouts). He also possessed an above-average
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, an effective
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, and mixed in an occasional
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, though he mainly alternated between his fastball and splitter. Though his velocity decreased in later years (to the 89–93 range on his fastball), his control remained excellent, and he is currently fifth in career strikeout to walk ratio.


Awards and accomplishments

;Awards *
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( 2001) * 2× ''
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'' Pitcher of the Year (2001, 2004) *
Branch Rickey Award The Branch Rickey Award was given annually to an individual in Major League Baseball (MLB) in recognition of his exceptional community service from 1992 to 2014. The award was named in honor of former player and executive Branch Rickey, who broke t ...
(2001) *
Hutch Award The Hutch Award is given annually to an active Major League Baseball (MLB) player who "best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire" of Fred Hutchinson, by persevering through adversity. The award was created in 1965 in honor of Hu ...
(2001) *
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig, both on the field and off it. The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in honor o ...
(1995) * 6×
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( 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001,
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, 2004) * 4× MLB Pitcher of the Month (May 1999, May 2001, May 2002, July 2002) * 3× MLB Player of the Week (May 27, 2001; August 5, 2001; August 17, 2003) * National
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( 1993) * Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame inductee (2013) *
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inductee (2014) * 2×
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for NL Outstanding Pitcher (2001, 2002) *
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(2001) * 2× ''
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'' NL Pitcher of the Year (2001, 2002) * ''Sporting News''
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(2001) * 2× ''
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''
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(2001, 2004) * 3×
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( 2001, 2004, 2007) *
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( 2001) ;Accomplishments * 3× 300 strikeouts in one season (1996, 1997, 2002) * 3,000 strikeout club (2006) * 4× NL complete games leader (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001) * MLB
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pitched leader (1992) * 3× NL
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leader (1997, 1998, 2001) * 2× NL
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leader (1998, 2001) * 2× NL strikeout leader (1998, 2001) * 5× AL/NL
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leader (2001–04, 2006) * 2× AL/NL walks per nine innings pitched leader (2002, 2006) * 2× NL
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leader (1992, 2002) * 2× MLB wins leader (2001, 2004)


Personal life

Schilling is one of 11 MLB players born in
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. He considers his family's native
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metro area to be home and is a fan of the
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. He went to high school in
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, attending
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. Until 2013, Schilling lived in
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, in
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's former home. In late 2013, Schilling's house in Massachusetts was listed for sale at $3 million. Various personal belongings, including a golf cart, were also listed. He is married to Shonda Schilling. They have four children, born 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2002. Schilling is a born-again Christian. He became an
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in 1997. Schilling opposes
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and believes that each state should decide its laws on the topic rather than the federal government. He has an extensive collection of
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memorabilia, including "numerous
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uniforms with swastikas" and "uniforms worn by various SS divisions, including Hitler’s personal bodyguards"; Schilling has specified that it is "not a Nazi collection. It's a collection of World War II stuff," further stating that he doesn't "have a racist bone in (his) body".Here’s Curt Schilling’s Nazi memorabilia
by Hilary Sargent, at
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; published August 25, 2015; retrieved June 24, 2020
Before the 2007 season, Schilling started a blog called 38pitches.com in which he answered fan questions, documented his starts, and rebutted press coverage about him or the team that he believed to be inaccurate. After retiring, he moved his blog to the WEEI sports radio website. After a disagreement with the station, Schilling removed it from that site. Schilling periodically contributes on the ESPN Boston website answering fan questions about the Red Sox or baseball in general. Schilling can also be found on
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under the handle gehrig38.


Cancer

On February 5, 2014, Schilling revealed that he was being treated for
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. On June 25 of that year, Schilling announced that the cancer was in remission. Schilling said his cancer was a result of using
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for 30 years. He also used his experiences to warn pitcher
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, a long-time smokeless tobacco user, of risks.


Political involvement

Schilling campaigned for President
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in 2004, while several members of the ownership of the Red Sox campaigned for the Democratic challenger, Senator
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. Schilling said he was encouraged to run for Kerry's seat in the
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in 2008 as a Republican. Schilling was quoted in ''
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'' as saying that he intended to pitch in 2008, which would preclude a Senate run. He was called to
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to testify about
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use in March 2005, not as a suspected user but rather as a vocal opponent. He has said that
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's statistics should be thrown out due to his admitted use of steroids, and has also said that unless he can refute allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs,
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should be stripped of the four
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s he has won since 1997. On January 29, 2007, Schilling announced in an interview that he would support Senator
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, who became the Republican nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. In the same interview, he criticized then-presidential Democratic candidate and Senator
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for comments criticizing the war in Iraq. Schilling also turned up on the campaign trail several times stumping for McCain. Schilling was mentioned as a possible candidate for U.S. Senate in the special election in Massachusetts for the seat left vacant by the death of Senator
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. He ruled out a run during his September 24, 2009 appearance on sports radio talk show ''
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''. In 2009, Schilling endorsed
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for the seat. During the campaign,
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, the Democratic candidate, called Schilling a Yankee fan. Coakley was ridiculed for the comment; critics said it showed she was out of touch with the Boston community. Schilling joked about the incident: "I've been called a lot of things... But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, if you didn't know what the hell is going on in your own state, maybe you could." In October 2016, Schilling joined
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, a far-right opinion and news organization. Schilling announced that he would challenge Senator
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in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, but ended up dropping out and supported politician and conspiracy theorist
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in the race. Schilling expressed interest in running for president in 2024 had
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been re-elected in 2020.


Charity work

Schilling has worked on behalf of
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sufferers. His organization, Curt's Pitch for ALS, allowed fans and organizations to sponsor him, donating to the
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for every
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he throws. He also donated to the charity his $25,000 winnings in a celebrity version of ''
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'' that originally aired on November 9, 2006. In the 2004 playoffs, after the operation on his ankle, Schilling wrote "K ALS" (short for "strike out ALS") on his shoe, knowing that the cameras would be focusing on his foot numerous times while he was pitching. Schilling does a weekly radio show with
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in Boston that raises over $100,000 each year for ALS patients and research.


Conflicts with players and management

The outspoken Schilling has engaged in several conflicts with fellow players. Schilling was publicly criticized by Phillies teammates
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,
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, and
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for his conduct during the 1993 World Series. Whenever Williams, a hard-throwing closer with a penchant for unpredictability and erratic control, was on the mound,
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television cameras caught Schilling in the dugout hiding his face with a towel. Although Schilling said he was nervous in the heat of the World Series, his teammates criticized him for being disrespectful. Schilling has directed comments toward
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, calling a Rodríguez tag in Game 6 of the ALCS a "bush-league play" on ''
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''. During a radio show appearance on May 8, 2007, Schilling criticized
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, stating: "He admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes and cheating on the game." Soon after, Schilling issued an apology on his blog, stating "it was absolutely irresponsible and wrong to say what I did". After the 2008 season, Schilling released a
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post blasting former teammate
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's conduct before Ramirez left the Red Sox. While with the Phillies, Schilling was a vocal critic of team management. During a game as a Diamondback in 2003, he damaged a
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camera with a bat. According to Schilling, the umpire behind the plate had said "I can't call that pitch a strike, the machine won't let me." This led to a fine and a public exchange of insults with Major League Baseball executive
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, who accused Schilling of whining and wanting balls to be called strikes. In response Schilling said Alderson was "ignorant to the facts and ignorant about what I said."


Conflicts with media

Schilling has a longstanding feud with
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and former ''
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'' reporter Pedro Gomez, initially over a Gomez article that criticized Diamondbacks manager
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. Gomez then published a column critical of Schilling, the same day Schilling was pitching in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. In his column, Gomez stated, "During the past few days, the country...has discovered Schilling's little secret, the one baseball insiders have known for years but has rarely surfaced into the mainstream. Schilling is something of a con man, someone more intent on polishing his personal image through whatever means possible." A year later, Gomez further angered Schilling by calling the friendship between Schilling and teammate Randy Johnson "cosmetic." In interviews in October 2004 and February 2006, Schilling, while criticizing ''
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'' sports columnist Laura Vecsey, compared her to Gomez and sportswriter
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:
There are a lot of her in that industry, Pedro Gomez, Joel Heyman, to name a few. People with so little skill in their profession that they need to speculate, make up, fabricate, to write something interesting enough to be printed. What makes them bad people? I am sure I cannot nail the exact reason, but I know some. Jealousy, bitterness, the need to be 'different.'
In 2007, Schilling spoke out against ''
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'' sports columnist
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, who had been criticizing Schilling for the condition he showed up in for spring training, referred to him as "the Big Blowhard" and mocked Schilling's blog and radio appearances. Schilling responded on a local baseball web forum and his own blog to claim to have found errors in Shaughnessy's columns. On April 27, 2007, broadcaster
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said that he overheard Red Sox catcher
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say that the blood on the sock used by Schilling in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS was actually paint. Mirabelli accused Thorne of lying and a day later, after talking to Mirabelli, Thorne backed off his statement saying he misinterpreted what was intended as a joke, "Having talked with him today, there's no doubt in my mind that's not what he said, that's not what he meant. He explained that it was in the context of the sarcasm and the jabbing that goes on in the clubhouse." Schilling responded in his blog by saying the following:
So Gary Thorne says that Doug told him the blood was fake. Which even when he's called out he can't admit he lied. Doug never told Gary Thorne anything. Gary Thorne overheard something and then misreported what he overheard. Not only did he misreport it, he misinterpreted what he misreported.


Gaming

Schilling plays the board
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''
Advanced Squad Leader ''Advanced Squad Leader'' (ASL) is a tactical wargames, tactical-level board wargame, originally marketed by Avalon Hill Games, that simulates actions of squad sized units in World War II. It is a detailed game system for two or more players (wi ...
''.
ASL has become his constant companion on road trips, and every National League city is now his playground for baseball at night and ASL in the day. (All of which has become a bonanza for ASL players of his acquaintance, who are sometimes Curt's guests at stadiums around the country.)
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, Volume 27, No. 5
Schilling's disappointment at not being able to attend the game's annual convention led him, along with ASL great Gary Fortenberry, to create his own, ''The ASL Open'', which debuted the weekend of January 15, 1993, in
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. Schilling started a gaming publication, ''Fire for Effect'', a bi-monthly magazine featuring "some of the ASL hobby's best writers". When his favorite game was sold along with
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to Hasbro, Schilling joined the small gaming company
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which maintained ASL and other Avalon Hill titles. MMP also started a new, professional publication entitled ''ASL Journal'' and contributed articles, editorials, and game scenarios. Schilling has played ''
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'' and ''
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'' and has reviewed two of the game's many expansion packs for ''
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'' magazine. He has a custom avatar in ''
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'', as the creators of the game have made Schilling a special online character. From June 5 to June 7, 2006, fans were able to battle a virtual Curt Schilling in the game. Every time the virtual Schilling was defeated,
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donated $5 towards ALS research. Schilling has played ''
World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...
'' and became a regular guest on the ''World of Warcraft'' podcast ''The Instance''. In 2006, Schilling created Green Monster Games, which Schilling stated was ''not'' named after the Fenway left field wall. In early 2007, the company's name changed to 38 Studios. In January 2008, Schilling announced that he would be focusing on an MMORPG project after his retirement. Comic book creator
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and fantasy author R.A. Salvatore were working with Schilling on the project. The new game was developed under the code-name Copernicus. A single-player RPG set in the same setting, titled '' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning'', was released by 38 Studios in February 2012. Executives from 38 Studios introduced the game at the
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2010 convention in San Diego. In July 2010, the
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Board of Economic Development approved a $75 million guaranteed loan to 38 Studios. 38 Studios promised to bring 450 jobs to the state by the end of 2012. In May 2012, 38 Studios defaulted on its loan from the state of Rhode Island and failed to meet payroll obligations to its employees. 38 Studios and its subsidiary,
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, then laid off their staffs with a mass email. Some of the laid-off employees may have had
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s, because the company had not actually sold homes for them as part of a relocation package. Some have accused Schilling of hypocrisy based on the conflict between his professed views on "big government" and the studio's relationship with "big government". On November 1, 2012, Schilling was sued by the state in connection with the loan. Governor
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said: "My message to Rhode Islanders is this: I know that you work hard for your paychecks, and for your tax dollars to be squandered is unacceptable. The Board's legal action was taken to rectify a grave injustice put upon the people of Rhode Island." In a July 2012 interview, Schilling discussed the downfall of 38 Studios, citing the Rhode Island governor and his own optimism as the primary reasons for the demise of the company. Ultimately, the company filed for bankruptcy; Schilling, other 38 Studios executives, and other parties associated with the company agreed in a court settlement to repay the state of Rhode Island $61 million.


Twitter controversies

In November 2014, Schilling got into a day-long
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argument with baseball writer Keith Law over the
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, where he argued for
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against Law's defense of
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, after which ESPN decided to suspend Law's Twitter account. ESPN commented that "Keith's Twitter suspension had absolutely nothing to do with his opinions on the subject", but it remains unclear what other motivation is behind the act, since the conversation between Schilling and Law reportedly "never really turned hostile", with many reading the details feeling that his suspension was "ridiculous". Schilling's account was not suspended, and he continued to tweet. Returning to Twitter after the ban expired, Law's first tweet "
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" ("And yet it moves") made clear that Schilling's complaints about his posts contradicting his argument were in fact the reason for the suspension. On February 25, 2015, Schilling posted a congratulatory tweet to his then-17-year-old daughter Gabby for her acceptance to college and the school's softball team. Some responses to his tweet made crude references to
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, fisting, and anal sex, among other sexual references. Schilling posted to his blog screen captures of some offending tweets, along with the real identities (a practice known as
doxxing Doxing or doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organization, usually via the internet. Historically, the term has been used interchangeably to refer to both the aggregation of this in ...
) of the Twitter handles, whose jobs, schools and relatives he claimed to have contacted. At least two of the Twitter users were known to have been punished, with one losing his part-time job as a ticket seller for the Yankees, and still another being suspended from
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. Schilling claimed at least seven others were also penalized by their jobs or athletic teams. Schilling attracted further media scrutiny about tweets in which he showed support for lynching journalists and the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack.


Public speaking

Schilling was selected as the commencement speaker for
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's 2010 commencement and awarded a Doctorate of Science, '' honoris causa''.


Broadcast analyst

Schilling debuted on
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as a baseball color analyst on April 4, 2010, on the pre-game show for the 2010 season opener between the
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and
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...
. He has written for WEEI.com, 38pitches.com, and
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. In 2014, he was named as an analyst for ESPN's '' Sunday Night Baseball'', although his subsequent cancer diagnosis prevented him from working the telecasts for most of the season. On September 14, 2014, Schilling returned to the ''Sunday Night Baseball'' booth as the Yankees played the
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. On August 25, 2015, ESPN.com suspended Schilling's coverage of the ongoing
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and ''Sunday Night Baseball'' after he posted a
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meme that compared Muslim
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and German
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, "the math is staggering when you get to the true
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". Schilling deleted and apologized for the controversial tweet the same day. Schilling was also suspended from the next Sunday night game, in which
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pitcher
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threw a
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. On September 3, 2015, ESPN announced his suspension would cover all remaining 2015 ''Sunday Night Baseball'' games as well as its 2015 MLB playoff coverage. On April 20, 2016, ESPN announced that they had fired Schilling after he shared an "anti-
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" Facebook post, saying, "ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated." Schilling's social media post came shortly after passage of the North Carolina transgender restroom law. In September 2017, Schilling accused ESPN of a double standard when reporter
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was not fired or suspended following a controversial social media post about
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. In an on-air phone interview with
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, Schilling defended Hill's right to speak her mind, then stated, "I wasn't fired for speaking my mind; I was fired for being a conservative."


See also

* 100 Inning Game – annual event to raise funds for Curt's Pitch for ALS *
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* List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders * List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders *
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References


External links

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