Gordon Cecil Pladson (born July 31, 1956 in

New Westminster, British Columbia New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita ...

, Canada) is a former

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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 ...

for the

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. He played parts of four seasons for the Astros, from until .The Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and Official Record of Major League Baseball, Parts 1-2
Reichler, J, L. 1988. Macmillan Publishers. pp2075-2076.

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