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Encyclopedia > Charlie Hough
Charlie Hough.
Charlie Hough.

Charles Oliver (Charlie) Hough (born January 5, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a former knuckleballer pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1970 trough 1994, Hough played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1970-80), Texas Rangers (1980-90), Chicago White Sox (1991-92), and the Florida Marlins (1993-94), pitching in their inaugural game on April 5, 1993. He batted and threw right handed. Image File history File links Hough_charlie. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article refers to the unincorporated census designated place. ... A knuckleball (or knuckler for short) is a baseball pitch thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... See also: 1969 in sports, other events of 1970, 1971 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Pete Hamilton won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bobby Isaac Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr. ... See also: 1993 in sports, other events of 1994, 1995 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Sterling Marlin won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - season championship won by Al Unser, Jr Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Jr. ... Major league affiliations National League (1890-present) West Division (1969-present) American Association (1884-1889) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 1988 â€¢ 1981 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1963 1959 â€¢ 1955 NL Pennants (21) 1988 â€¢ 1981 â€¢ 1978 â€¢ 1977 1974 â€¢ 1966 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1963 1959 â€¢ 1956 â€¢ 1955 â€¢ 1953 1952 â€¢ 1949 â€¢ 1947 â€¢ 1941 1920 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1900... The Texas Rangers are a Major League Baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 2005 â€¢ 1917 â€¢ 1906 AL Pennants (6) 2005 â€¢ 1959 â€¢ 1919 â€¢ 1917 1906 â€¢ 1901 Central Division titles (2) [1] 2005 â€¢ 2000 West Division titles (2) 1993 â€¢ 1983 Wild card berths... Major league affiliations National League (1993-present) East Division (1993-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 2003 â€¢ 1997 NL Pennants (2) 2003 â€¢ 1997 East Division titles (0) None Wild card berths (2) 2003 â€¢ 1997 Major league nicknames Florida Marlins (1993-present) Major league home ballparks Dolphins Stadium (1993... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... // This year in baseball Events January - Reggie Jackson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, receiving 94% of the vote. ...


In a 25-season career, Hough posted a 216-216 record with 2362 strikeouts and a 3.75 ERA in 3801.1 innings pitched. His 216 wins is good for 78th on the all-time win list, tied with Wilbur Cooper. In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K, K-S, or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ... In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. ... In Major League Baseball, win, generally refers to a pitcher leaving his game with a lead, not there, when he began pitching, and the team holding this lead. ... Arley Wilbur Cooper (February 24, 1892 - August 7, 1973) was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher, who is one of the Top 100 winning pitchers of all time as of 2005. ...


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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is an annual exhibition baseball game between the best players from the National League and the American League. ... The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... In baseball statistics, games started (denoted by GS) is credited to a pitcher who throws the very first pitch to the opposing team of a single game. ... In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game himself, without the benefit of a relief pitcher. ...

External links

  • Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
  • Baseball Library - profile and chronology

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Charlie Hough - BR Bullpen (1957 words)
Charlie Hough was a knuckleballer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Florida Marlins.
Hough went 5-7 with a 4.76 ERA that year for Ogden, finishin 10th in the Pioneer League in ERA, tying for the league lead in losses and tying for the lead in most homers allowed (8).
Hough went 6-10 with a 3.94 ERA for the Albuquerque team in 1968 and followed with a 10-9, 4.09 campaign.
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