Pitcher Joaquín Andújar, with the Astros

Joaquín Andújar [an-DOO-har] (born December 21, 1952 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Houston Astros (1976-81, 1988), St. Louis Cardinals (1981-85) and Oakland Athletics (1986-87). Pitcher Joaquin Andujar Image from The Sports E-Cyclopedia This work is copyrighted. ... Pitcher Joaquin Andujar Image from The Sports E-Cyclopedia This work is copyrighted. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Dominican Republic is a Spanish-speaking representative democracy located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of a game. ... The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. ... The St. ... The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. ...

Andújar was a temperamental and inconsistent pitcher who nevertheless exhibited moments of brilliance. He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 1969 and was traded to the Astros in October 1975. Finally, he made his major league debut in 1976. With the Astros, he made the National League All-Star team twice in five years (1977, 1979) but never finished a season with a winning record or an ERA under 3.41. Cincinnati Reds National League AAA Louisville Bats AA Chattanooga Lookouts A Sarasota Reds Dayton Dragons R Billings Mustangs GCL Reds The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... See also: 1968 in sports, 1970 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: LeeRoy Yarborough won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - David Pearson Indianapolis 500 - Mario Andretti USAC Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship Formula One Championship - Great Britain driving a Matra... See also: 1974 in sports, 1976 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Benny Parsons won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship Formula One Championship - Austria 24 hours of... See also: 1975 in sports, 1977 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: David Pearson won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing - Gordon Johncock won the season championship Formula One Championship: James Hunt of Britain Niki... 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. ... See also: 1976 in sports, 1978 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 USAC Racing - Tom Sneva wins the season championship Indianapolis 500 - won by A.J. Foyt. ... See also: 1978 in sports, 1980 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing (replaced USAC): Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Champion - South Africa 24... In baseball statistics, earned run average (denoted by ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ...

Traded to the Cardinals in June 1981, Andújar responded by going 6-1 for the rest of the season. The next year, he went 15-10 with a 2.47 ERA for the division-winning Cardinals. He started and won Game 3 of the National League Championship Series and then went 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in the Cardinals' World Series triumph over the Milwaukee Brewers. See also: 1980 in sports, 1982 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser Formula One Champion - Brazil 24 hours of Le... In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... (For the circa-1900 major league baseball team once known as the Milwaukee Brewers, see Baltimore Orioles. ...

Andújar enjoyed his best season in 1984, leading the league in wins (20), innings pitched (261.1), and shutouts (4), while being named to the NL All-Star team and winning a Gold Glove Award, but the Cardinals missed the postseason. In 1985, Andújar went 21-12 and made his fourth All-Star team as the Cardinals returned to the World Series. The World Series against the Kansas City Royals was a disaster for Andújar. He started and lost Game 3 and then came into Game 7 and gave up four runs in three and two-thirds innings of work, extending the Royals' lead to 10-0. He exploded twice over ball calls from umpire Don Denkinger and ended up being ejected and suspended. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In American baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to simply as the Gold Glove, is the award annually given to the Major League player judged to be the most superior individual fielding performance at each position (in each league), as voted by the managers and coaches in each... See also: 1984 in sports, 1986 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Ken Schrader enters NASCAR CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Danny Sullivan Formula One Championship... The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. ...

Andújar demanded a trade to Oakland after the Series, and the Cardinals obliged him. He never recovered his All-Star form and was out of baseball after 1988. He tried to make a comeback and negotiated a non-guaranteed $1 million contract with the Montreal Expos in 1989, but he failed to make the team. See also: 1987 in sports, 1989 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bill Elliott CART Racing - Danny Sullivan won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Championship - Brazil 24 hours of Le... The Washington Nationals is a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Washington, D.C.. It relocated to Washington from Montréal, Québec, Canada after the 2004 season. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

 YEAR TEAM AGE W L PCT G GS CG SV GF IP H R ER BB SO ERA RSAA 1976 Astros 23 9 10 .474 28 25 9 0 1 172.1 163 74 69 75 59 3.60 -12 1977 Astros 24 11 8 .579 26 25 4 0 1 158.2 149 80 65 64 69 3.69 -2 1978 Astros 25 5 7 .417 35 13 2 1 11 110.2 88 45 42 58 55 3.42 -1 1979 Astros 26 12 12 .500 46 23 8 4 9 194 168 86 74 88 77 3.43 -3 1980 Astros 27 3 8 .273 35 14 0 2 5 122 132 59 53 43 75 3.91 -6 1981 Astros 28 2 3 .400 9 3 0 0 0 23.2 29 17 13 12 18 4.94 -5 Cardinals 28 6 1 .857 11 8 1 0 0 55.1 56 24 23 11 19 3.74 -1 TOTALS 8 4 .667 20 11 1 0 0 79 85 41 36 23 37 4.10 -6 1982 Cardinals 29 15 10 .600 38 37 9 0 1 265.2 237 85 73 50 137 2.47 36 1983 Cardinals 30 6 16 .273 39 34 5 1 3 225 215 112 104 75 125 4.16 -14 1984 Cardinals 31 20 14 .588 36 36 12 0 0 261.1 218 104 97 70 147 3.34 6 1985 Cardinals 32 21 12 .636 38 38 10 0 0 269.2 265 113 102 82 112 3.40 -1 1986 A's 33 12 7 .632 28 26 7 1 2 155.1 139 70 66 56 72 3.82 2 1987 A's 34 3 5 .375 13 13 1 0 0 60.2 63 43 41 26 32 6.08 -14 1988 Astros 35 2 5 .286 23 10 0 0 4 78.2 94 43 35 21 35 4.00 -7 TOTALS 127 118 .518 405 305 68 9 37 2153 2016 955 857 731 1032 3.58 -22 LG AVERAGE 120 120 .500 48 10 2153 2091 994 883 771 1289 3.69 0 

 YEAR TEAM HR H/9 BR/9 SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB SHO WP IBB HBP BFP BK NW NL 1976 Astros 8 8.51 12.48 3.08 3.92 0.79 4 1 2 1 729 5 8 11 1977 Astros 11 8.45 12.31 3.91 3.63 1.08 1 2 3 4 678 2 9 10 1978 Astros 3 7.16 12.20 4.47 4.72 0.95 0 3 6 4 470 5 6 6 1979 Astros 7 7.79 11.97 3.57 4.08 0.88 0 5 6 2 825 0 12 12 1980 Astros 8 9.74 12.91 5.53 3.17 1.74 0 2 2 0 529 0 5 6 1981 Astros 2 11.03 15.59 6.85 4.56 1.50 0 0 0 0 113 0 1 4 Cardinals 4 9.11 10.90 3.09 1.79 1.73 0 2 1 0 223 1 3 4 TOTALS 6 9.68 12.30 4.22 2.62 1.61 0 2 1 0 336 1 4 8 1982 Cardinals 11 8.03 9.96 4.64 1.69 2.74 5 3 7 7 1056 2 17 8 1983 Cardinals 23 8.60 11.72 5.00 3.00 1.67 2 5 7 3 943 6 10 12 1984 Cardinals 20 7.51 10.16 5.06 2.41 2.10 4 6 13 7 1052 4 18 16 1985 Cardinals 15 8.84 11.95 3.74 2.74 1.37 2 2 12 11 1127 0 16 17 1986 A's 23 8.05 11.53 4.17 3.24 1.29 1 2 1 4 647 4 10 9 1987 A's 11 9.35 13.65 4.75 3.86 1.23 0 0 0 3 265 1 3 5 1988 Astros 9 10.75 13.73 4.00 2.40 1.67 0 0 5 5 351 3 3 4 TOTALS 155 8.43 11.70 4.31 3.06 1.41 19 33 65 51 9008 33 121 124 LG AVERAGE 173 8.74 12.12 5.39 3.22 1.67 11 65 91 38 9130 19 

JOAQUÍN ANDÚJAR LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1976 NL SHUTOUTS T5TH 4; BALKS T1ST 5

1978 NL BALKS T5TH 5

1979 NL WALKS 9TH 88; HITS/9 IP 5TH 7.79

1982 NL WINS T10TH 15; GAMES STARTED T2ND 37; COMPLETE GAMES T7TH 9; INNINGS PITCHED 5TH 265.2; HITS 6TH 237; ERA 3RD 2.47; RSAA 2ND 36; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 3RD 9.96; WALKS/9 IP 3RD 1.69; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 8TH 2.74; SHUTOUTS T2ND 5; HIT BY PITCHES 2ND 7; BATTERS FACED 5TH 1056; NEUTRAL WINS T5TH 17

1983 NL LOSSES T2ND 16; GAMES STARTED T9TH 34; RUNS 5TH 112; EARNED RUNS 3RD 104; HOMERUNS T3RD 23; BALKS T3RD 6

1984 NL WINS 1ST 20; LOSSES T8TH 14; GAMES STARTED 2ND 36; COMPLETE GAMES T2ND 12; INNINGS PITCHED 1ST 261.1; HITS T9TH 218; RUNS T5TH 104; EARNED RUNS 4TH 97; STRIKEOUTS 10TH 147; HOMERUNS T7TH 20; HITS/9 IP 5TH 7.51; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 3RD 10.16; SHUTOUTS T1ST 4; INTENTIONAL WALKS T3RD 13; HIT BY PITCHES T1ST 7; BATTERS FACED 2ND 1052; BALKS T6TH 4; NEUTRAL WINS 1ST 18; NEUTRAL LOSSES 1ST 16

1985 NL WINS T2ND 21; GAMES STARTED T2ND 38; COMPLETE GAMES T4TH 10; INNINGS PITCHED 4TH 269.2; HITS 2ND 265; RUNS 4TH 113; EARNED RUNS T4TH 102; INTENTIONAL WALKS T5TH 12; HIT BY PITCHES 1ST 11; BATTERS FACED 1ST 1127; NEUTRAL WINS T5TH 16; NEUTRAL LOSSES 1ST 17

1986 AL BALKS T3RD 4

External links

• Joaquín Andújar - Career Statistics (http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/andujjo01.shtml)

See also

• Players from Dominican Republic in MLB