Reggie Cleveland

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Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Cleveland's Moments in the Sun 3 Trivia 4 Transactions 5 External Links

Overall Career

Reginald Leslie "Reggie" Cleveland (born May 23, 1948 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan) was a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers. In his 13-year career, Cleveland compiled a 105-106 record with a 4.01 ERA and 930 strikeouts in 1809 innings.

After his playing career, Cleveland sold cars for Shaganappi Chevi-Olds in Calgary and later, selling real estate. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas, where he sells luxury cars for Park Place Lexus.

Cleveland's Moments in the Sun

• In 1971, Cleveland was named National League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News.

Trivia

• Member of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Charter Member of "The Reggie Cleveland All-Stars" for white guys with black sounding names. (Note the "Troy O'leary All Stars" for Black guys with White names is also named for a Red Sox)
• In 1975, Cleveland became the first Canadian pitcher to start a World Series game.
• His first major league win came on April 20, 1971 against Juan Marichal.
• Son John was a three-time Olympic swimmer for Canada ('88, '92 and '96).

Transactions

• August 28, 1965: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
• December 7, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Terry Hughes and Diego Segui to the Boston Red Sox for Lynn McGlothen, John Curtis, and Mike Garman.
• April 18, 1978: Purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Boston Red Sox.
• December 15, 1978: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ed Farmer, Gary Holle, and cash.
• February 5, 1982: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis