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Todd Stottlemyre
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Career Notes

1996
Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bret Wagner, Jay Witasick, Carl Dale, and Allen Battle on Jan. 9, 1996 ... Appearing in the National League for the first time, was 2nd on the club with 14 wins and 8th in the league with 194 strikeouts ... Established career best with 223.1 innings pitched ... Recorded 1,000th career strikeout on Aug. 2 vs. New York ... Led St. Louis with two wins and 18 strikeouts in the post-season.

1995
Had perhaps his finest season ... He struck out a career high 205 batters, topping his previous best by 89 (116 in 1991) ... That total is surpassed in Oakland history only by Vida Blue's 301 strikeouts in 1971 and is the 10th highest total in Athletics (1901-95) history ... Only Randy Johnson has more strikeouts in the American League and Todd's total ranked third in the majors ... He had seven games of 10 or more strikeouts which is second only in Oakland history to Vida's 11 in that 1971 season ... Led the A's staff in wins, strikeouts, games started (31) and innings pitched (209.2) ... Has combined with his father Mel for 247 career wins which is the second highest total in major league history by a father-son combination to Dizzy and Steve Trout (258).

1993
Placed on the 15-day disabled list May ... Beat Roger Clemens and the Boston Red Sox Sept. 21 with his third career shutout, striking out a season-high 10 ... Ranked fourth in home runs allowed per nine innings and had the fifth highest road ERA (5.57) ... Appeared once in the ALCS and once in the World Series ... Started and lost ALCS Game 4 vs. Chicago ... Started Game 4 of the World Series at Philadelphia and earned a no-decision in only two innings.

1992
Had first professional shutout April 29 vs. the Angels ... Won four consecutive starts from April 18 - May 4 ... Ejected for hitting Paul Molitor with a pitch May 27 ... Placed on 15-day DL in June ... Ejected for the second time Aug. 5 for bumping umpire Jim Joyce ... Tossed the 12th one-hitter in Blue Jay history Aug. 26 in Chicago, shutting out the White Sox 9-0 ... Won his 50th career game in his last start of the season, beating the Orioles 4-3 at Camden Yards Sept. 22 ... Went six or more innings in 19 of his 27 starts ... His six complete games tied him for the team lead with Jack Morris ... Made one appearance in relief vs. the Athletics in the Game 4 of the ALCS where he allowed one earned run in 3 2-3 innings ... Appeared in four games in relief vs. the Braves in the World Series, posting a 0.00 ERA in 3 2-3.

1991
Did not miss a start all season (34) ... Went six or more innings in all but 10 starts ... Compiled his first winning record in the majors (15-8) ... Began the season 5-0 ... Led all Blue Jays starters with four wins in June while posting an ERA of 2.78 ... Led Blue Jays with 12 hit batsmen ... Was 9-3, 3.96 ERA at the SkyDome in 17 games ... Started and lost Game 4 of the ALCS vs. the Twins, lasting only 3 2-3 innings.

1990
First full season in the majors ... Was the youngest Blue Jay pitcher to ever start a season opener April 9 ... Tied with Dave Stieb for the club lead in games started with 33 ... Had four-game win streak between June 7 and June 23 ... Led the Blue Jays in complete games with four ... His 17 losses were fifth highest in the American League.

1989
Started the season with seven consecutive relief appearances before being moved to the bullpen and then outrighted to Syracuse (AAA) of the International League May 15 ... Contract purchased by the Blue Jays June 30 ... Proceeded to win seven of eight decisions from July 6 - Sept. 6 ... Lost only ALCS start against Oakland ... With his dad, Mel, became the third father-son combination to participate in post-season play.

1988
Made the club as a non-roster invitee with contract purchased April 3 ... Made major league debut April 6 at Kansas City ... Made first major league start April 10 and won his first game May 3 at Seattle ... Lost next six decisions and was demoted to Syracuse (AAA) July 27 ... Was the organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August as he compiled a 5-0 record with a 2.05 ERA in seven starts ... Appeared in five games for the Blue Jays after his contract purchased on Sept. 2.


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