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Career Notes 1997 Earned first victory since returning from back surgery with six innings of four-hit ball on April 11 at Boston ... Had 16-game winning streak snapped on May 8 at Baltimore, lasting only five innings in a rain-soaked game. His last loss came on Aug. 1, 1995 ... Fanned 15 en route to a victory over Texas on May 28, allowing four hits in eight innings ... Tossed two-hit shutout vs. Toronto on June 2, extending his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 21. He was perfect through 5.1 innings on the seventh anniversary of his first and only no-hitter ... Had streak ended Jun. 13 vs. the Colorado Rockies at 33 innings ... Struck out career-high 19 batters, an AL record for a left-handed pitcher, in a 4-1 complete-game loss on Jun. 24 vs. Oakland. 1996 Pitched in only 14 games (61.1 innings) due to back problems ... Finished with a 5-0 record, a 3.67 ERA and 85 strikeouts ... Allowed just three hits and had 14 K's in the Opening Night win over the White Sox, but had a no-decision ... Won his next four starts ... Won his final decision May 12, lasting only five innings ... Placed on the DL due to an irritated nerve in lower back on May 13 ... Returned from DL on Aug. 6 vs. Cleveland, tossing two shutout innings while striking out four ... Earned a save and struck out eight (matching the season high for a reliever) Aug. 13 vs. Kansas City ... But allowed six earned runs in his final two appearances ... Placed on the DL Aug. 27 ... Underwent surgery to correct a an extruded disc herniation on Sept. 12. 1995 Capped his outstanding season by becoming the Mariners first-ever Cy Young Award winner; received 26 of 28 first place votes ... Finished sixth in A.L. MVP voting ... Led the AL in ERA (2.48), winning percentage (.900), strikeouts (294), Ks per 9 innings pitched (12.35) and batting average against (.201) and was second in wins (18) ... Became the first Seattle pitcher to win an ERA title ... Won his fourth straight strikeout crown ... Nearly became first AL pitcher to win pitching triple crown (wins, ERA and Ks) in 50 years since Detroit's Hal Newhouser in 1945 as he led in two categories and missed the third by one win ... Established a new M.L. record for best winning percentage in a season (minimum 20 decisions), breaking Ron Guidry's .893 (25-3) mark in 1978 ... Also set a M.L. record with the highest K's per 9 innings pitched ratio with a 12.35, breaking Nolan Ryan's 11.48 mark in 1987 with Houston ... Was Seattle's Opening Day starter for a record fourth time and won 3-0 vs. Detroit as he combined with Bill Risley and Bobby Ayala on Seattle's first-ever Opening shutout ... Was named to the All-Star Game and selected to be the AL starting pitcher, a Seattle first ... Hurled 2.0 hitless innings in the Mid-Summer Classic at Arlington ... Missed one start on August 6 start due to left shoulder inflammation ... Named Pitcher-of-the-Week of September 18-24 ... Was 3-0, 0.59 with 25 strikeouts in two starts during the week ... Finished the season with a 7-0, 1.45 mark over his final 10 starts, including a brilliant 3-hit CG effort vs. California in the one-game playoff for the A.L. West Division championship on Oct. 2. ... With Mariners facing elimination won Game 3 of the Division Series vs. New York with seven innings of two-run ball ... Came back on one day rest to win Game 5 in relief. Struck out six in three innings of work as Mariners advanced to ALCS ... Had no-decision in Game 3 of ALCS (8 IP, 1 ER) as Mariners won 5-2 in 11 innings. . 1994 Earned his third consecutive AL strikeout crown, leading the Majors with 204 ... Led junior circuit in strikeouts-per-nine innings (10.7), complete games (9) and shutouts (4) ... Made his third straight Opening Day start at Cleveland with President Bill Clinton on hand ... Became the Mariners' all-time leader in strikeouts when he fanned Toronto's Mike Huff for strikeout No. 1,079 ... Fired a club-record three consecutive shutouts from May 25 to June 4 ... Named AL Player of the Week June 5 ... Became the club's all-time win leader July 7 when he downed Boston 4-3 to notch win No. 75 ... Finished third in the AL Cy Young voting behind David Cone and Jimmy Key ... Had a fastball clocked at 100 m.p.h. June 25 vs. Chicago. 1993 Led the majors in strikeouts (308), batting average against (.203), fewest hits per nine innings (6.52), strikeouts per nine innings (10.9) and hit batters (16)... Won 19 with three shutouts and 10 complete games ... Equaled Mark Langston's 1987 club-record total of 19 wins ... Had an eight-game win streak, the longest in the AL in 1993 ... After Aug. 14, was 8-0 with a 2.11 ERA and a save in the last 11 games ... Collected second career one-hitter May 16 at Oakland in 7-0 shutout with 14 strikeouts ... Joined Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers in the 1990s to strike out 15 without walking a batter in a June 16 win vs. Kansas City... Became the first Mariner pitcher to win 10 or more games in four consecutive seasons with a 5-3 triumph at Minnesota June 30 ... Volunteered to pitch in relief following Norm Charlton's season-ending injury and earned his first major league save vs. Baltimore Aug. 16 ... Became the first player to record 300 strikeouts since Nolan Ryan in 1989 and the first left-hander since Steve Carlton in 1972 ... Struck out Minnesota's Chuck Knoblauch July 28 for his 1000th career strikeout ... Finished second to Jack McDowell in the Cy Young voting ... Was named to the AL All-Star team for the second time after posting a 10-5, 3.30 ERA record in 19 starts before the break ... Fired two perfect innings in the game at Baltimore's Camden Yards, including a memorable strikeout of Philadelphia's John Kruk ... Held lefties to a .183 average. 1992 Led the AL in strikeouts with 241... Also led the league in batting average against (.206), walks (144), and hit batsmen (18) ... Tossed back-to-back four-hit shutouts April 11 vs. Kansas City and April 20 vs. Minnesota ... On Sept. 16 vs. California, allowed one unearned run on one hit in nine innings and struck out 15, but had no decision in the Mariners loss ... Struck out a club-record 18 batters Sept. 27 at Texas, tying Ron Guidry's AL record for a left-hander ... Had 45 strikeouts in three games between Sept. 16 and 27, the second-highest total in major-league history over a three-game span (Ryan had 47 in 1974). 1991 Finished second in the AL in strikeouts (228) and batting average against (.213), while leading the club in wins, starts and innings pitched ... Struggled through the first two months of the season with back problems, posting a 3-6 record, 4.86 ERA in his first 12 starts ... Struck out 11 and did not walk a batter July 1 at Toronto, the first time in 77 starts that he did not issue a walk ... Following the season, had arthroscopic knee surgery. 1990 Ranked second in the AL in batting average against (.216) ... Became the first left-hander ever to strike out Wade Boggs three times in a game, May 1 at Boston ... Threw first no-hitter in Mariners' history June 2 vs. Detroit ... In his next outing vs. Chicago June 7, he retired the last 20 batters in a row and struck out 10 in a 2-1 complete-game victory ... Went 5-0, 2.40 ERA in June and was selected AL Pitcher of the Month ... Was 9-3, 3.68 ERA at the All-Star break ... Was selected to the AL All-Star team, but did not play. 1989 Began the season with Montreal, posting a 0-4 mark with a 6.67 ERA in seven games ... Optioned to Class AAA Indianapolis May 9 ... Traded by the Montreal Expos with Brian Holman and Gene Harris to the Seattle Mariners for Mark Langston and Mike Campbell on May 25, 1989 ... Made debut with the Mariners May 30 at Yankee Stadium, where he earned the win in a 3-2 victory. 1988 Posted an 8-7 and a 3.26 ERA for Indianapolis ... Missed more than a month of the season with a hairline fracture in his right hand ... Named the No. 3 major league prospect by Baseball America ... Recalled by Montreal Sept. 13, following American Association playoffs ... Won major league debut vs. Pittsburgh Sept. 15.
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