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Charles Nagy
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Career Notes

1996
Named an All-Star for the second time in his career and was the starting pitcher for the Mid-Summer Classic ... Was the losing pitcher, allowing MVP Mike Piazza's home run ... Led the team in wins with 17, equaling his career high ... Finished fourth in the American League Cy Yong voting with 12 votes ... His 3.41 ERA was third-best in the AL, behind Juan Guzman (2.93) and Pat Hentgen (3.22) ... Topped the 200.0 inning mark (222) for the first time since 1992 ... His 167 strikeouts ranked 10th in the AL ... Named the AL's Pitcher of the Month for both May and September ... Won eight straight games (June 28 - Aug. 4), a personal-best and the second-longest streak in the AL last season ... After taking the loss in Game 1 of the AL Divsion Series with Baltimore, equaled a career-high with 12 strikeouts but still had a no-decision in Game 4 on Oct. 5.

1995
Led the Indians in wins, games started, hits allowed, batters faced, walks allowed, strikeouts and pitches thrown ... Finished first in the AL in highest stolen base percentage allowed and most run support per nine innings ... Fourth in winning percentage and highest groundball/flyball ratio allowed ... Tied with Orel Hershiser for the team lead with 16 wins (tied for fifth in the AL) ... Finished sixth in Cy Young voting ... Won a career-high six consecutive decisions between June 28- Aug. 4 ... Struck out a career-best 12 batters on Aug. 26 vs. Detroit.

1994
Led the Cleveland starters with 109 strikeouts and a 3.45 ERA ... His ERA ranked 10th in the AL ... With Nagy on the mound, the Tribe turned 19 double plays, fourth most in the AL ... Had the fourth highest groundball percentage in the league at .687.

1993
Started only eight games before going on the disabled list May 11 with shoulder problems ... Underwent surgery June 29 ... Returned and started the last game of the season Oct. 3 ... Went 2-6 with a 6.29 ERA in his 48 2/3 innings ... Walked only 13 batters.

1992
His second full year with the Indians ... Went 17-10 with a 2.96 ERA ... Had the most wins by a Cleveland right-hander since 1984 ... Posted a 2.34 ERA at home ... Went 5-0 with a 2.45 ERA May 25-June 17 ... Allowed just 11 home runs in 252 innings ... Selected to the American League All-Star team ... Struck out 169 and walked only 57, the second-best ratio in the AL ... Went 33 1/3 consecutive innings without giving up a walk in June ... Tossed a one-hitter Aug. 8 at Baltimore.

1991
Led AL rookies with 33 starts and 211 1/3 innings ... Went 10-15 to lead the Indians in wins ... His 109 strikeouts were second among AL rookies ... The Indians scored just 3.41 runs per nine innings pitched, the fourth-lowest run support in the AL ... Got opponents to ground into 22 double plays, tied for fifth in the AL.

1990
Pitched at Class AA Canton-Akron before making his major-league debut June 29 against California ... After another stint at Canton-Akron, returned to the Indians Aug. 28 ... Went 2-4 with a 5.91 ERA in nine appearances with Cleveland, all but one as a starter.


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