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#51 | Relief Pitcher | San Diego Padres | Roster 
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Career Notes 1996 Re-signed by the San Diego Padres on Aug. 15 ... Earned National League Fireman of the Year honors by The Sporting News after his 42 save performance ... Also tallied career-highs in wins (9), ERA (2.25), strikeouts (111) and appearances (70) ... Led all relievers by limiting hitters to a .161 average ... Saved the final three games of the season for San Diego from Sept. 27-29 at Los Angeles, tossing a total of three scoreless innings and allowing only on hit. Caught the Dodgers Chad Curtis looking at a fastball to end the final game and clinch the West Division crown ... Converted all nine save opportunities in Aug. ... Threw 15 consecutive scoreless innings beginning June 3.!!! 1995 Recorded a career-high 31 saves (38 opportunities) on the year, the fifth best total in club history and the best by a right-handed Padre reliever since Rollie Fingers saved 37 games in 1978 ... Also the most saves by a Padre reliever since Randy Myers' 38 saves in 1992 ... Had all but four of the Padres 35 saves on the season ... Has 54 saves as a Padres, moving into fifth on the club's All-Time save list ... July 21-August 22 recorded 12 straight saves in 14 games ... Tied for fifth in the league with 31 saves ... Compiled 33 K's in the last 32.2 innings ... Had Arthroscopic Debridement performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum and Dr. Jan Fronek on right shoulder October 7, a procedure to clean and smooth the rotator cuff ... Is expected to be ready for the start of spring training. 1994 Earned saves in 20 out of 23 opportunities ... Named Padres' Pitcher-of-the-Year ... Allowed just one earned run in his first 17.1 innings pitched on the season ... Had a career-best 5 strikeout performance in 2.2 innings worked on May 1 at Montreal during that stretch ... Did not allow a HR until his 34th appearance. 1993 Traded by the Florida Marlins with Jose Martinez and Andres Berumen to the San Diego Padres for Gary Sheffield and Rich Rodriguez on June 24, 1993 ... Made the Marlins roster out of spring training after being selected in the first round of the Expansion Draft from Cincinnati ... Made his major league debut April 6 vs. the Dodgers, striking out the only batter he faced ... Did not allow a run in his first five innings, covering four games ... Earned his first major league win April 27 at Cincinnati, winning 4-3 with two scoreless innings ... Notched his first save, April 29 at Atlanta ... Was 2-2 with two saves and a 3.28 ERA before being traded to the Padres from Florida with Jose Martinez and Andres Berumen for Gary Sheffield and Rich Rodriguez, June 24 ... For the season, allowed only one of 29 inherited runners to score and limited batters to just a .234 average ... His first win as a Padre came on July 30 at Cincinnati. 1992 Selected by the Florida Marlins in the first round (eighth pick overall) of the 1992 Expansion Draft.
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