Steve McCatty

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Steve McCatty


caption=
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1954|3|20
debutdate=September 17
debutyear=by|1977
debutteam=Oakland Athletics
finaldate=September 25
finalyear=by|1985
finalteam=Oakland Athletics
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=63-63
stat2label=Strikeouts
stat2value=541
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=3.99
teams=
* Oakland Athletics (by|1977-by|1985)
highlights=
*Led AL in wins (14) and shutouts (4) in 1981

Steven Earl McCatty (born March 20 1954, Detroit, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics from 1977 to 1985. He graduated from Troy High School in Troy, Michigan in 1972.

Career

On August 10 1980, McCatty pitched a 14 inning game against the Seattle Mariners, only to lose 2-1.

During the 1981 strike-shortened season, McCatty was third in the American League with a 2.32 ERA and was tied with three others with most wins with 14, including 4 shutouts, the last two of which were consecutive starts for McCatty. He finished second for the Cy Young Award, behind Rollie Fingers.

During in a 1982 exhibition game against the San Diego Padres, McCatty steps to the plate wielding a toy 15-inch bat but was refused by umpire Jim Quick to hit. McCatty was instructed by A's manager Bill Martin to use the toy bat as a protest, who was furious that the DH rule was not allowed in National League ballparks.

After retiring as a player in 1986, he remained in professional baseball working in radio & TV for the Oakland A's and with ESPN Major League Baseball. McCatty later moved on to coach several minor league baseball clubs, and was hired as pitching coach by the Detroit Tigers for the 2002 season. He subsequently coached for the Ottawa Lynx when it was the AAA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. He is currently (2008) in his fourth season coaching for the Washington Nationals organization, and is pitching coach for their AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers . During the offseason, Steve works with youngsters of all ages to teach pitching mechanics at Jason Thompson Baseball in Auburn Hills, MI.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball wins champions

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccatst01.shtml Baseball-Reference]