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David Cone

Birthdate:

1/2/1963

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Kansas City, MO, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

After finishing second in the NL East in 1987 the New York Mets acquired pitcher David Cone from the Kansas City Royals prior to the 1988 season openers. The right-hander fastball reliever posted a 5-6 W/L record during his two-year pitching stint with KC. Due to injuries to the Mets starting pitching staff, Cone was moved into the starting rotation and responded to the call with a sensational year. He went 20-3, struck out 213 batters and allowed just 10 homers in 231 1/3 innings. He became the 4th Met in history to rack up 20 wins and his three loses were the fewest by a 20-game winner in the National League since 1951 when Brooklyn’s Preacher Roe posted a 22-3 mark. During May, Cone was 5-0 with a miserly 0.72 earned run average (ERA) and was chosen for the All-Star Game, wherein he pitched one perfect inning… and won eight straight at the end of the regular season… and in two starts in the 1988 NL Championship Series he went 1-1 and also appeared in one game as a reliever. Cone finished 3rd in the NL Cy Young Award behind Orel Hershiser of Los Angeles 23-8, 2.26 ERA and Danny Jackson of Cincinnati 22-8, 2.73 ERA.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1986	KCR (AL)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.2	29	14	14	2	13	1	21	3	1	0	5.56
1987	NYM (NL)	21	13	5	6	1	1	0	99.1	87	46	41	11	44	1	68	2	5	4	3.71
1988	NYM (NL)	35	28	20	3	0	8	4	231.1	178	67	57	10	80	7	213	10	4	10	2.22
1989	NYM (NL)	34	33	14	8	0	7	2	219.2	183	92	86	20	74	6	190	14	4	4	3.52
1990	NYM (NL)	31	30	14	10	0	6	2	211.2	177	84	76	21	65	1	233	10	1	4	3.23
1991	NYM (NL)	34	34	14	14	0	5	2	232.2	204	95	85	13	73	2	241	17	5	1	3.29
1992	TOR (AL)	8	7	4	3	0	0	0	53.0	39	16	15	3	29	2	47	3	3	0	2.55
1992	NYM (NL)	27	27	13	7	0	7	5	196.2	162	75	63	12	82	5	214	9	9	1	2.88
1993	KCR (AL)	34	34	11	14	0	6	1	254.0	205	102	94	20	114	2	191	14	10	2	3.33
1994	KCR (AL)	23	23	16	5	0	4	3	171.2	130	60	56	15	54	0	132	5	7	1	2.94
1995	TOR (AL)	17	17	9	6	0	5	2	130.1	113	53	49	12	41	2	102	6	5	1	3.38
1995	NYY (AL)	13	13	9	2	0	1	0	99.0	82	42	42	12	47	0	89	5	1	0	3.82
1996	NYY (AL)	11	11	7	2	0	1	0	72.0	50	25	23	3	34	0	71	4	2	1	2.88
1997	NYY (AL)	29	29	12	6	0	1	0	195.0	155	67	61	17	86	2	222	14	4	2	2.82
1998	NYY (AL)	31	31	20	7	0	3	0	207.2	186	89	82	20	59	1	209	6	15	0	3.55
1999	NYY (AL)	31	31	12	9	0	1	1	193.1	164	84	74	21	90	2	177	7	11	1	3.44
2000	NYY (AL)	30	29	4	14	0	0	0	155.0	192	124	119	25	82	3	120	11	9	0	6.91
2001	BOS (AL)	25	25	9	7	0	0	0	135.2	148	74	65	17	57	4	115	9	10	0	4.31
2003	NYM (NL)	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	18.0	20	13	13	4	13	1	13	0	0	0	6.50
19 years		450	419	194	126	1	56	22	2898.2	2504	1222	1115	258	1137	42	2668	149	106	32	3.46

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1986	KCR (AL)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1987	NYM (NL)	21	31	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	3	0	.65	.94	SLG
1988	NYM (NL)	35	80	2	12	3	0	0	2	3	14	0	1	0	0	5	0	.150	.181	SLG
1989	NYM (NL)	34	77	9	18	2	0	0	4	2	13	0	0	0	0	6	0	.234	.253	SLG
1990	NYM (NL)	32	70	7	14	1	0	0	5	5	12	0	0	0	0	9	0	.200	.253	SLG
1991	NYM (NL)	34	72	3	9	0	0	0	5	3	14	0	0	0	2	6	1	.125	.179	SLG
1992	NYM (NL)	27	65	5	6	1	0	0	4	3	19	0	0	0	0	7	0	.92	.132	SLG
1992	TOR (AL)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1993	KCR (AL)	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1994	KCR (AL)	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1995	TOR (AL)	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1995	NYY (AL)	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1996	NYY (AL)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1997	NYY (AL)	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1998	NYY (AL)	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1999	NYY (AL)	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
2000	NYY (AL)	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
2001	BOS (AL)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
2003	NYM (NL)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	SLG
19 years		310	412	28	64	9	0	0	22	16	91	0	1	0	3	38	1	.155	.192	.SLG

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