David Cone

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Full Name: David Brian Cone	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: June 8, 1986
Birthdate: January 2, 1963	Final Game: May 28, 2003
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on January 2, 1963 in Kansas City, Missouri, David Cone (David Brian Cone) played for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 17 year career. Cone broke into the bigs on June 8, 1986 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.71 ERA in 99.1 innings pitched in 1987, his rookie year.

Most people believe that David Cone's best season was 1988, when he posted a 2.22 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 213 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1986	KC	A	11	0	0	0	5.56	21	14	14	0	0	0	22.2	29	2	13	1	3	1
1987	NY	N	21	13	5	6	3.71	68	46	41	1	0	1	99.1	87	11	44	1	2	5
1988	NY	N	35	28	20	3	2.22	213	67	57	8	4	0	231.1	178	10	80	7	10	4
1989	NY	N	34	33	14	8	3.52	190	92	86	7	2	0	219.2	183	20	74	6	14	4
1990	NY	N	31	30	14	10	3.23	233	84	76	6	2	0	211.2	177	21	65	1	10	1
1991	NY	N	34	34	14	14	3.29	241	95	85	5	2	0	232.2	204	13	73	2	17	5
1992	TOR	A	8	7	4	3	2.55	47	16	15	0	0	0	53	39	3	29	2	3	3
1992	NY	N	27	27	13	7	2.88	214	75	63	7	5	0	196.2	162	12	82	5	9	9
1992	Total		35	34	17	10	2.81	261	91	78	7	5	0	249.2	201	15	111	7	12	12
1993	KC	A	34	34	11	14	3.33	191	102	94	6	1	0	254	205	20	114	2	14	10
1994	KC	A	23	23	16	5	2.94	132	60	56	4	3	0	171.2	130	15	54	0	5	7
1995	TOR	A	17	17	9	6	3.38	102	53	49	5	2	0	130.1	113	12	41	2	6	5
1995	NY	A	13	13	9	2	3.82	89	42	42	1	0	0	99	82	12	47	0	5	1
1995	TOT	A	30	30	18	8	3.57	191	95	91	6	2	0	229.1	195	24	88	2	11	6
1996	NY	A	11	11	7	2	2.88	71	25	23	1	0	0	72	50	3	34	0	4	2
1997	NY	A	29	29	12	6	2.82	222	67	61	1	0	0	195	155	17	86	2	14	4
1998	NY	A	31	31	20	7	3.55	209	89	82	3	0	0	207.2	186	20	59	1	6	15
1999	NY	A	31	31	12	9	3.44	177	84	74	1	1	0	193.1	164	21	90	2	7	11
2000	NY	A	30	29	4	14	6.91	120	124	119	0	0	0	155	192	25	82	3	11	9
2001	BOS	A	25	25	9	7	4.31	115	74	65	0	0	0	135.2	148	17	57	4	9	10
2003	NY	N	5	4	1	3	6.50	13	13	13	0	0	0	18	20	4	13	1	0	0
Total	NL		187	169	81	51	3.13	1172	472	421	34	15	1	1209.1	1011	91	431	23	62	28
Total	AL		263	250	113	75	3.70	1496	750	694	22	7	0	1689.1	1493	167	706	19	87	78
Total			450	419	194	126	3.46	2668	1222	1115	56	22	1	2898.2	2504	258	1137	42	149	106

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1986	KC	A	P	11	0	22.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1987	NY	N	P	21	13	99.1	12	10	1	0	0	0	9	11	1	.957
1988	NY	N	P	35	28	231.1	17	23	1	0	0	3	29	12	1	.976
1989	NY	N	P	34	33	219.2	21	14	1	0	0	4	26	10	0	.972
1990	NY	N	P	31	30	211.2	17	20	3	1	0	7	23	9	3	.925
1991	NY	N	P	34	34	232.2	18	26	4	2	0	4	27	13	1	.917
1992	TOR	A	P	8	7	53	2	2	0	0	0	2	15	4	0	1.000
1992	NY	N	P	27	27	196.2	16	20	2	1	0	3	34	6	2	.947
1992	Total		P	35	34	249.2	18	22	2	1	0	5	49	10	2	.952
1993	KC	A	P	34	34	254	24	24	1	3	0	1	32	13	4	.980
1994	KC	A	P	23	23	171.2	20	18	3	3	0	0	9	4	3	.927
1995	TOR	A	P	17	17	130.1	5	18	2	2	0	2	16	7	1	.920
1995	NY	A	P	13	13	99	7	9	1	0	0	0	12	2	1	.941
1995	TOT	A	P	30	30	229.1	12	27	3	2	0	2	28	9	2	.929
1996	NY	A	P	11	11	72	6	5	1	1	0	0	9	2	0	.917
1997	NY	A	P	29	29	195	9	13	2	0	0	3	22	8	1	.917
1998	NY	A	P	31	31	207.2	12	25	1	3	0	4	21	6	0	.974
1999	NY	A	P	31	31	193.1	7	12	1	1	0	2	22	10	0	.950
2000	NY	A	P	30	29	155	9	20	2	0	0	1	16	7	0	.935
2001	BOS	A	P	25	25	135.2	14	10	2	0	0	1	19	7	0	.923
2003	NY	N	P	5	4	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.000
Total			P	450	419	2898.2	220	272	28	17	0	37	343	134	19	.946

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1986	KC	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	NY	N	21	31	0	2	0	0	.065	.094	.097	1	0	0	14	1	3	0	0	0
1988	NY	N	35	80	2	12	0	2	.150	.181	.188	3	0	3	14	0	5	0	0	0
1989	NY	N	34	77	9	18	0	4	.234	.253	.260	2	0	2	13	0	6	0	0	1
1990	NY	N	32	70	7	14	0	5	.200	.253	.214	1	0	5	12	0	9	0	0	2
1991	NY	N	34	72	3	9	0	5	.125	.179	.125	0	0	3	14	2	6	0	0	3
1992	TOR	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	NY	N	27	65	5	6	0	4	.092	.132	.108	1	0	3	19	0	7	0	0	1
1992	Total		35	65	5	6	0	4	.092	.132	.108	1	0	3	19	0	7	0	0	1
1993	KC	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	KC	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TOR	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	NY	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TOT	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	NY	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	NY	A	29	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1998	NY	A	31	3	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1999	NY	A	31	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	NY	A	30	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	BOS	A	25	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2003	NY	N	5	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		188	399	26	62	0	20	.155	.193	.175	8	0	16	87	3	36	0	0	7
Total	AL		263	13	2	2	0	2	.154	.154	.231	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1
Total			451	412	28	64	0	22	.155	.192	.177	9	0	16	91	3	38	0	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981 - signed June 10, 1981).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Chris Jelic to New York Mets in exchange for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo (March 27, 1987).
Traded by New York Mets to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jeff Kent and a player to be named later (August 27, 1992); New York Mets received Ryan Thompson (September 1, 1992).
Granted free agency (October 30, 1992).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 8, 1992).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Chris Stynes, Tony Medrano and David Sinnes (April 6, 1995).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to New York Yankees in exchange for Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon (July 28, 1995).
Granted free agency (November 3, 1995).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 21, 1995).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1998).
Signed by New York Yankees (November 11, 1998).
Granted free agency (November 3, 1999).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 6, 1999).
Granted free agency (November 7, 2000).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 11, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 6, 2001).
Signed by New York Mets (February 13, 2003).

[edit] Trivia

All-Star Games: 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999
World Series Champion: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000
Cy Young Award: 1994
Other Achievements: Pitched perfect game on July 18, 1999
World Series Champion: 1992 Toronto Blue Jays, 1996 New York Yankees, 1998 New York Yankees, 1999 New York Yankees, 2000 New York Yankees

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