Tommie Sisk
| Tommie Sisk | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: April 12, 1942 Ardmore, Oklahoma |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 19, 1962, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 14, 1970, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 40–49 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.92 | ||
| Strikeouts | 441 | ||
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Tommie Wayne Sisk (born April 12, 1942 in Ardmore, Oklahoma) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1962 to 1970 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox.
Originally signed by the Pirates as an amateur free agent by the Pirates in 1960, he quickly made his way to the big leagues. July 19, 1962 was the date of his major league debut, in which the 20-year-old did not fare too well. Although he started the game, he did not last more than two innings. After 1 1⁄3 innings pitched, three walks, two hits and three runs surrendered, he was out of the game, which was against the hapless 1962 New York Mets.
He improved during his first season (in which he was the seventh youngest player), however, posting a 4.08 ERA in five games, three of which he started.
1963 was perhaps his best year as a reliever. In 57 games, he posted a 2.92 ERA in 108 innings of work. He walked 45 batters, struck out 73 and had a 1–3 record. His 57 games in 1963 were the fourth most in the league.
Although when most young athletes suffer from a slump it is the sophomore slump they suffer, Sisk was a tad different in that he suffered a "junior slump". In his third year in the big leagues, he really struggled — in 42 games, he posted a 6.16 ERA, allowing 91 hits in 61 1⁄3 innings of work.
He was used as both a starter and reliever in 1965 and 1966. He appeared in 38 games in the former year, starting 12 of those. He went 7–3 with a respectable 3.40 ERA. He spun a two-hitter that year, on September 20 against the team he made his big league debut against, the New York Mets. Although they got the better of him in their first matchup, Sisk was their master on September 20, 1965. The only two hits he allowed were a second-inning single by John Stephenson and a ninth-inning triple by Johnny Lewis.
In the latter year, he was used more as a starter, appearing in 34 games and starting 23 of those games. He went 10–5 with a 4.14 ERA. He had the sixth best won-lost percentage in 1966, at .667.
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