Robert Alan Tewksbury was born on November 30,1960 and is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and current Mental Skills Coordinator for the Chicago Cubs.
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19 Facts About Bob Tewksbury
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Bob Tewksbury played professionally for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, St Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and the Minnesota Twins.
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Bob Tewksbury has the second-lowest ratio of base on balls per innings pitched for any starting pitcher to pitch in the major leagues since the 1920s, and the lowest ratio for any pitcher to pitch since the 1800s except for Deacon Phillippe, Babe Adams, Dan Quisenberry, and Addie Joss.
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Bob Tewksbury was born in Concord, New Hampshire and attended Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook, New Hampshire.
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Bob Tewksbury played college baseball at Rutgers and Saint Leo University.
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Bob Tewksbury's talent was initially discovered by Andy Michael in Concord.
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Michael contacted the New York Yankees and Bob Tewksbury was drafted by them out of Saint Leo University in the 19th round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.
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Bob Tewksbury earned a spot in the Yankees' rotation in 1986 after pitching 20 straight scoreless innings in spring training.
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Bob Tewksbury played for the Yankees for two years, and was then sent to the Chicago Cubs.
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Bob Tewksbury appeared in the All-Star game and was third in the Cy Young Award voting that year.
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In 1992 Bob Tewksbury walked only 20 batters in 233 innings, the best ratio in the major leagues in over half a century.
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The next season Bob Tewksbury came very close to ending the season with more wins than bases on balls allowed, an elusive feat only accomplished 4 times by 3 different starting pitchers in MLB history.
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Bob Tewksbury had 17 wins with only 18 walks allowed late in the season but gave up a walk apiece in his last two starts and did not achieve a win in either game, ending the season with 17 wins on 20 walks.
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Bob Tewksbury was a better than average fielding pitcher in his major league career.
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Bob Tewksbury was primarily a starting pitcher but on April 13,1990, he picked up his one and only save.
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Bob Tewksbury was a "changeup artist, " according to Rory Costello of the Society for American Baseball Research.
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Bob Tewksbury was not afraid of the ball getting hit, realizing that most balls put in play are outs.
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Bob Tewksbury would vary the speeds of his offerings to frustrate the batters' timing.
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Bob Tewksbury was inducted into the Saint Leo Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
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