Charles Harrison Nagy was born on May 5,1967 and is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from 1990 to 2003.
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24 Facts About Charles Nagy
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Charles Nagy served as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2011 to 2013 and the Los Angeles Angels from 2016 to 2018.
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Charles Nagy attended Roger Ludlowe High School in Fairfield, Connecticut, where he starred in baseball and football.
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Charles Nagy was the first Huskies player drafted in the first round and the first to be named the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, which he won twice.
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Charles Nagy was a member of the Team USA Baseball that competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea as a demonstration sport.
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Charles Nagy was taken in the first round as the 17th overall pick by the Cleveland Indians during the 1988 Major League Baseball draft amateur draft.
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Charles Nagy was selected as a compensation pick from the San Francisco Giants for the signing of Brett Butler.
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Charles Nagy was the second of three first round picks selected by the Indians, sandwiched between SS Mark Lewis and pitcher Jeff Mutis.
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Charles Nagy was quickly promoted to Canton–Akron Indians, the Double-A affiliate in the Eastern League.
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Charles Nagy was called up to Cleveland, a hapless club that would finish 4th in AL East and was in desperate need of starting pitching.
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Charles Nagy pitched 10 complete games and pitched three of out of his six career shutouts that year while making his first All-Star appearance.
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Charles Nagy hit an infield single off Doug Jones while wearing a Texas Rangers batting helmet.
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Charles Nagy was the 19th pitcher to get a hit in the All-Star Game, and is the only pitcher to record a hit in the All-Star Game in the designated hitter era.
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On May 15,1993, Charles Nagy left a game against the Milwaukee Brewers with a shoulder injury after pitching to just two batters.
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Charles Nagy pitched well in the division and league championship series, giving up two earned runs in 15 innings, but surrendered five earned runs in seven innings in Game 3 of the 1995 World Series.
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In 1999, Charles Nagy batted twice in a game against Toronto, after confusion over the initial lineup card.
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However, Charles Nagy was placed on the disabled list on May 16,2000, snapping a streak of 192 consecutive starts dating back to October 3,1993.
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Charles Nagy was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Cleveland Indians Team Hall of Fame on August 11,2007.
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On October 26,2010, Charles Nagy was named pitching coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Charles Nagy was fired by general manager Kevin Towers on October 7,2013 partly for refusing to instruct pitchers to hit players on opposing teams.
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In February 2015, Charles Nagy was hired again by the Cleveland Indians as Special Assistant to Player Development along with Travis Hafner and John McDonald.
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On November 2,2015, Charles Nagy was named the pitching coach of the Los Angeles Angels.
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Charles Nagy established an endowed baseball scholarship at UConn with a gift of $100,000.
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