Claudell Washington was an American baseball outfielder who played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball.
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25 Facts About Claudell Washington
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Claudell Washington played for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and California Angels from 1974 until 1990.
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Claudell Washington won the World Series that year and was selected as an All-Star in 1975.
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Claudell Washington was dealt to the Chicago White Sox and the New York Mets.
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Claudell Washington signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent in 1980 and was named an All-Star again in 1984.
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Claudell Washington later played for the New York Yankees and California Angels.
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Claudell Washington returned to the Yankees in 1990 and played his last game on June 18 that year.
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Claudell Washington was born in Los Angeles, on August 31,1954, and was raised in Berkeley.
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Claudell Washington attended Berkeley High School and worked as a janitor.
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Claudell Washington never played for his school's baseball team because the coach wanted him to pitch, while he desired to be an outfielder.
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Claudell Washington was nonetheless scouted while playing sandlot ball by Jim Guinn, who worked for the Oakland Athletics.
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Claudell Washington was one of the youngest All-Stars in major league history when he was named to the 1975 American League All-Star team at the age of 20.
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Claudell Washington was dealt along with Rusty Torres from the Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Bobby Bonds on May 16,1978.
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Claudell Washington was traded midway through the following season to the New York Mets for a minor leaguer.
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Claudell Washington repeated this feat on June 22,1980, while playing for the New York Mets.
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Claudell Washington became the third player to hit three home runs in a game in both the AL and the National League, after Babe Ruth and Johnny Mize.
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Claudell Washington became a free agent after the 1980 season, and signed with the Atlanta Braves before the 1981 season.
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Claudell Washington spent the next five and a half seasons with the Braves, and was named NL Player of the Month in September, 1982, and was named to the All-Star team again in 1984.
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In 1985, Claudell Washington was among a number of players caught up in the Pittsburgh drug trials scandal.
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Claudell Washington was traded in June 1986, from the Braves to the New York Yankees, along with Paul Zuvella, for outfielder Ken Griffey, Sr.
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Claudell Washington was part of yet another mid-season trade in April 1990, when he was traded back to the Yankees, along with Rich Monteleone, for outfielder Luis Polonia.
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Claudell Washington was eventually released by the Yankees, and retired following the 1990 season.
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Claudell Washington struck out 39 times against pitcher Nolan Ryan, more times than any other batter.
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Claudell Washington was 65, and had been suffering from prostate cancer since 2017.
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