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Terry Mulholland
Born: 1963

LHP 1986, 88- Giants, Phillies, Yankees, Mariners, Cubs, Braves, Pirates, Dodgers

Terry Mulholland's Teammates

  • All-Star in 1993

IPW-LERA
Career 2146.2112-1244.28
League DS 6.10-19.95
League CS 7.20-14.70
World Series 14.11-06.91

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Known for his mental toughness and ability to start or relieve, Mulholland pitched effectively in both roles throughout most of his career. His flexibility made him attractive to playoff contenders and he was traded four times during the season as a result.

Called up by the San Francisco Giants in mid-1988 after a spate of injuries struck their rotation, Mulholland went 2-1 before breaking his arm and missing the last two months of the season. It was feared he might never pitch again, but he came back in 1989 and was one of the players sent to the Philadelphia Phillies in return for Steve Bedrosian.

Mulholland pitched effectively as a starter for the Phillies. He tossed a no-hitter against the Giants on August 15, 1990, and led the National League in complete games in 1992 with 12. He made the All-Star Team in 1993, his final year with the Phillies, when he posted a 3.25 ERA and a 12-9 record.

Trying to get younger, the Phillies shipped Mulholland on February 9, 1994 to the New York Yankees in exchange for Bobby Munoz and Kevin Jordan. Unfortunately, the pressure of pitching in New York seemed to rattle Mulholland. He went just 6-7 with an abysmal ERA of 6.49 in what was his worst season. The Yankees allowed him to depart as a free agent and he returned to the Giants, signing with them on April 8, 1995.

Mulholland wasn't much better in '95, posting a 5-13 record with a 5.80 ERA in 29 games, 24 of them starts. Again, he was allowed to leave via free agency, and this time he re-signed with the Phillies. He pitched slightly better in 1996, and was dealt on July 31, 1996 to the Seattle Mariners for middle infield prospect Desi Relaford. He remained in Seattle for just two months, however, signing with the Chicago Cubs on December 9, 1996.

The following season was more of the same for Mulholland. He pitched adequately with the Cubs and was claimed on waivers by the Giants (again) on August 8, 1996. He pitched almost strictly out of the bullpen for them, and while his strikeout-to-walk ratio was good at 25-6, his ERA was an unimpressive 5.16.

Mulholland returned to the Cubs for the 1998 and part of the '99 season, before being shipped to the Atlanta Braves with Jose Hernandez for prospects Ruben Quevedo and Micah Bowie on July 31, 1999. He spent the better parts of two seasons with the Braves in a swing role before signing with the Pirates prior to the 2001 campaign.

Always known for his control, Mulholland lacked dominant stuff and was never much of a strikeout pitcher. However, his strikeout-to-walk ratio was consistently superb, due to his refusal to give in to hitters. He walked more than fifty batters in a season just once in his career, in 1997. He also possessed arguably the best pickoff move in baseball. He was almost impossible to run against and by the middle of his career, few runners dared even try. (JFC/GL)


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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» September 3, 1986: Pitching in the 3rd inning against the Mets, Giants rookie Terry Mulholland snags a hard grounder off Keith Hernandez but can't retrieve the ball from the webbing of his glove. Thinking fast, Mulholland runs towards first and tosses his mitt to 1B Bob Brenly for the out. The Giants come up short, losing 4–2.

» June 18, 1989: The struggling Phillies trade. Reliever Steve Bedrosian and a player to be named later go to the Giants for pitchers Dennis Cook and Terry Mulholland and 3B Charlie Hayes, then send 2B-OF Juan Samuel to the Mets for OF Len Dykstra, P Roger McDowell, and another player to be named later.

» August 15, 1990: The Phillies Terry Mulholland spins the major leagues' 8th no-hitter of the season. Mulholland faces the minimum 27 batters in blanking the Giants 6–0, as just one runner reaches base on a throwing error by Charlie Hayes. But Hayes makes the last putout by grabbing a Gary Carter line drive. John Kruk also makes a crucial play by reaching into the stands to pull back a one-out popup by Matt Williams in the 8th.

» September 25, 1990: Tough day at the office for Terry Mulholland. The Phillies P allows just two Card baserunners -- Bernard Gilkey's leadoff triple and double later -- and loses 1–0.

» June 15, 1992: Jeff King of the Pirates becomes the 5th player in major league history to be caught stealing twice in an inning. In the 5th inning of Pittsburgh's game against Philadelphia, King leads off with a single. He's trapped off base, but collides with Phillies P Terry Mulholland as he tries to get back. Mulholland is called for interference, and King is charged with a caught stealing, even though he remained on base. Later that inning, he is thrown out attempting to steal 3B. The Phillies win the game by a score of 4–1.

» September 2, 1992: Phillies P Terry Mulholland sets a major league record with his 14th pickoff of the season, as he catches Pete Incaviglia of the Astros off base in the 6th inning. Houston wins the game by a score of 3–2.

» September 18, 1992: Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds hits his 30th home run of the season off Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland in the Pirates' 5–2 win over the Phillies. Bonds thus becomes the 5th player in history to have a pair of 30-HR, 30-stolen bases seasons. The others include his father, Willie Mays, Howard Johnson, and Ron Gant.

» August 21, 1993: After allowing a homer in a 3–2 loss to Houston, Phils pitcher Terry Mulholland breaks his right hand punching a water cooler. "It's stupid, but it really would've been stupid if I had hit it with my left hand," responds the southpaw.

» September 1, 1993: Terry Mulholland beats the Cubs, 4–1, the 149th game in a row the Phils have scored, one short of National League record set by Pittsburgh 1924-5.

» October 17, 1993: home runs by Jim Eisenreich, a three run blast, and Lenny Dykstra lead Philadelphia to a 6-4 win over Toronto to even the Series at a game apiece. Terry Mulholland records the win.

» February 9, 1994: The Phillies trade P Terry Mulholland and a player to be named to the Yankees in exchange for P Bobby Munoz, 2B Kevin Jordan, and minor league P Ryan Karp.

» May 21, 1996: The Phils Terry Mulholland defeats the Padres, 5-4. Mulholland, who entered the game with the 3rd-lowest batting average in history of any player with 400 at bats, clouts a 407-foot home run in the 2nd inning off Sean Bergman. As Mulholland explains, "Most great power hitters don't hit for a high average."

» July 31, 1996: The Phillies trade P Terry Mulholland, 33, to the Mariners in exchange for struggling blue chipper Desi Relaford.

» August 8, 1997: The Mets trade OF Lance Johnson, P Mark Clark, and IF Manny Alexander to the Cubs for pitchers Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell, and OF Brian McRae. The Cubs also waive Terry Mulholland to the Giants.

» April 24, 1999: In New York's 2–0 loss to the Cubs, Mets' leadoff man Rickey Henderson bats five times, going 2-for-4, and on each occasion he leads off the inning. The Mets strand 12 as Chicago reliever Terry Mulholland throws six 2/3 scoreless innings. Sammy Sosa homers for Chicago.

» July 31, 1999: The Braves obtain well-traveled P Terry Mulholland and IF Jose Hernandez from the Cubs in exchange for pitchers Micah Bowie and Ruben Quevedo and a player to be named. Hernandez, a free agent to be, turned down a 3-year $9 million offer from the Cubs. Bowie will post a 9.96 ERA for the Cubs and an overall 10.24 ERA in 11 games, a major-league record worst for 10+ appearances.

» December 8, 2000: The Pirates sign free agent P Terry Mulholland to a 2-year contract.

» July 31, 2001: The Pirates trade P Terry Mulholland to the Dodgers for pitchers Mike Fetters and Adrian Burnside.

» July 28, 2002: The Indians send P Paul Shuey to the Dodgers. In return, the Tribe gets P Terry Mulholland and minor league pitchers Ricardo Rodriguez and Francisco Cruceta.