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Charles Nagy
Born: 1967

RHP 1990- Indians

Charles Nagy's Teammates

  • All-Star in 1992, 96, 99

IPW-LERA
Career 1823.1123-934.32
League DS 403-25.18
League CS 30.20-12.64
World Series 140-16.43

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Except for two seasons lost to arm surgery, Nagy was the most reliable starter for the Indians during their glory days of the late 1990s. He and Greg Maddux were the only the two pitchers to win 15 games each year from 1995 to 1999. But Nagy's best season was a 17-10 campaign in 1992 in which he posted a career-low 2.96 ERA while hurling a career-high 252 innings. He credited his success to the mentoring of veteran hurler Tom Candiotti, who had been traded to Toronto the year before.

Nagy was not a dominant pitcher, but he enjoyed incredible run support from his teammates. A low-key but fierce competitor, his calm demeanor belied his intensity. He was elected as the team's union representative, he once said, because he wore glasses in the clubhouse and the specs made his teammates think he was smart.

Although Nagy was born in Connecticut, his family was originally from Hungary. In June 1999 he was invited to dine with President Clinton and the Hungarian president at the White House. "I can't speak Hungarian," said Nagy. "There wasn't a whole lot to talk about." (JGR)


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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» August 8, 1992: Cleveland P Charles Nagy hurls a one-hitter against the Orioles, defeating Baltimore by a score of 6-0. Glenn Davis gets the only Baltimore safety.

» May 15, 1993: In Milwaukee, Cleveland starter Charles Nagy (2–6) leaves the game with a shoulder injury after pitching to just two batters. Nagy will go on the DL in two days and undergo surgery on June 29.

» June 19, 1994: Detroit beats Toronto by a score of 3-1. Mickey Tettleton homers for the Tigers, marking the 25th consecutive game in which a Detroit player had hit a round-tripper. That ties the major league record held by the 1941 Yankees. Cleveland's Charles Nagy and Eric Plunk will stop the streak tomorrow.

» September 8, 1996: In the Indians DH split with the Mariners, Jim Thome knocks in his 100th run in opener, a 15–4 win. Thome reaches the 30 homer, 100 runs, 100 runs, 100 walks—just the 2nd Indian to ever do that. Al Rosen in 1950 was the other. Charles Nagy (15-4) wins game 1, while the M's prevail 6–5 in the nitecap.

» August 4, 1997: Manny Ramirez homers and drives in four runs, and Jim Thome hits his 30th homer as the Indians beat Detroit, 7–2. Charles Nagy improves to 12-4 lifetime against the Tigers, his most wins against any club. Thome is the first Cleveland lefthanded hitter to hit 30 homers in successive seasons since Hal Trosky in 1936-37. Scott Sanders (3-9), making his fourth start since being traded to Detroit from Seattle, was the loser. He has lost all three of his decisions in a Tigers uniform.

» September 16, 1997: Jimmy Key, 0–7 in his last nine starts at Camden Yards, beats the Cleveland Indians 7-2 to give the Orioles a split in a day-night doubleheader. Roberto Alomar has three hits and three RBIs and Brady Anderson and Rafael Palmeiro homer in the win. In the opener, Charles Nagy pitches five-hit ball into the seventh inning and Matt Williams drives home two runs to lead the Indians to a 4-2 victory.

» October 15, 1997: The Orioles waste another magnificent effort by Mike Mussina as the Indians score the game's only run on Tony Fernandez's 12th-inning home run to win, 1-0. Mussina hurls eight shutout innings and allows just one hit, while walking two and striking out 10. Charles Nagy does not give up a run in seven 1/3 innings for the Indians, while surrendering nine hits, as the O's leave 14 batters on base.

» July 22, 1999: Toronto defeats Cleveland, 4-3. Indians manager Mike Hargrove accidentally hands in an incorrect lineup card, forcing Cleveland to forfeit the DH and bat P Charles Nagy in the 7th spot in the batting order. Nagy fails to get a hit in his two at bats.

» October 7, 1999: The Indians slug the Red Sox, 11-1, to take a two game lead in their division series. Charles Nagy gets the win for Cleveland, as Harold Baines hits a 3-run homer and Jim Thome, a grand slam.