Born: august 4, 1962 dayton, oh
resides:houston,tx
m.l. sservice:12.142
personal: william
roger (rocket) clemens...married, debra lynn
godfrey...
children: Koby aaron 12/4/86 , kory allen 5/31/88 , kacy austin 7/27/94
,kody alec 5/15/96...
graduated from spring woods h.s. (houston tx) in 1980... p-1b
in h.s. and legion
ball . all-state in h.s.....all-district in football... won 3 letters
as a football
defensive end and two more as a basketball center ... had
a 2-year (1982-83)reacord at texas of 25-7 whit 241 strikeouts in
275 ip... all-american honors both years...in 1983, was winning pitcher
in final game of the college world series as texas beat alabama 4-3 for
ncaa title. 13-5, 3.04 for the longhorns (166 ip, 22 bb, 151 k)...also
won all-american honors at san jacinto j.c. (houston) in 1981...in feb.
1993 became first u of texas baseball alumnus to have his number (21) retired...red
sox first pick in 1983 june draft (19th overall)...in 1987 began a ticket
purchase program for youngsters under direction of boys and girls clubs
of boston...was very active in red sox charitable programs including the
jimmy fund (cancer research for children) and homeless projects.
in career active leaders in
power proficiency ratings (min.of 1500 innings pitched)
roger is in second place randy
johnson in first
rogers stats. as of
mar.'98
w-l
era
ip
so
bb so/9
bb/9
213-118
2.97 3,040.0
2,882 924
8.53 2.74
power proficiency rating
-so over bb per 9 innings
5.79
blue jays nemesis rocket roger has landed in toronto, but this time he's on their side. the four time cy young award winner should easily win 15+ games and strike out over 200 batters. he compiled a sub-average 10-13 record, but ended the year on an up-note with a 2.09 era and a 6-2 record in his last ten starts. clemens led the al in strikeouts with 257-- his eighth season with 200+ strikeouts. and he tied his own major league record by striking out 20 batters in a nine-inning game. clemens is still one of the most dominating pitchers in the game today. he has the endurance to last nine innings a good change-up to compliment his blazing fastball and he is one of the toughest to hit out of the park. eight times he struck out ten or more baters and he also stuck out the side 15 times. the only way to beat clemens is to get to him early, but that is easier said than done.
