Joaquin Andujar

Nickname: One Tough Dominican, El Loco
Years Played: 1976-1988
Teams: Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland A’s
Highlights/Awards: 4 Time All-Star (77,79,84,85), World Series Champion in ’82, GoldGlove in ‘84
Career Stats: 127-118, 3.58 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 1032 K, 731 BB, 9 SV
Best Season: 1984; 20-14, 3.52 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 147 K, 70 BB
DYK: Led the NL in hit batsmen in ’84 and ’85. Really enjoyed cocaine. Once removed himself from a game because of jock itch.
Thoughts: Lots of memories of Andujar from my younger years. The two most prominent are him winning two games in the ’82 World Series including Game 7, and his meltdown in Game 7 of the ’85 World Series. This guy was a quote machine, I’ll leave you with some of his better ones:
"How can I play baseball if I'm stupid? If I was stupid I wouldn't have pitched in the World Series. I'd be playing ball in Mexico or Yugoslavia or on Pluto."
"It wasn't my arm (that was injured). It was my forearm."
"I win or I die."
"That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much."
"There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.'"
"You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die."