William Roger Clemens ( born William Roger Clemens ; born August 4, 1962 in Dayton , Ohio ) is an American professional baseball player , a right-handed reliever . From 1984 to 2007, he played in the Major League Baseball for the teams of the Boston Red Sox , Toronto Blue Jays , New York Yankees and Houston Astros . Clemens won the Sai Young Prize seven times every year, awarded to the best pitcher of the league, in 1986 he was also recognized as the most valuable player in the American League. As part of the New York Yankees, Clemens twice, in 1999 and 2000, won the World Series .
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| Date of Birth | August 4, 1962 (57 years old) | ||
| Place of Birth | Dayton ohio | ||
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| May 15, 1984 for the Boston Red Sox | |||
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| Victory wins | 354-184 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.12 | ||
| Strikeouts | 4672 | ||
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In 2007, former US Senator George John Mitchell , who investigated cases of doping in baseball, accused Clemens of using anabolic steroids at the end of his career. Clemens himself, before Congress, vowed to deny the use of illegal drugs.
The early years
Clemens was born in Dayton ( Ohio ) in the family of Bill and Bess Clemens and was the youngest of five children [1] . His grandfather Joseph Clemens immigrated from Germany in the 1880s [2] . When Roger was still in his infancy, his parents separated and he continued to live with his mother, who soon married Woody Bucher, whom Clemens considers to be his father. Bucher died when Roger was nine years old and, according to Clemens, the only time he envied other players was when he saw other children in a club locker room with his parents [3] . Until 1977, he lived in Vandalia (Ohio), and went to high school in Houston ( Texas ). At Spring Woods, he played baseball under the guidance of coach Charles Majorana [4] . He also played football and basketball. [3] In his final year of high school, he was spotted by scouts of the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins and asked him to sign a contract with them, but Roger decided to go to university [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Pearlman, Jeff The Rocket That Fell To Earth . sports.yahoo.com (May 23, 2009). Date of treatment February 7, 2015.
- ↑ United States Census, 1940; pal: /MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27868-18168-72 - FamilySearch.org
- ↑ 1 2 Story, Mark 22 things you should know about 'Rocket' . Lexington Herald-Leader (June 6, 2006). Date of treatment July 11, 2009. Archived June 15, 2006.
- ↑ Charlie Maiorana . Karl Young College Baseball. Date of treatment July 15, 2011. Archived on June 4, 2011.
- ↑ Roger Clemens Foundation Archived July 8, 2008 on Wayback Machine