McGregor was an integral member of the 1983 World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles team,pitching a complete game shutout to clinch the series victory.[1]
Known for constantly changing speeds of his pitches,McGregor was a 20-game winner in 1980 and was named an American League (AL) All-Star in 1981.[1]
After his playing career,he became a youth pastor before returning to serve as a major league coach.[1] He was most recently the pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
McGregor was solid[clarification needed] in two postseasons with the Orioles in 1979 and 1983. McGregor sent the Orioles to the World Series by clinching the 1979 ALCS with a Game 4 shutout of the California Angels. He pitched a complete-game victory in Pittsburgh in Game 3 of the World Series. Despite taking the loss in Game 7,McGregor yielded two runs in 8 innings to Willie Stargell and the eventual champion Pirates.[citation needed]
In the 1983 postseason,McGregor allowed only two runs in the openers of the ALCS and World Series,but lost both games by scores of 2–1 to the White Sox and Phillies,respectively. However,in Game 5,he shut out the Phillies in a complete game to end the series,four games to one. He remained a starting pitcher on the Orioles for the next five seasons,and made his final appearance on April 27,1988.[citation needed]
McGregor was a better than average fielding pitcher in his major league career. In 356 pitching appearances covering 2,140.2 innings,he committed only nine errors in 445 total chances for a .980 fielding percentage,which was 24 points higher than the league average at his position.[9]
After his baseball career ended,McGregor worked as a youth pastor and for five years headed a church in Towson,Maryland.[10]
In 2002,McGregor returned to baseball as a pitching coach in Class A ball,and began working his way up.[10] He was named interim Orioles bullpen coach on August 16,2013,succeeding Bill Castro who was promoted to pitching coach after Rick Adair took a leave of absence for personal reasons.[11] He did not return in 2014.[citation needed]
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