Bob Stanley (baseball)

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168+1⁄3 innings pitched. As of the beginning of the 2022 season, this remains the American League record for innings pitched by a relief pitcher. [7] While he was not named to the All-Star team, Stanley was recognized with down-ballot votes for the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards. He was named to his second All-Star team the following season, 1983, appearing in 64 games and pitching 145+1⁄3 innings, while recording 33 saves and a 2.85 ERA, and he remained a fixture of the Red Sox bullpen in the years which followed. [8]

Stanley was a key member of the 1986 Red Sox team that came within one strike of winning the World Series but ultimately fell to the New York Mets in seven games. Stanley entered Game 6 with the Red Sox one out away from clinching their first World Series since 1918, holding a one-run lead with runners on first and third. Stanley threw a wild pitch to Mookie Wilson which allowed Kevin Mitchell to score the tying run and Ray Knight to move to second base, putting him in position to score the winning run on Bill Buckner's fielding error. Stanley and the Red Sox returned to Shea Stadium for Game 7, which the New York Mets won by a score of 8–5. [9]

In 1987, Stanley was converted to a regular starting pitcher for the first time since 1979, compiling a 4–15 record with 67 strikeouts and a 5.01 ERA. [4] After returning to the bullpen to pitch two more seasons as a reliever, Stanley announced his retirement on September 25, 1989. In a 13-year career spent entirely with the Red Sox, he compiled a 115–97 win–loss record with 693 strikeouts, a 3.64 ERA, 21 complete games, seven shutouts, 132 saves, and 1707 innings pitched in 637 games (85 as a starter). [4]

A sinker ball specialist, Stanley is the Red Sox all-time leader in appearances and relief wins, and was inducted to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000. Stanley was also the team's all-time saves leader, a record he held for 20 years, until Jonathan Papelbon tied him on June 29, 2009, and then passed him on July 1, 2009. [10] Stanley is the first, and to date only, player born in Maine to be named to an MLB All-Star Game. [11]

Coaching career

Prior to joining the Blue Jays, Stanley served as a minor league pitching coach in the New York Mets' and San Francisco Giants' organizations, including service with the Connecticut Defenders, the Giants' Double-A Eastern League affiliate.

On December 23, 2011, Stanley was announced as the pitching coach for the Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s. [12] On January 7, 2013, Toronto announced that Stanley would be the pitching coach for their new Triple-A farm club, the Buffalo Bisons. [13]

Almost a year later, on January 4, 2014, the Blue Jays announced that Stanley would be replacing Pat Hentgen as their bullpen coach. [14] On December 19, Stanley was named the pitching coach for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. [15] On January 19, 2016, Stanley was announced as returning to the Buffalo Bisons. [16] Stanley was confirmed to return for a third season as the Bisons' pitching coach on January 19, 2017. [17]

Personal

During his career, Stanley earned the nicknames "the Steamer" and "Bigfoot." [8] He lives in the Seacoast region of southern New Hampshire. On April 4, 2011, he was named President of the Seacoast Mavericks of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). On June 10, 2011, Stanley threw out the first pitch to inaugurate the Martha's Vineyard Sharks of the FCBL.

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  2. ↑ "Bob Stanley baseball card (No. 175)". Topps. 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2021– via comc.com.
  3. ↑ Moretti, Mike (May 23, 1973). "Bloomfield fails test; Kearny breezes". Herald News . Passaic, New Jersey. p. 52. Retrieved February 1, 2021– via newspapers.com.
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  7. ↑ "MLB Relief Pitching Records | Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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Bob Stanley
1978 Boston Red Sox Photocards Bob Stanley.jpg
Pitcher
Born: (1954-11-10) November 10, 1954 (age 67)
Portland, Maine
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1977, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 5, 1989, for the Boston Red Sox
Preceded by Toronto Blue Jays bullpen coach
2014		Succeeded by
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