Dick Bosman

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American baseball player (born 1944)

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Field	Value
name	Dick Bosman
image	1973 Cleveland Indians Postcards Dick Bosman.jpg
position	Pitcher
birth_date
birth_place	Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
bats	Right
throws	Right
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	June 1
debutyear	1966
debutteam	Washington Senators
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	September 19
finalyear	1976
finalteam	Oakland Athletics
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Win–loss record
stat1value	82–85
stat2label	Earned run average
stat2value	3.67
stat3label	Strikeouts
stat3value	757
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Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (–)
Cleveland Indians (–)
Oakland Athletics (–) As coach
Chicago White Sox (–)
Baltimore Orioles (–)
Texas Rangers (–) |highlights=
AL ERA leader (1969)
Pitched a no-hitter on July 19, 1974 Richard Allen Bosman (born February 17, 1944) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (1966–73), Cleveland Indians (1973–75), and Oakland Athletics (1975–76). Bosman started the final game for the expansion Senators and the first game for the Texas Rangers. He is the only pitcher in Major League history to miss a perfect game due to his own fielding error.

Baseball career

Bosman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in . Following that season, he was drafted from the Pirates by the San Francisco Giants, and then a year later was drafted again by the Senators. After another season in the minors, Bosman made his major league debut on June 1, .

Bosman pitched for the Senators, and later the Rangers, for eight seasons. In 1969, he compiled a 14–5 mark and led the league in earned run average (2.19). He reached a career-high 16 victories in 1970, one of which was a one-hit, 1-0 shutout against Minnesota on August 14. César Tovar gave him the Twins' only hit, a single.

Bosman was traded, along with Ted Ford, from the Rangers to the Indians for Steve Dunning on May 10, 1973. On July 19, 1974, Bosman no-hit the defending World Series Champion Oakland Athletics, a team that would go on to win the 1974 World Series to three-peat after winning the World Series in 1972 and 1973. He missed a rare perfect game due only to his own throwing error in the fourth inning, which gave the A's their lone baserunner in a 4-0 Indians victory.

The following season, Bosman would be traded to the very team he no-hit, as he was traded by the Indians, along with Jim Perry, to the A's in exchange for Blue Moon Odom. During the season, Bosman won 11 games to help Oakland to a division title. He remained with Oakland in , but was released by the A's in spring training of , bringing his baseball career to an end.

Bosman compiled 82 wins, 757 strikeouts, and a 3.67 earned run average. After retiring, he served as a pitching coach for the Chicago White Sox (1986–87), Rochester Red Wings (1988–91), Baltimore Orioles (1992–94), Texas Rangers (1995–2000), and was a coach in the Tampa Bay Rays' system from 2001. Known for teaching pitchers how to control the running game, Bosman had a hand in developing James Shields, Wade Davis, Jake McGee, Jeremy Hellickson and Alex Cobb. Bosman retired after the conclusion of the 2018 season.

References

Sources

Robbins, Mike (2004). Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality (New York: Carroll & Graf).
Schneider, Russell (2005). The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia, 3d ed. (Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing LLC).

References

"Dick Bosman Stats".
Schneider (2005), p. 142; Robbins (2004), p. 240; [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1974/B07190CLE1974.htm Boxscore—Game Played on Friday, July 19, 1974 (N) at Cleveland Stadium]. Retrosheet. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.
"1963 Major League Baseball Transactions".
"Minnesota Twins at Washington Senators Box Score, August 13, 1970".
[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/11/archives/bosman-sent-to-indians-by-rangers-for-dunning.html "Bosman Sent to Indians By Rangers for Dunning," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Thursday, May 10, 1973.] Retrieved January 21, 2023.
"Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians Box Score, July 19, 1974".
(1975-05-21). "Indians Send Jim Perry, Bosman to A's for Odom". The New York Times.
"Dick Bosman Baseball Stats {{!}} Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/2018/09/26/rays-kevin-kiermaier-sidelined-by-right-foot-fracture/ Topkin, Marc. "Rays journal: Kevin Kiermaier breaks foot in wild 8–7 win over Yankees," ''Tampa Bay Times'', Thursday, September 27, 2018.] Retrieved September 27, 2018

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