While a student at Houston's Westchester High School, the left-handed Clyde pitched five no-hitters, including two perfect games. A high school star, the homegrown Texan went 18-0 during his senior . [2] Short was looking for some sort of way to boost attendance, and found it using fellow Texas native Clyde. It was like taking a kid and throwing him into brain surgery without going to medical school. David Clyde1. Phoenix, AZ 85004 He was 18-33 with a 4.63 ERA, arm problems finally forcing his retirement. 5 David Fuller, Legion Tournament Starts Here Wednesday, Longview News-Journal, August 8, 1971: 10. Now 19, it would have been beneficial for David to head to the minors and get himself better acquainted with the pro game. I felt that's how much better I had to be." When he made his next start on July 5, Clyde was pulled in the first inning after ceding a hit and three walks to the Yankees. Clyde is one of just three high school pitchers drafted first overall (the other two being Brien Taylor and Brady Aiken) and the only one to make it to MLB. He never had the advantage of going to the minors and pitching against kids his own age. "It might have been different if that hadn't happened," said Nelson. 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More important to Short, Clyde had attracted 35,698 customers, the Rangers' largest crowd that season. He was roughed up by the Milwaukee Brewers in his next outing but then rebounded to throw six innings of two-run ball against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Off the field, Clyde spent freely and partied excessively in an attempt to fit in with his older teammates. The top pick in the 1973 June amateur draft belonged to the Texas Rangers, a distinction earned from owning the major-leagues worst record (54-100) in 1972. [3], Prior to the draft, the Texas Rangers held the second lowest attendance in the American League, ahead of only the Cleveland Indians despite having Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams as manager at one point. He's a pitching coach for the Houston Miracles, a Christian-based team of mostly high school seniors, who are advised how to live their life as well as how to throw a fastball. If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider Phone: 713-820-8511 Years at Premier: 1 Years as Instructor/Coach: 19 High School: Tomball High School College: TAMU-Corpus Christi Highest Level Played: College Greatest Coaching Moment: Striving to help young people shake hands with their futures since 2001. Art Fowlers job was to get drunk with Billy on the road, recalled Shropshire. Clyde spent the winter working out in Houston and went to spring training poised for a homecoming. 14 Whitey Herzog and Jonathan Pitts, Youre Missin a Great Game (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 169. The kid should've gone to the minors after two starts.''. He was the first child born to Joseph Eugene Gene and Amy (ne Glass) Clyde. Clyde went directly to the Florida Instructional League at the end of the 1974 season to work on his off-speed pitches under the guidance of Rangers minor-league pitching coach Sid Hudson. Find out more. Do you have a blog? "All my players from all over crying, broke down. David Eugene Clyde (born April 22, 1955) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons with the Texas Rangers (19731975) and Cleveland Indians (19781979). [8], Named a "sensation",[5][11] "phenomenon",[3] or other hyped up words in his first two years in the league, most of Clyde's troubles were attributed to the rush to get him into the majors before he was ready. I know the situation and I know what he needs. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. 9 Harold McKinney, Clyde Could Solve Two Ranger Problems, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 10, 1973: 39. He pitched five innings of one-hit ball and struck out 8 Twins (walking 7) to pick up the win. He ultimately pitched 28 times, with 21 starts, and did not win again, finishing 3-9 with a 4.38 ERA in 117 innings. David Clyde was perhaps the most dominating pitcher in high school baseball history during his days at Houston Westchester High School from 1970 to 1973. Herzog had protected Clyde by limiting him to 110-120 pitches or seven innings, whichever came first.25 Martin took away any restrictions for his final two outings. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 - David Clyde, August 2003, to Baseball Digest. Clyde was the crown jewel in the 1973 Draft, no question about that. Clyde, who last pitched in the majors in 1979, receives an annual benefit of $8,750 per year (before taxes).53. I agreed to pitch Clyde two games, then farm him out to the minors, where he could build his arm and confidence over a couple of years, wrote Herzog in Youre Missin a Great Game.14. But it took him six more starts to win again. Two sellouts, however, for a team that was averaging roughly 6,000 fans a game caught Short's attention, and the 18-year-old Clyde became a mainstay in the Rangers rotation, his starts juggled so that 12 of his 18 starts were at Arlington Stadium. - David Clyde (1982), David Clyde Autograph on a 1974 Topps Baseball Card (#133 | Checklist), David Clyde Miscellaneous Items of Interest. ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. American League president Joe Cronin called it the biggest debut since Bob Feller came out of Iowa.15 A capacity crowd of 35,698the largest in the Rangers brief historypacked Arlington Stadium for the Wednesday night affair. David Eugene Clyde was born on April 22, 1955, in Kansas City, Kansas. [2] Longtime Rangers coach Jackie Moore agreed with Galloway, stating that Clyde and Corbett buying the team "went a long way toward saving the franchise". High School: Westchester HS (Houston, TX) School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) . Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Last-Modified: January 1, 2023 8:51 AM EST. Bob Short, the Rangers owner, added a provision designed more to fatten his wallet than help David excel. Clydes career arc serves as a cautionary tale for what can happen when a young player is rushed to the big leagues. [6], Clyde then pitched well in his second start against the Chicago White Sox, pitching six innings before a finger blister forced him out of the game. After two tough seasons back on the farm, the Rangers gave up on him, passing him off to the Cleveland Indians in a deal in February 1978. Fans remained ambivalent when Clyde was not pitching; fewer than 6,000 attended the other two games of the series. Short regularly staged promotions in an attempt to lure fans, including Bat Night, T-shirt Night, Keychain Night, and even Pantyhose Night. I was presented with the opportunity to settle for 50 cents on the dollar or roll the dice. With more than $30,000 in medical bills to pay, Clyde decided to settle rather than risk going to arbitration and getting nothing.50 While recovering, he spent nine months working sales jobs and driving a beer truck in Houston with hopes of making a comeback the following season.51. On June 7, 1973, at age 18 and fresh out of Westchester High School in Houston, David was selected by the Texas Rangers as the #1 overall pick in the Major League Draft. And a week before the 30th anniversary of his winning major league debut as an 18-year-old left-hander just out of high school, he was honored by the Rangers before Friday night's game with the Astros. The Rangers, in their second year in Texas after Short relocated the Washington Senators, had failed to capture the attention of north Texas in their inaugural season and were in desperate need of a gate attraction. Less than three weeks after his final high school game, Clyde debuted on June 27, 1973, against the Minnesota Twins. David Clyde Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com David Clyde Position: Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Left 6-1 , 180lb (185cm, 81kg) Born: April 22, 1955 (Age: 67-311d) in Kansas City, KS us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info 32 32 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Copyright 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. Amazingly, Clyde's name still appears nine times (from 14 originally) in the National High School Sports Record Book published by the NFHS " 36 years after his high school career . . "[9] He also said that Clyde "was one of the best young left-handed pitchers I've ever seen." 20 Clif Keane, Sox Best Crafty Clyde, Boston Globe, July 13, 1973: 53. var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'right';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = 'https://www.baseball-almanac.com/css/print.css';var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Did you know that you can compare David Clyde to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the His career would stretch over parts of five big-league seasons, with Texas from 1973-75 and Cleveland in 1978-79. ''When I see my kids on the Miracles slowing down their pitches to get control,'' he said, ''I tell them: 'Do you think Nolan Ryan learned to throw strikes at 100 miles an hour by practicing throwing at 70 m.p.h.? His career was sacrificed for a franchise.". Many thanks to him. The rookie recognized the reason behind his struggles. There are a lot of guys in the American League with a fastball much better than mine, but I dont care who you areif you cant get the off-speed pitches over, all they have to do is lay back and wait for the fastball, and eventually theyll bomb you, said Clyde after a loss to the Orioles on August 27.24. Theres been some confusion over the years on that, said Clyde in 2003. LESSON OPTIONS HITTING PITCHING FIELDING BASEBALL BIO Clyde grew up idolizing Sandy Koufax and played baseball from an early age, honing his skills throwing to Gene, a former semipro player. (Age 18-066d, I have to thank the Julians, the Hollywood producers who hope to make a movie about me.''. 31 Merron, The Riseand Fall of a Phenom.. Several months earlier, Clyde had been busy worrying about prom night or helping Westchester High School win a state championship. 28 Bruce Weber, Brad Corbett, Who Owned Texas Rangers, Dies at 75, New York Times, December 27, 2012: 25. Clyde then toiled for guilas del Zulia, a Maracaibo-based club in the Venezuelan winter league, where he won only one of his five decisions while posting a 5.50 ERA.33 After filing for divorce from Cheryl that winter, he required a tonsillectomy as he was set to depart for spring training in Florida. Plucked from a high school in nearby Houston, he had merely been 18-0 with a 0.18 ERA in 148 innings as a senior with five no-hitters. (2) You don't have to be a math guru to learn from real, interesting data. "If they ever start an Instructional League Hall of Fame, I'll be a charter member." They averaged 8,610 spectators at Arlington Stadium in 1972, and even fewer were showing up in 1973. 37 Bob Nold, Confidence Important for Reborn Clyde, Akron Beacon Journal, March 27, 1978: 24. April 22, 1955 Clyde struggled with his command, resulting in a move to the bullpen as the season wore on. [2], Twenty days after pitching his last high school game, Clyde won his first ever Major League start before over 35,000 fans in Arlington Stadium, the first sellout in stadium history. advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. But it turned out to be a fairy tale without a happy ending. [3], Clyde began the 1974 season with a 30 record,[9] then became embroiled in controversy following a dispute between new manager Billy Martin and general manager Bobby Brown. In addition to being in the skippers doghouse, Clyde received no instruction from his pitching coach, Art Fowler, who had replaced Estrada. After living for a time in New Jersey, his family moved to Houston, Texas in 1969. [8] He started one game in 1975 (a loss) before injuring his shoulder and was demoted to the Pittsfield Rangers of the Eastern League. He had been billed as the second coming of Sandy Koufax and signed for an $125,000 bonus and a free college education. [2], Clyde was praised by national publications such as Sports Illustrated and Newsweek prior to the 1973 MLB draft, and was the consensus among scouts as the best player available in the draft. Martin and Brown argued about what was the best way on handling Clyde's future development, which led to Brown's resignation and caused Clyde to miss a month before remaining on the Rangers roster for the rest of the year. 4 Jeff Merron, The Riseand Fall of a Phenom, ESPN.com, May 30, 2003, http://a.espncdn.com/mlb/s/2003/0529/1560431.html, accessed December 22, 2022. "[1], In a 2003 interview with the Associated Press, Clyde looked back on his career, recognizing that he was rushed too early, calling his career "a classic case of how not to handle a young talent", and stating that his case had a "black side" to it but that he made a contribution to the sport. 46 4 Cleveland Players Hit Homers to Back David Clydes 5-Hitter, Lima (Ohio) News, July 10, 1979: 16. With him, it was profit and loss and day to day.19 Thus, Clyde remained in the Rangers rotation as the team hit the road. 85004 he was 18-33 with a 4.63 ERA, arm problems finally forcing retirement... 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