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Jim ClancyJames Clancy (born December 18, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. A right-handed starter, Clancy made his debut in 1977 with the expansion Toronto Blue Jays, starting 13 games and struggling to a 4-9 record and 5.05 ERA. Over the next decade, however, Clancy established himself as a dependable starter who regularly posted 13 to 16 wins an ERA below 4.00 (above average) each year. Some of his best seasons include 1982 when he went 16-14 with a 3.71 ERA and 1987 when he went 15-11 with a 3.54 ERA and 180 strikeouts, a career best. Clancy signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros after the 1988 season but was unable to demonstrate the consistency he had shown with Toronto over the rest of his career. After posting a 5.08 ERA in 1989, Clancy was relegated to mainly relief work in 1990 and 1991. He was traded at the trade deadline to the Atlanta Braves, with whom he appeared in his second postseason (after 1985 with Toronto) and first World Series that fall. Clancy pitched in 3 games and picked up a victory but the Braves lost to the Minnesota Twins four games to three. Clancy signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs prior to the 1992 season but didn't play. He finished his career with 140 wins, 167 losses, 1422 strikeouts and a 4.23 ERA. External links Clancy, Jim Clancy, Jim Clancy, Jim Clancy, Jim
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