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Rick Langford
Pitcher
Born: (1952-03-20) March 20, 1952 (age 72)
Farmville, Virginia
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 13, 1976, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
July 13, 1986, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Win–loss record73–106
Earned run average4.01
Strikeouts671
Teams

James Rick Langford (born March 20, 1952), is an American retired professional baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball from 1976 through 1986. He has served as a coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Career

Langford grew up in Varina, Virginia. He attended Varina High School, where he participated in four sports.[1] He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a free agent in 1973. He made his MLB debut with the Pirates in 1976. Before the 1977 season, the Pirates traded Langford, Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich and Mitchell Page to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Chris Batton, and Tommy Helms.[2]

In 1980, Langford he pitched 22 consecutive complete games.[3] Langford led the American League in complete games and innings pitched that year, and also won a career high 19 games for the Athletics. In 1983, Langford was hit by a line drive in his elbow and tore a muscle in the elbow when trying to play through the injury.[4] He had a 4-19 win-loss record from the 1983 through 1986 seasons.[3]

Langford joined the Toronto Blue Jays organization in 1996 as a pitching coach in Minor League Baseball.[5] He served as the major league pitching coach in 2002.[5] After the 2008 season, the Blue Jays named Langford their roving minor league pitching instructor.[6] The Blue Jays named Langford their major league bullpen coach for the 2010 season.[5] After the 2010 season, he became the Blue Jays' pitching rehab coordinator.[7] He became the pitching coach for the Syracuse Chiefs of the Class AAA International League.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pitching coach has total credibility | Sports". richmond.com. May 28, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (March 17, 1977). "Pirates, A's Swap 9 Players; Garner and Medich Key Men". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "In 1980, Rick Langford pulled off a now-forgotten, unbelievable streak". ESPN. May 17, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Big Read: Rick Langford – The Closer". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Blue Jays complete coaching staff for 2010". Major League Baseball. June 20, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Blue Jays round out minor-league staff". Toronto Star. October 10, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  7. ^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/tor/y2010/m11/d30/c16228984.jsp
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