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Bill Gullickson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)
Born: February 20, 1959 in Marshall, MN
Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL).
High School: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)
Debut: September 26, 1979 (11,876th in MLB history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: August 7, 1994
vs. TOR 2.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER
Full Name: William Lee Gullickson

Notable Events and Chronology for Bill Gullickson Career

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February 20, 1959

1959 – Bill Gullickson is born in Marshall, MN.

June 7, 1977

The Chicago White Sox select Harold Baines with the number-one pick in the June draft

September 10, 1980

Bill Gullickson strikesout 18 batters, the most strikeouts ever recorded by a rookie in a major league game

December 19, 1985

The Expos trade P Bill Gullickson and C Sal Butera to the Reds for 4 players

August 28, 1990

Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first second baseman in history to notch consecutive 30-home run seasons

August 27, 2011

Justin Verlander wins 20th in August for the first time since 1990

Biography

Bill Gullickson was the second player taken in the June 1977 draft, and his 10-5, 3.00 record in 1980 earned him TSN NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year honors, finishing runner-up (to Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Steve Howe) for the NL Rookie of the Year Award. Gullickson also set a rookie record for most strikeouts (18) in a game, broken in 1998 by Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood (20 strikeouts).

In 1981 he helped the Expos to their only division title with a 7-9, 2.81 record and beat the Phillies 3-1 in Game Two of the divisional playoff necessitated by the split-season format used after the players’ strike.

In the LCS, he lost Games One and Four to the Dodgers when Montreal could muster only one run each game for him. In an April 10, 1982 game, Gullickson tied the modern ML record with six wild pitches.

With the exception of the strike season, the consistent Gullickson was in double figures in wins every season from his rookie year on. Acquired by the Reds for 1986, he went 15 12. The Yankees traded Dennis Rasmussen to get Gullickson, in the last year of his contract, for their 1987 pennant drive, but he was unhappy with the atmosphere in the Bronx and accepted a $2 million offer to pitch in Japan the following season. Gullickson led the AL with 20 wins in 1991, finishing 8th in the AL Cy Young Award voting.

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