Kent Tekulve Biography

Kenton Charles "Teke" Tekulve (born March 5, 1947), is an American former expert baseball right-passed alleviation pitcher, who performed sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), normally for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He additionally performed for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. Pitching with an uncommon submarine delivery, Tekulve becomes called a workhorse alleviation pitcher who holds numerous data for the number of video games pitched and innings pitched. Tekulve is a 1969 graduate of Marietta College in Ohio. He signed that yr as a loose agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates and remained with that enterprise till 1985. He made his predominant league debut in opposition to the Montreal Expos on May 20, 1974. He pitched an inning of alleviation and allowed one hit withinside the 4–2 loss. His satisfactory seasons got here in 1978 and 1979, in each of which he stored 31 video games and published ERAs of 2.33 and 2.75, respectively. He stored 3 video games withinside the 1979 World Series such as the winner, as his Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4–3. He becomes decided on as an All-Star in 1980. Early withinside the 1985 season, Tekulve becomes traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Holland and a minor leaguer, Frankie Griffin. He persevered to be a powerful reliever into his 40s. Only in his first season (1974) and his remaining season (1989) did he submit an ERA above 4. While with the Phillies, he led the NL in video games pitched for the fourth time, with ninety in 1987 at the age of 40. Tekulve signed with the Cincinnati Reds earlier than the 1989 season and pitched in 37 video games earlier than retiring in July. Tekulve seemed in a 1983 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to give an explanation for how human beings play baseball. Tekulve become a member of the Philadelphia Phillies tv broadcast group from 1991 to 1997. After numerous years of involvement with the Washington Wild Things of the impartial Frontier League, Tekulve took an activity because of the Pittsburgh Pirates' boost scout in 2006.

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