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. SUMMARY Career WAR 0.6 W 18 L As a freshman, he was already the best pitcher on the varsity team. I know the situation and I know what he needs. In 128 innings, he walked 119 and struck out 90. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He pitched five innings of one-hit ball and struck out 8 Twins (walking 7) to pick up the win. David Clyde weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing. Former Teacher at Arlington ISD. Id have been happy with a $500 raise, Clyde said, looking back. Suarez called Clyde the most mature and adaptable 18-year-old Ive ever seen.22, Clyde, who was 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds with curly brown hair and sideburns, remained a major draw when the Rangers returned home. However, he was beset by tendinitis in his throwing shoulder during camp, and Texas released him on March 31.48 After his shoulder failed to improve with rest, Clyde underwent surgery on May 7.49 He was forced to pay for the operation out of pocket and subsequently filed a grievance against the Rangers for cutting him while injured. [5], In 1981, Clyde tried to restart his career with the Houston Astros, but he spent the season in the minor leagues splitting time between the Columbus Astros and Tucson Toros. [2] His dominance at the high school level attracted the attention of many MLB team scouts, many of whom billed Clyde as the "next Sandy Koufax" and others called him the "best pitching prospect they had ever seen". 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. Copyright 1999- David Clyde has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. That puts you on the 40-man roster.13 Clyde wanted to ensure he got to the big leagues within three years or had the opportunity to go elsewhere. In addition to being in the skippers doghouse, Clyde received no instruction from his pitching coach, Art Fowler, who had replaced Estrada. He was the last pitcher 21-or-younger to strike out 8 or more in his debut until Jose Fernandez did so on April 7, 2013. 27 Townsend, David Clyde: Franchise Savior and Cautionary Tale.. Or write about sports? "His legacy is when you see a young kid get drafted and someone in an organization declares, 'He's not going to be another David Clyde," the late Hal Keller, the Rangers scouting director at the time, said more than once in the ensuing years. 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. Baseball brought me a lot of heartaches, said Clyde 20 years after his memorable debut, but it made me a better person.55. 32 Ira Berkow. View a sample email. 42 Bob Nold, Tribe Faith in Clyde Rewarded, Akron Beacon Journal, May 17, 1978: 45. He was the first player selected in the 1973 amateur draft by the Rangers and received a $125,000 ($763,025 today) signing bonus, the highest bonus ever given to a draft pick at the time, and a free college education. "The correlation I felt was like going from high school to performing open heart surgery. [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. 2 The teenage phenom singlehandedly galvanized a fan base and saved a Rangers franchise that was in dire financial straits. That year the Texas Rangers held the first overall pick, having the worst record in baseball the previous strike-shortened season at 54100. Sports of The Times; The Mismanaged Career of David Clyde, https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-mismanaged-career-of-david-clyde.html. He had been billed as the second coming of Sandy Koufax and signed for an $125,000 bonus and a free college education. 36 Clyde Fond of New Obscurity, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 22, 1975: 31. In 19 starts, he compiled a 4-10 record and 6.85 ERA while walking more batters than he struck out. 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. [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. Following his nine years in the limelight of professional baseball, Clyde went to work with his father-in-law at McCauley Lumber Company in Tomball, Texas, a small town 40 miles outside of Houston. In 1976 his arm troubles began. 13,376th in major league history) His sophomore season included a perfect game against the defending state champions.4 Pitching for the Westchester American Legion squad that summer, he allowed only four runs in 83 innings while racking up 150 strikeouts.5 As a junior in 1972, Clyde amassed a 17-1 record which included three no-hitters and four one-hitters. Another 10,000 were reportedly turned away.16 Belly dancers, lion cubs, and a large papier-mch giraffe brought in from nearby theme parks added to the circus-like atmosphere. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance. The 1,400 sq. 06-27-1973 (Age 18) Last Game: 08-07-1979: Draft: 1973: 1st Round (1st) / Signing Bonus = $65,000: David Clyde Trades & Transactions. In 34 games (21 starts), he went 5-7 and posted a 5.84 ERA. Watch Live Game : https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https://bit.ly/HSsportsLIVE2022The Clyde (TX) varsity baseball team has a home n. In 1978, David set highs for innings pitched (153 1/3), starts (25) and complete games (5). Kimball High School faces the future #1 draft pick for the Texas Rangers, David Clyde. 13 Merron, The Riseand Fall of a Phenom.. Theres been some confusion over the years on that, said Clyde in 2003. By Joe Nick Patoski. Just before the game, Clyde received a telegram from the legendary pitcher that read, Go get em, number 32.17 Clyde was wild early, walking Jerry Terrell and Rod Carew on nine pitches to start the game, but then fanned the next three in succession. He did win that big league debut against Minnesota, giving up just one hit, a two-run home run, but also walking seven in five innings of a 4-3 victory. He made 18 starts, pitched 93 1/3 innings and finished 4-8 with a 5.01 ERA. He was drafted with the first overall pick in the 1973 Major League Baseball draft. Id take $500 and go to Aqueduct in New York and come back with just enough for a cab.32 He finished the season 3-9 with a 4.38 ERA in 28 games (21 starts). The plan was supposed to have Clyde make two big league starts and then head to the Minor Leagues to begin his development. I decided I just didnt want to do baseball anymore, he told the Los Angeles Times in 1986. Eleven days later, he shone again, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits at Memorial Stadium to defeat the Baltimore Orioles. It came at a cost, however. [5] He dominated for Columbus, having a 60 record with a 0.76 ERA, but struggled with the Toros, having a 6.85 earned run average. The Rangers drew 686,085 for their 81 home games that year, 32 percent of them showing up for the 12 starts by Clyde, which accounted for 14.8 percent of the home schedule. Per TMZ Sports, Richlands head coach Tom Rife confronted a man . He was the same pitcher in 1979 that he was in Texas, not much of a breaking ball, not much of a changeup, recalled Cleveland teammate Toby Harrah years later. [2] He played in 28 games (21 starts) and finished with 39 record, and a 4.38 ERA. But it took him six more starts to win again. I got more instruction here the first day than I got in five years with Texas, said Clyde at the time.41. But Rangers brass felt otherwise. Home plate umpire Bill Deegan told reporters that Clydes fastball was better than the heater of one of the games other top young armsVida Blue.20, Despite Clydes handful of competitive starts, the consensus from an informal survey of managers and executives was that he would benefit from time in the minors.21 Some believed he lacked a formidable off-speed arsenal to keep hitters honest and needed work on his pickoff move and infield defense. [8] He was traded back to the Rangers after the 1979 season, but injured his shoulder for the second time, and was released prior to the 1980 season with the Rangers claiming that Clyde was "damaged goods". 10 Bob Clanton, Football, Curls Out for Clyde, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 14, 1973: 58. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. 19 Whitey Herzog and Kevin Horrigan, White Rat: A Life in Baseball (New York: Harper and Row, 1987), 90. Clyde was the crown jewel in the 1973 Draft, no question about that. Off the field, Clyde spent freely and partied excessively in an attempt to fit in with his older teammates. Clyde High School is ranked #11,202 in the National Rankings.Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare . He was the first child born to Joseph Eugene Gene and Amy (ne Glass) Clyde. 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. As Herzog bluntly wrote in his memoir White Rat, Bob Short was a fast-buck artist, a man who would do anything for a buck, a man who never had a long-term plan in his life. Clyde was taken first overall by the Rangers in the 1973 amateur draft. 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. . Three more boys (Michael, Steve, and Henry) followed. As the No. 11 From 1953-57, players signed for a bonus of $4,000 or more were required to be on the 25-man major league roster for two years. You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), This biography was reviewed by Rory Costello and David Bilmes and fact-checked by David Kritzler. us. The Rangers held the lead when Clyde departed, and Bill Gogolewski pitched the final four frames to secure the rookies first win. They averaged 8,610 spectators at Arlington Stadium in 1972, and even fewer were showing up in 1973. - David Clyde (1982), David Clyde Autograph on a 1974 Topps Baseball Card (#133 | Checklist), David Clyde Miscellaneous Items of Interest. [1] At the end of the 1973 season, Clyde drew nearly a third of all fans in attendance for Rangers home games throughout the year. As expected, the Rangers selected him with the first overall pick, passing over the likes of Robin Yount and Dave Winfield. Short personally had nothing to lose and a lot to gain at the turnstiles by putting his newly acquired teenage prodigy on the mound. With that selection passing up such future stars as Robin Yount, Dave Winfield and Fred Lynn the Rangers chose a left-handed pitching phenom from Westchester High School in Houston. Clydes standout ability to throw a baseball was evident early on. . [7] However, with his performance in the two starts, the Rangers dropped all plans to send him to the minors. Neither Clyde nor his father insisted that he start in the majors. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. 41 Nold, Confidence Important for Reborn Clyde.. He was treated for gastritis during spring training and struggled on the mound, allowing 12 runs to the Mariners in one contest and issuing nine walks to the Padres in another.43 He was ultimately diagnosed with a stomach ulcer and began the season on the 21-day disabled list. A crowd of 23,102 turned out on July 17 and watched the Brewers batter the southpaw for five runs on 11 hits in seven innings. The top selection in the June 1973 baseball draft, Clyde, who had pitched nine no-hitters for Westchester High School in Houston, signed for a $125,000 bonus. He finished the game with a 3-0, 1.36 record. He won three or four games right away, and every time he pitched at home, wed draw 25,000 extra people. By then, his fastball velocity had dipped to the 87-88 range, but he still found success.52 In 10 appearances (seven starts), he won all six of his decisions and recorded a 0.76 ERA, thereby earning a promotion to Triple-A Tucson, which had become an Astros affiliate. Clyde, who last pitched in the majors in 1979, receives an annual benefit of $8,750 per year (before taxes).53. Just before the start of the 1974 season, Short sold the Rangers to a team of investors led by plastic pipe manufacturer Brad Corbett at a price tag of $9.6 million plus the assumption of $1 million in debt.28 Meanwhile, Clyde went to spring training without the assurance of a roster spot but impressed Martin enough to make the opening day roster. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Maybe this is also the Rangers' way of apologizing for how their 1974 owner, Bob Short, and 1974-75 manager, Billy Martin, may have wrecked what might have been a sensational career. 44 Bob Nold, Price Tag on Jones is Too High for Indians, Akron Beacon Journal, May 26, 1979: 10. 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 . When the season ended, the Rangers traded Clyde and veteran Willie Horton to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein on February 28, 1978. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Biogaphy: David Clyde was born on Friday, April 22, 1955, in Kansas City, Kansas. His first start was a dandy, allowing two runs and four hits in a complete game victory against the Oakland Athletics on May 16th. On January 4, 1980, the Indians traded Clydealong with Jim Norrisback to the Rangers for Gary Gray, Larry McCall, and minor-leaguer Mike Bucci. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:02PM. Do you have a sports website? 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. Clyde failed to replicateor even approximatehis Double-A success in Tucson. [11] Prior to Clyde's debut, the highest crowd in Rangers history was 24,000. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Short regularly staged promotions in an attempt to lure fans, including Bat Night, T-shirt Night, Keychain Night, and even Pantyhose Night. 6 Buck Francis, Westchester Ace Great, Corpus Christi Times, June 5, 1972: 14. 24 Mike Shropshire, Birds Soaring High on Doomsday Defense, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 28, 1973: 18. [2] He had two failed marriages, the first one with his high school sweetheart, before settling down with his third wife, Robin, having two boys, Ryan and Reed, and a daughter, Lauren. Join our linker program. 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. Martin wanted to send him to Spokane for two starts to build his confidence, but new team president Dr. Bobby Brown overruled him.29 Instead, Martin kept Clyde on the bench for 10 days. The rookie recognized the reason behind his struggles. vs. BOS 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER, L, Rookie Status: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX). 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. Herzog had been hired away the previous offseason from the New York Mets, for whom his job had been overseeing a farm system that was rich in pitching, having produced the likes of Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw and Gary Gentry. He tried a comeback with Houston in 1981, but after going 4-10 at Triple-A Tucson he called it quits. [1] Using Clyde success of bringing attendance up as an example, Short sold the Rangers to Brad Corbett in 1974, which prevented the American League from taking over the team, thus potentially saving the franchise. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Traded to the Cleveland Indians in 1978, he was 8-11 and then 3-4 before he damaged a rotator cuff. [9] He is now a caregiver for his elderly father.[1]. Tasked with becoming the Texas Rangers savior and marquee player fresh out of high school, he was out of the game at 26. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. When Tucsons season ended, he got in additional work in the Florida Instructional League. High School: Westchester HS (Houston, TX), School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), Debut: 48 Paul Domowitch, Things Not So Bonny for Rangers Clyde, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 25, 1980: 30. Find out more. Billed as the next Sandy Koufax, Clyde had a stellar high school career at Westchester High School. 12 Brad Townsend, David Clyde: Franchise Savior and Cautionary Tale, Longview News-Journal, June 30, 2013: D4. 47 Merron, The Riseand Fall of a Phenom.. 33 David Clydes Future Very Much in Question, Naples Daily News, March 14, 1975: 60. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. However, he quite simply ranks as statistically the greatest pitcher in high school history. 23 Whitey Herzog and Kevin Horrigan, White Rat: A Life in Baseball (New York: Harper and Row, 1987), 91. Only 27 days short of his pension, Clyde would like to get back into baseball, maybe as a minor league pitching coach for the Rangers. statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive David Clyde baseball stats page. And whatever hope that Clyde had of being able to survive his force-fed big league career disappeared on Sept. 5, 1973. [2] When Clyde agreed to sign his rookie contract, part of the deal was to make his first two professional starts with the Rangers at their home field before heading to the minors to develop. ''Billy never said anything to me and I wasn't the type of person that questioned things then,'' Clyde said. I know I can teach pitching and I know I can teach the inner game.''. Clyde was left unprotected in the expansion draft in the fall of 1976, but neither the Mariners nor the Blue Jays took a flier. 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 (1973-1975) and Cleveland Indians (1978-1979). The head of the union advised me at the time that its a roll of the dicea very gray area, recalled Clyde. It was now time for him to go the minors. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. With an eventual 57-105 record, the Rangers finished last in the American League West. But it turned out to be a fairy tale without a happy ending. One reporter calculated that Clydes 11 home starts in 1973taking into account extra ticket sales, parking, and concessionsnetted Short an estimated $528,000.26 Yet, when it came time to sign a contract for the 1974 season, Clyde was offered the same base salary he received the year before. Oracle; David Clyde page at the Bullpen Wiki; Statheads want to know. June 27, 1973 He had no earthly idea how to run a baseball team. August 7, 1979 background-image:unset; 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. [4][5] Clyde later called it his most memorable game in his Major League career. ''He was really mishandled. On June 27, 1973, Clyde made his highly anticipated major-league debut versus the Minnesota Twinsonly 20 days after he threw his last high school pitch. On June 5the day of the draftTV trucks lined up down the street outside of Clydes home. Phoenix, AZ 85004 David Clyde should know the inner game. 22 Peter Gammons, Hopefully, This Babys a Feller, and Not a Krausse, Boston Globe, July 13, 1973: 53. If you can help us improve this players biography,contact us. 46 4 Cleveland Players Hit Homers to Back David Clydes 5-Hitter, Lima (Ohio) News, July 10, 1979: 16. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. A blister on Clydes pitching hand forced him out of the game after six innings with two walks and six strikeouts on his ledger. Now he had a big league contract, a full house and an. Do you have a sports website? ''Looking back, I got caught in a power struggle between Billy and the front office. 54 Townsend, David Clyde: Franchise Savior and Cautionary Tale.. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. '', At 26, he was through as a pitcher. 43 Bob Nold, Clyde Takes Another Step Backward, Akron Beacon Journal, March 27, 1979: 39. He pitched in nine games with the Indians in 1979 (34, 5.91 ERA) before tearing his rotator cuff and was demoted to the minors, playing in what would be his last Major League game on August 7, 1979. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. He hadnt progressed much at all as a pitcher.47 A back condition put Clyde out of action in August, and he would not appear again for Cleveland. Game Stats Season Stats Feb 24, 2023 @ 10:00am 10-3 (W) Clyde vs. Hawley On 2/23, the Clyde varsity baseball team won their neutral tournament game against Hawley (TX) by a score of 10-3. It was supposed to be a quick shot in the arm for a financially strapped franchise that just a year earlier had moved from Washington, D.C., and whose owner, Bob Short, was in jeopardy of having to turn it over to the American League. Shoulder surgery and two seasons in the minors followed. It was about paying the bills. 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