American baseball player and analyst
Baseball player
Joseph David Magrane
(born July 2, 1964) is an American former
Major League Baseball
(MLB)
pitcher
who played for the
St. Louis Cardinals
,
California Angels
, and
Chicago White Sox
between 1987 and 1996, and is currently a
color commentary
broadcaster for the
MLB Network
.
Playing career
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Amateur
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In 1984, Magrane played
collegiate summer baseball
for the
Harwich Mariners
of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
(CCBL). He led the league in wins and threw six complete games. Magrane was the winning pitcher at the league's 1984 all-star game at Philadelphia's
Veterans Stadium
, where he pitched two shutout innings. He was inducted into the
CCBL Hall of Fame
in 2009.
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Professional
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During his rookie season, he helped the Cardinals win the 1987
National League
pennant, starting Game 1 and Game 7 (the first pitcher to do so with no starts between those two games), taking the loss in Game 1. He also led the National League in hit batsmen, with 10.
He led the National League in ERA (2.18) in 1988, despite winning only five games (losing nine). He holds the distinction of the fewest wins by an ERA leader, excluding strike seasons.
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He finished 4th in voting for the 1989 NL Cy Young with an 18?9 win?loss record, a 2.91 ERA and surrendered only 5 home runs in 234
2
⁄
3
innings.
An injured elbow in 1990 cost him almost all of the next two seasons and most of his effectiveness, and he never regained his early form. He won 11 games between the St. Louis and California ball clubs in 1993, but could not muster more than two wins or 74 innings pitched in any other season until his retirement in 1996 at the relatively early age of 32.
Broadcasting career
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Prior to joining the
MLB Network
, Magrane was teamed with
play-by-play
announcer
Dewayne Staats
from 1998 to 2008 as part of the
Tampa Bay Rays
television team, and also served as an analyst for
NBC Sports
' coverage of
baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
.
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Personal life
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Magrane and his wife Renee,
[4]
have two daughters,
Shannon
and Sophia.
[5]
In 2012, Shannon was a finalist on the
11th season
of
American Idol
.
[6]
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