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Roger Clemens
Baseball Pitcher
Male
Born
Aug 4, 1962
Age
50
Team
New York Yankees ...
Position
Pitcher
Other Names
Clemens, William ...
William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher.… Read More
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Paulette DeanDated 1998 - 2006
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Debra GodfreyMarried 1984
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Lincoln Mitchell: The Yankees Have A Tough Choice On Robinson CanoHuffington Post Sports - Apr 25, 2013
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On This Date In BaseballHuffington Post Sports - Apr 18, 2013
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Verlander Gets Huge Contract ExtensionHuffington Post Sports - Mar 29, 2013
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David Aronchick: Baseball: America's Game?Huffington Post Sports - Mar 28, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1962
Birth
Born on August 4, 1962.
TEENAGE
1977
14 Years Old
Clemens lived in Vandalia, Ohio until 1977, and then spent most of his high school years in Houston.
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He began his college career pitching for San Jacinto College North in 1981, where he was 9–2.
TWENTIES
He then attended the University of Texas, compiling a 25–7 record in two All-American seasons, and was on the mound when the Longhorns won the 1983 College World Series.
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Clemens debuted in the major leagues in 1984 with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he anchored for 12 years.
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In 1986, his 24 wins helped guide the Sox to a World Series berth and earned Clemens the American League MVP award for the regular season.
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THIRTIES
The Red Sox did not re-sign Clemens following the 1996 season, despite offering him "by far the most money ever offered to a player in the history of the Red Sox franchise."
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Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees before the season for David Wells, Homer Bush, and Graeme Lloyd. In 1999 and, he won World Series titles with the Yankees.
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During the 2000 MLB postseason, he helped the Yankees win their third championship in as many years.
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FORTIES
Early in, Clemens announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. On June 13, 2003, pitching against the St. Louis Cardinals in Yankee Stadium, Clemens recorded his 300th career win and 4,000th career strikeout, the only player in history to record both milestones in the same game.
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Clemens' 2005 season ended as one of the finest he had ever posted.
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The Astros, Rangers, Red Sox, and Yankees expressed an interest in signing him, but Clemens implied that he was finally retiring after his Team USA was eliminated by Mexico in the second round from the 2006 World Baseball Classic on March 16, 2006.
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Clemens made his 2007 return on June 9, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates with six innings of 3-run, 5-hit, 2-walk, 7-strikeout pitching.
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On January 6, 2008, Clemens appeared on 60 Minutes to address the allegations.
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In 2009, former manager Cito Gaston publicly denounced Clemens as a "double-talker" and "a complete asshole".
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On August 19, 2010, a federal grand jury at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., indicted Clemens on six felony counts involving perjury, false statements and obstruction of Congress.
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2011
48 Years Old
His first trial began on July 13, 2011, but on the second day of testimony the judge in the case declared a mistrial over prosecutorial misconduct after prosecutors showed the jury prejudicial evidence they had been told not to show.
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The verdict from his second trial came in on June 18, 2012.
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