Moose Tracks: Mike Mussina to throw out ceremonial first pitch Sunday June 30
Former Orioles pitcher and soon to be Hall of Famer Mike Mussina will return to Baltimore June 30, to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Oriole Park.
The pitch will be in celebration of his upcoming induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame July 21.
Mussina played 18 MLB seasons from 1991-2008, including his first 10 seasons in orange and white with the Baltimore Orioles.
Moose is a five-time American League All-Star (all with Baltimore). Along with his five All-Star appearances he won seven Gold Gloves, including four with the Orioles organization.
Mussina has a career win-loss record of 270-153, along with a 3.68 ERA. The astonishing number in his career is 3562.2, which is the number of innings Moose pitched in his career.
Here is the official press release from the Baltimore Orioles:
MIKE MUSSINA TO THROW OUT CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH IN ADVANCE OF HALL OF FAME INDUCTION The Orioles will welcome back MIKE MUSSINA for a ceremonial first pitch on Sunday, June 30, in celebration of his upcoming induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame later this summer.
Mussina, 50, played 18 Major League seasons from 1991-2008, including his first 10 seasons with the Orioles. He currently holds the best all-time winning percentage by a qualifying Orioles pitcher with a minimum of 140 decisions (.645), and ranks among the club’s all-time leaders in strikeouts (second, 1,535); wins (third, 147); ERA (fifth, 3.53); starts (fifth, 288); innings pitched (sixth, 2009.2); shutouts (eighth, 15); and complete games (10th, 45). A five-time American League All-Star (all with Baltimore), Mussina won seven Gold Gloves, including four with the Orioles, and finished inside the top six of Cy Young Award voting nine times, seven with Baltimore. As a member of the Orioles, Mussina led the American League with a .783 winning percentage (18-5) in 1992; wins (19); shutouts (four); and walks per 9.0 innings (2.03) in 1995; games started (36) in 1996; and innings pitched (237.2) in 2000. He tossed three one-hitters with the Orioles and struck out 15 batters in a game twice. In six career postseason starts with the Orioles, Mussina went 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA (12 ER/42.2 IP). He was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2012. Mussina will be formally inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during the ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y. on Sunday, July 21, at 1:30 p.m., along with two other former Orioles, OF HAROLD BAINES and RHP LEE SMITH, in addition to RHP ROY HALLADAY, DH EDGAR MARTINEZ, and RHP MARIANO RIVERA.
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— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) June 20, 2019
We’re excited to welcome back Mike Mussina to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Sunday, June 30, in celebration of his upcoming @baseballhall induction later this summer! #Birdland pic.twitter.com/5sI0RkZUmR
