Curt Schilling has thrown his last pitch. The 42 year-old announced his retirement on his 38pitches.com blog today after 20 seasons in the bigs.
Curtis Montague Schilling finishes with a record of 216-146, a 3.46 ERA and struck out 3,116 batters. He began his career with Baltimore back in 1988 and also made stops in Houston, Philadelphia, and Arizona. He'll forever be known for having the most famous blood-stained sock in sports history after pitching with a wonky ankle and having a tendon holding up with spit and chewing gum as he helped lead Boston to the 2004 World Series title. He also won World Series rings with Arizona in 2001 and with Boston again in 2007. His final start turned out to be Game 2 of the World Series against Colorado in which he earned the win to help the Red Sox sweep the Rockies in four straight. His post season record was an impressive 11-2 with a 2.23 ERA.
Thankfully for all Blue Jays fans, one of those playoff losses came against Toronto when he was with Philadelphia in 1993. He took the loss in Game 1 in the World Series at the Dome but was simply masterful in Game 5 at Veterans Stadium when he went the distance throwing a gazillion pitches to send the series back to Toronto. We all know what happened next but here's a nice reminder nonetheless.
What do you think, Bauxites? Is Schilling a Hall of Famer? Sure, he's a long way from 300 victories but I'd say yes.
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