Tim Wakefield

**Timothy Stephen Wakefield** (2 ga Agusta, 1966 - 1 ga Oktoba, 2023) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball ne na Amurka. Wakefield ya fara aikinsa na Major League Baseball (MLB) tare da Pittsburgh Pirates, amma ana tunawa da shi sosai saboda shekaru 17 da ya yi yana aiki tare da Boston Red Sox, inda ya kasance ɓangare na gasar World Series biyu a 2004 da 2007.  Lokacin da ya yi ritaya yana da shekaru 45 bayan ya yi wasanni 19 a MLB, Wakefield shine ɗan wasa mafi tsufa a manyan lig-lig. 

Wakefield ya lashe wasansa na 200 a ranar 13 ga Satumba, 2011, kuma yana matsayi na uku a nasarorin da ya samu a tarihin ikon mallakar Red Sox (186), bayan Cy Young da Roger Clemens . Shi ne na biyu a duk lokacin da ya samu nasara a Fenway Park da 97, bayan Clemens 100, kuma shi ne jagora a duk lokacin da ya samu nasara a innings da wani mai jefa kwallo na Red Sox ya jefa, da 3,006, bayan ya zarce jimillar Clemens na 2,777 a ranar 8 ga Yuni, 2010.   Wakefield ya kasance Tauraro a 2009 kuma ya lashe kyautar Roberto Clemente a 2010. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Timothy Stephen Wakefield a ranar 2 ga Agusta, 1966, a Melbourne, Florida . Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Eau Gallie sannan ya halarci Cibiyar Fasaha ta Florida, inda ya buga wasan baseball na kwaleji ga Florida Tech Panthers . A Florida Tech, an nada shi a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi daraja a ƙungiyar Panthers a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya na farko a shekarunsa na biyu da na ƙarshe. Ya kafa tarihi a kakar wasa ɗaya na Panthers tare da bugun gida 22, da kuma rikodin tseren gida a lokacin yana da shekaru 40. A shekarar 2006, lambar rigarsa, No. 3, kwalejin ta yi ritaya.

## Sana'ar ƙwararru

### Zane da ƙananan lig

Ƙungiyar Pittsburgh Pirates ta zaɓi Wakefield a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya na farko a zagaye na takwas na gasar MLB ta 1988. Ya sami kyautar sa hannu ta dala $15,000 daga Pirates.  Bayan da wani ɗan leƙen asiri ya gaya masa cewa ba zai taɓa samun fiye da ƙwallon Double-A a matsayin ɗan wasa mai matsayi ba tare da ƙwarewarsa, Wakefield ya yanke shawarar sake ƙirƙira kansa a matsayin mai jefa ƙwallon ƙafa . 

Kwanaki shida bayan an sallame shi daga Pirates, Boston Red Sox ta sa hannu kan Wakefield. Ya yi aiki tare da Phil da Joe Niekro, tsoffin 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa biyu, waɗanda suka ƙarfafa shi ya yi amfani da ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin filin wasa . Tare da Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, Wakefield ya yi nasara da ci 2-1 da matsakaicin gudu da ya samu da maki 2.52. 

#### 1995–1998

Ganin yadda Boston Red Sox ke fama da rauni a farkon kakar wasa ta 1995, an kira Wakefield daga Triple- A, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya zama ɗan wasan da ya fi dogara da shi.  Ya fara kakar wasa da matsakaicin gudu da ya samu 1.65 da kuma rikodin 14-1 a wasanni 17, shida daga cikinsu cikakkun wasanni ne. Ya ƙare a shekara ta 16-8 da matsakaicin gudu da ya samu 2.95, wanda ya taimaka wa Red Sox lashe gasar American League East, kuma ya lashe kyautar ɗan wasan *Sporting News* American League Comeback Player of the Year . Ya zo na uku a zaɓen AL Cy Young Award . 

A ranar 11 ga Mayu, 2011, Wakefield ya yi wasa  cikin kwanciyar hankali yayin da Toronto Blue Jays ta doke Red Sox da ci 9-3 a Rogers Centre . Ya zama, yana da shekaru 44, kwanaki 282, ɗan wasa mafi tsufa da ya taɓa bugawa Red Sox. A hutun All-Star, Wakefield ya yi rikodin 5-3 tare da matsakaicin gudu da aka samu da 4.74.  A ranar 24 ga Yuli, 2011, yayin da yake fafatawa da Seattle Mariners, Wakefield ya yi rikodin bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida na 2,000 a cikin kayan Red Sox akan Mike Carp ; ya kuma yi rikodin nasararsa ta 199 a cikin wannan wasan. 

## Salon wasa

Wakefield ya yi nasara da  na sama. Wannan kuma ya bayyana wasu daga cikin bugunsa ga masu bugun, domin suna iya ganin hannunsa. Babban bugun Wakefield, ƙwallon ƙafa, an jefa shi tsakanin  kuma yana da bambanci sosai a yadda yake "juyawa". Juyawan ƙwallon hannunsa ya dogara ne akan abubuwa daban-daban, ciki har da zafin jiki, danshi, ruwan sama (nau'i da ƙarfi), juriyar iska, saurin iska, alkiblar iska, yanayin ƙwallon, da ƙananan canje-canje a riƙonsa ko yanayin haɗin gwiwar. Wakefield kuma yana da tafiyar  ƙwallon sauri da kuma ƙwallon curveball wanda matsakaicinsa ke tsakanin  . 

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