finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1971 switch middletown , connecticut 1967 september 19 1 -- 10 63 4.56 104 2 3 pitcher detroit tigers win pitched -- loss record strikeouts earned run average innings april 16 31 march 1946 bill denehy -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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bill denehy -lrb- baseball -rrb-

william francis denehy -lrb- born march 31 , 1946 -rrb- is an american former professional baseball pitcher and coach .
denehy threw and batted right-handed , stood tall , and weighed .
he was born in middletown , connecticut .
the second-ever middletown little league alumnus to play major league baseball , he signed with the new york mets out of high school for a $ 20,000 bonus and made his professional debut with the auburn mets of the new york-penn league -lrb- then class a -rrb- in 1965 .
he led the league in wins with 13 , and the following season won nine of 11 decisions with the double-a williamsport mets of the eastern league , compiling a stellar 1.97 earned run average .
in 1967 , denehy made 15 major league appearances for the mets , dropping seven of eight decisions with an era of 4.67 .
the 1967 mets finished in tenth and last place , the fifth cellar-dwelling team in the expansion club 's six-year history .
