finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1979 left kansas city , kansas 1973 august 7 18 -- 33 4.63 228 pitcher cleveland indians win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts june 27 22 april 1955 david clyde
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david clyde

david eugene clyde -lrb- born april 22 , 1955 in kansas city , kansas -rrb- is a former left-handed major league baseball pitcher who played for five seasons with the texas rangers -lrb- 1973 -- 1975 -rrb- and cleveland indians -lrb- 1978 -- 1979 -rrb- .
he is noted for his once promising baseball career , which ended at age 26 because of arm and shoulder injuries .
billed as the next sandy koufax , clyde had a stellar high school career at westchester high school .
he was drafted with the first overall pick in the 1973 mlb draft .
the rangers planned to have clyde pitch his first two professional games in the major leagues before moving him down to the minor leagues , but rangers owner bob short decided to keep him in the roster for monetary purposes , where he had a 5.01 earned run average in 18 starts .
journalists criticized the rangers for promoting clyde too soon , and after an uneventful 1974 campaign , he developed shoulder trouble and was sent down to the minor leagues in 1975 , where he pitched three seasons .
he was traded to the cleveland indians in 1978 , and played two seasons before being demoted .
clyde attempted to make a comeback with the houston astros but was unsuccessful .
clyde 's career made him the `` poster-boy '' for bringing up young players prematurely and dealing with arm injuries .
he was named by journalist randy galloway as among the worst cases of `` mishandling '' a young player in baseball history .
he is considered by many as a savior of the texas rangers franchise because of the significant attendance boost that clyde 's hype brought to the team , preventing it from a possible bankruptcy or american league takeover .
