finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1975 right st. mary , missouri 1964 september 25 140 -- 114 3.21 1,513 pitcher oakland athletics win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 26 14 january 1937 sonny siebert
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sonny siebert

wilfred charles `` sonny '' siebert -lrb- born january 14 , 1937 in st. mary , missouri , united states -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher from 1964 to 1975 .
he finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 era .
he threw a no-hitter on june 10 , 1966 against the washington senators .
he was originally drafted simultaneously by the cleveland indians and the st. louis hawks of the nba .
siebert attended bayless senior high school , and the university of missouri and played on the 1958 team that lost in the college world series finals in 12 innings .
he was selected to the cws all tournament team that year .
siebert was interviewed for the book `` portrait of a franchise : an intimate look at cleveland indians baseball during the rockin ' sixites '' by doug kurkul .
originally an outfielder , siebert related that the indians had a scout following him during his college days .
he was newly married , and the team flew siebert and his wife to cleveland , where he worked out on the field before games .
during the afternoons before games , rocky colavito showed them around cleveland .
he signed with the indians , and it was several years into his minor league career that siebert convinced the indians ' front office to let him try pitching .
it was a move that paid off handsomely for the indians and for siebert , who posted 16 wins in both 1965 and 1966 .
he authored a no-hitter in 1966 , and was third in the american league in era in 1967 .
siebert had a 12-10 record in his final full year in cleveland , in 1968 .
siebert is the last american league pitcher to hit two home runs in one game , accomplishing the feat as a member of the boston red sox on september 2 , 1971 against the baltimore orioles .
on september 11 , 1974 , he was credited with the win in a 25-inning cardinal win over the new york mets .
it is the second longest game in innings played in national league history .
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