finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1978 right jamaica , new york 1978 september 29 56 4 -- 11 4.78 pitcher new york mets strikeouts win -- loss record earned run average april 9 24 june 1951 mike bruhert
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mike bruhert

michael edwin bruhert -lrb- born june 21 , 1951 -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher .
he is the former son-in-law of former new york mets manager gil hodges .
bruhert was drafted by the mets as an amateur free agent in .
shortly after joining the club , he began dating gil hodges ' daughter , irene .
the two were engaged by the time bruhert was claimed by the philadelphia phillies in the rule 5 draft in .
following spring training , he was returned to the mets .
after seven seasons in the mets ' farm system , in which he went 38 -- 51 with a 3.69 earned run average , bruhert made his major league debut in the second game of a doubleheader with the montreal expos on april 9 , .
he pitched six strong innings , allowing only one earned run -lrb- two unearned -rrb- , however , he took the loss .
he earned his first win in his next start against the st. louis cardinals .
his finest performance was a complete game shutout of the phillies on september 17 , in which he struck out five and allowed just four hits .
for the season , bruhert went 4 -- 11 with a 4.78 era and 56 strikeouts .
he was traded to the texas rangers in along with bob myrick for star pitcher dock ellis .
bruhert went 9 -- 10 with a 5.58 era in the rangers ' farm system , but never reached the majors .
he spent the and seasons with the new york yankees ' international league affiliate , the columbus clippers , going 11 -- 7 with a 3.69 era , before retiring .
shortly afterwards , he became pitching coach at fordham university .
