| David Cone | |
|---|---|
 Cone at the 2009 Old-Timers' Day | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 2, 1963 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 8, 1986, for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 28, 2003, for the New York Mets | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 194–126 |
| Earned run average | 3.46 |
| Strikeouts | 2,688 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as for ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball.[1] A third round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in the 1981 MLB draft, he made his MLB debut in 1986 and continued playing until 2003, pitching for five different teams. Cone batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Cone pitched the sixteenth perfect game in baseball history in 1999. On the final game of the 1991 regular season, he struck out 19 batters, tied for second-most ever in a game. The 1994 Cy Young Award winner, he was a five-time All-Star and led the major leagues in strikeouts each season from 1990 to 1992. A two-time 20 game-winner, he set the MLB record for most years between 20-win seasons with 10.
He was a member of five World Series championship teams: 1992 with the Toronto Blue Jays and 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 with the New York Yankees. His 8–3 career postseason record came over 21 games and 111 innings pitched, with an earned run average (ERA) of 3.80; in World Series play, his ERA was 2.12.[2]
Cone is the subject of the book A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone, by Roger Angell.[3] Cone and Jack Curry co-wrote the autobiography Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was released in May 2019 and made The New York Times Best Seller list shortly after its release.[4]
- ^ Profile, yesnetwork.com; accessed February 14, 2015.
- ^ "David Cone Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "Imperfect Games". Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "Bronx Pinstripes Blog". Book Review\. May 25, 2019.