Charles Nagy

At 57 years old, Charles Nagy has this physical status:

Charles Harrison Nagy (born May 5, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from 1990 to 2003.

He played for the Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres.

He served as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2011 to 2013 and the Los Angeles Angels from 2016 to 2018.

Personal life

Nagy and his wife, Jacquelyn "Jackie", have two daughters, Makaela and Lily. They live outside of San Diego in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Nagy established an endowed baseball scholarship at UConn with a gift of $100,000.

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Early life and amateur career

Nagy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on May 5, 1967. He is of Hungarian descent. Nagy played baseball and football at Roger Ludlowe High School in Fairfield, Connecticut, where he competed in baseball and football.

Nagy attended the University of Connecticut. He ranked second and eighth all-time strikeouts in a single season (113, 81), and fifth for his career (194). He has compiled three seasons for the Huskies (and fifth in saves (4)), and 17th in innings pitched (86.1). He was the first Huskies player to be drafted in the first round and the first to be named the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, a distinction he earned twice (for the 1987 and 1988 seasons).

He played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 1987, and was named MVP of Harwich's league championship squad.

Nagy was a member of Team USA Baseball, which represented Seoul, South Korea, as a demonstration sport. Nagy made 19 appearances for Team USA, going 3-1 with a 1.05 ERA and a team-leading six saves. He appeared in two games in the Olympics, pitching 2.0 innings and earning a save. Team USA defeated defending champion Japan to win the tournament and win individual gold medals, but the medals did not count in the respective countries' medal totals because baseball was a demonstration sport.

Professional career

Nagy was selected as the 17th overall pick by the Cleveland Indians during the 1988 Major League Baseball draft amateur draft. For the signing of Brett Butler, the San Francisco Giants had selected him as a compensation pick. Nagy was the second of three Indian first-round picks, sandwiched between SS Mark Lewis and pitcher Jeff Mutis. Nagy skipped several levels and was assigned to the Kinston Indians, the Cleveland "High A" affiliate in the Carolina League, as a good college pitcher. With 99 strikeouts in 95.1 innings over 13 starts, he set an 8-4 record and 1.51 earned run average (ERA). He was quickly promoted to the Canton–Akron Indians, the Eastern League's Double-A affiliate. In 15 starts, Nagy finished with a 4-5 record and a 3.35 ERA. He was rated as the #27 prospect by Baseball America after the season.

Nagy returned to the so-called "little Indians" for the 1990 season, where he went 13-8 with a 2.52 ERA in 23 starts. He was called up to Cleveland, a hapless team that would finish 4th in AL East (77-85) and was in dire need of starting pitching. He made his big league debut on June 29, 1990, when the California Angels defeated the Chicago Angels 7-2. In nine starts, he will have a 2-4 record and a 5.91 ERA. He went from 10-to-second in the American League Rookie of the Year Award for 1991 for 1991, a 4.0 ERA. He threw a complete game one-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles on August 8, 1992, throwing just two walks and giving up a single in the seventh.

Despite the 1992 Indians poor win percentage of.469. Despite Nagy's poor win percentage of.469. While making his first All-Star appearance that year, he pitched 10 complete games and pitched three out of out of his six career shutouts.

Nagy batted in the 8th inning of the 1992 All-Star Game because there were no players left to pinch-hit. When wearing a Texas Rangers batting helmet, Nagy struck an infield single off Doug Jones. Travis Fryman scored on a single point. Nagy was the 19th pitcher to receive a hit in the All-Star Game, and he was the only pitcher to have a hit in the All-Star Game in the designated hitter era.

Shohei Ohtani was allowed to start the game as the pitcher and as the DH, but not in the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, making it unlikely to see a pitcher record a hit in the game (although not record a hit).

After pitching to only two batters, Nagy left a game against the Milwaukee Brewers with a shoulder injury on May 15, 1993. On June 29, he was a miserable 2-6 and underwent surgery for a torn labrum, bringing him right down for the 1993 season. During the strike-shortened season, he recovered in 1994 with a respectable 10-8 record and a 3.45 ERA.

Nagy ruled the staff during the 1995 season, leading to a 16–6 record and a 4.55 ERA as the Indians returned to the World Series for the first time since 1954. In Game 3 of the 1995 World Series, he pitched well in the division and league championship series, giving up two earned runs in 15 innings but surrendered five earned runs in seven innings. The next year, 1996, was arguably his best season; he set a 17-55 record and a 3.41 ERA, and finished fourth in AL Cy Young Award voting.

Nagy was the Game 3 starter in the 1997 World Series. In six innings, he surrendered 5 earned runs. In Game 7, after a blown save by closer José Mesa, manager Mike Hargrove was forced to bring Nagy, the team's most wins during the regular season (15), into the tenth inning to try to salvage. Nagy lost after losing by a single base-loaded single to Édgar Renter's outstretched glove in the 11th innings of the game and the series, putting an end to the game and the series.

Nagy batted twice in a game against Toronto in 1999, after there was doubt about the initial lineup card. He is one of only eight different pitchers to have battered more than once in a nine-inning game that used the designated hitter rule as of 2021.

Nagy was the workhorse of the Tribe pitching staff, winning 15 or more victories each season, a record only rival Greg Maddux could equal. Nagy was also put on the disabled list (DL) on May 16, 2000, snapping a streak of 192 consecutive starts dating back to October 3, 1993. He underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow on May 19, 2000. In September, he returned to make three starts, but was forced to stop due to three losses and ongoing pain. From 2001 to 2003, he would win just 6 more times.

Nagy began the 2001 season on the disabled list despite a good spring training and not missing a turn in the spring rotation, as the Indians felt he needed to develop endurance in his surgically repaired elbow. On June 1, he did not come off the DL.

Nagy's last season, 2003, was with the San Diego Padres. He finished sixth on the Tribe's all-time strikeout leader list (1,235), 10th in wins (129), and 11th in innings pitched (1,942.1).

Post-playing career

He was inducted into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Cleveland Indians Team Hall of Fame in 2007 on August 11, 2007.

Nagy was named pitching coach of the Cleveland Indians' AAA team, the Columbus Clippers, in 2009.

Nagy was named pitching coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 26, 2010. He was suspended by general manager Kevin Towers on October 7, 2013 partially for refusing to tell pitchers to strike players on opposing teams. Journalists ostensibly reported that the Diamondbacks pitchers actually reached 60 batters last season, although their batters were only hit 43 times.

Nagy was recalled by the Cleveland Indians as Special Assistant to Player Development in February 2015 alongside Travis Hafner and John McDonald.

Nagy was named as the Los Angeles Angels' pitching coach on November 2, 2015.

In 2018, he came to coaching.

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