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Welcome to our Store & Thank You for your Business Steve Renko, Jr. (born December 10, 1944) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Montreal Expos (1969–1976), Chicago Cubs (1976–1977), Chicago White Sox (1977), Oakland Athletics (1978), Boston Red Sox (1979–1980), California Angels (1981–1982) and Kansas City Royals (1983). Renko attended the University of Kansas where he played baseball, basketball and American football. He helped the Angels win the 1982 American League Western Division, with a win/loss of 11-6. He was a 15-game winner in 1971 and 1973. He led the National League in earned runs allowed (115) in 1971. He led the National League in wild pitches (19) in 1974. He ranks 99th on the career home runs allowed List (248). In 15 seasons he had a 134-146 win-loss record, 451 games, 365 games started, 57 complete games, 9 shutouts, 36 games finished, 6 saves, 2,494 innings pitched, 2,438 hits allowed, 1,233 runs allowed, 1,107 earned runs allowed, 248 home runs allowed, 1,010 walks allowed, 1,455 strikeouts, 22 hit batsmen, 73 wild pitches, 10,704 batters faced, 86 intentional walks, 4 balks and a 3.99 earned run average. In 1979, he carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Oakland A's in Oakland, only to be broken up by a Rickey Henderson double with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Renko pitched 3 career one-hitters. As a hitter, Renko was above average for a pitcher, posting a .215 batting average (114-for-531) with 44 runs, 6 home runs, 42 RBI, 3 stolen bases and 25 bases on balls. The autograph includes an official James Space Authentication ( JSA) hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes. Authentication: JSA COA Stock Images may be used in this listing. The exact item you will receive will be of equal quality to the one pictured. Please check out our Store and our Sunday Auctions for many more treasures. If you are bidding on more than one item to combine shipping please let us know, so, we can prepare appropriately. Thanks All net proceeds from your purchase will support International Servants. They are a group of medical professionals who have been Reaching Belize for Jesus and helping children overcome poverty - since 1990. Please feel free to research them for yourself, there is no doubt your heart will be touched. Your purchase will be a blessing that helps make a difference in lives of these special people.