Keith Foulke Retires

Only one month after signing a one-year deal with Cleveland, Keith Foulke has decided to retire. He pitched 10 seasons years for the Giants, White Sox, A's and Red Sox.

Almost everyone on the roster helped in some way to the 2004 World Series championship, but few stood higher than Foulke. Back on December 8, I posted this:

Without his amazing bullpen work, that glorious October would have been yet another Yankee nightmare. In the process of bringing us what we wished for all our lives, he likely ruined his career:

                IP  H  R  BB  K  PIT
ALDS 1 10/05
ALDS 2 10/06 - 1.1  0  0   0  2   14
       10/07
ALDS 3 10/08 - 1.2  2  0   1  3   37
       10/09
       10/10
       10/11
ALCS 1 10/12 -  .1  0  0   0  0    5
ALCS 2 10/13 -  .2  0  0   1  1   17
       10/14
       10/15
ALCS 3 10/16
ALCS 4 10/17 - 2.2  0  0   2  3   50
ALCS 5 10/18 - 1.1  1  0   1  0   22
ALCS 6 10/19 - 1.0  0  0   2  2   28
ALCS 7 10/20
       10/21
       10/22
WS 1   10/23 - 1.2  2  0   1  3   36
WS 2   10/24 - 1.1  0  0   0  2   19
       10/25
WS 3   10/26 - 1.0  1  1   0  2   14
WS 4   10/27 - 1.0  1  0   0  1   14
  
11 of 14 gms  14.0  7  1   8 19  256 (0.64)

In ALCS 4-5-6 -- a span of only 48 hours -- Foulke pitched 5 innings and threw 100 pitches.