Ronald Ames Guidry (pronounced /ˈɡɪdɹi/, born August 28, 1950, in Lafayette, Louisiana; nicknamed 『Louisiana Lightning』 and 『Gator『) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played 14 seasons for the New York Yankees from 1975 through 1988. Guidry was the pitching coach of the New York Yankees from 2006 to 2007.
Ronald Ames Guidry(1950年8月28日出生於路易斯安那州的Lafayette，綽號』路易斯安那閃電』或』Gator』)是前大聯盟左投手。他於1975年到1988年為洋基隊效力了14個球季。Guidry曾於2006年至2007年擔任紐約洋基隊的投手教練。
Major league career
大聯盟生涯
Guidry began his career pitching briefly in the 1975 and 1976 seasons. In 1977, he began as a relief pitcher but was moved into the starting rotation. He helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Series championship in 1977 and 1978. In those two years combined, Guidry went 4-0 in the postseason with 3 complete games in 5 starts, allowing only nine earned runs in 37 1/3 innings pitched.
Guidry於1975與1976年短暫的展開了他的投球生涯。1977年球季，他以後援投手的身份出發，但是在季中進入了先發輪值。他幫助紐約洋基隊於1977與1978年奪得世界大賽冠軍。兩年總計在季後賽先發了5場比賽，其中3場完投，取得4勝0敗的成績，在37又1/3局中只失掉了9分自責分。
In 1978, Guidry posted a career year, one of the best in the modern era. Against the California Angels on June 17, he struck out a Yankee-record 18 batters. Guidry’s 18-strikeout performance is usually cited as the launching pad of the Yankee Stadium tradition of fans standing and clapping for a strikeout with two strikes on the opposing batter.
1978年球季為Guidry的生涯顛峰，也是近代最佳單季成績之一。在7月17日面對加州天使隊的比賽中，他投出了洋基隊史紀錄的18次三振。當對手打者球數到達兩好球時，球迷會起立鼓掌迎接三振的這項洋基球場的傳統就是從Guidry的18次三振演出開始的。
For the season, Guidry went 25-3, in a season that is among the top 10 in baseball history. He led the league with a sparkling 1.74 ERA, 25 wins, a .893 winning percentage, 9 shutouts, 248 strikeouts, and 6.15 hits allowed per 9 innings pitched. He held batters to a .193 batting average, .249 on base percentage, and .279 slugging percentage. He was even tougher with 2 outs and runners in scoring position (.152/.221/.253), and in the 9th inning of games (.119/.200/.136).
該球季Guidry投出了25勝3敗的成績，這是棒球史上前十大單季最佳紀錄。耀眼的1.74自責分率，25勝，勝率.893，9場完封，248次三振與平均9局僅被擊出6.15支安打的成績皆為聯盟第一。打者面對他時的打擊率低至.193，上壘率為.249，長打率為.279。他在面對兩人出局與得點圈有人的情況(.152/.221/.253)以及第九局(.119/.200/.136)時表現得更為強悍。
He claimed the American League Cy Young Award. Guidry also finished second in American League Most Valuable Player voting to Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice.
Guidry獲得了該年的美國聯盟賽揚獎，同時也在美聯最有價值球員票選中排名第二，僅次於紅襪隊的強打者Jim Rice。
Guidry’s 25th win of the regular season was his most significant, as he was the winning pitcher in the Yankees’ 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in a one-game playoff at Fenway Park in Boston to decide the American League East division winner. The game is best known for Bucky Dent’s seventh-inning, three-run home run off Mike Torrez (who, as a Yankee pitching mate of Guidry’s just the year before, had been on the mound for the final out of the 1977 World Series) that gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Earlier in the game, Guidry had given up a home run to Carl Yastrzemski—the only one hit by a left-hander off him all season.
正規球季的25勝是Guidry的註冊商標，他同時也是在波士頓Fenway球場舉行的加賽的勝利投手，該場比賽決定哪支球隊是美聯東區冠軍，而洋基隊以5:4贏得比賽。該場比賽最著名的為Bucky Dent於第七局從Mike Torrez(該位仁兄在前一年還是Guidry在洋基隊的隊友，並且投出了1977年世界大賽的最後一個出局數)手中擊出的三分全壘打，幫助洋基取得3:2的領先。該場比賽前半段，Guidry被Carl Yastrzemski敲出一支全壘打 – 這是整季被左打者打出唯一的一支全壘打。
Later that month, the Yankees again won the World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers. No American League pitcher posted an ERA as low again until Boston’s Pedro Martínez in 2000. His magical 1978 year, when isolated, is arguably the most dominant year ever by a pitcher.
同一個月，洋基隊打敗洛杉磯道奇隊再度贏得世界大賽冠軍。直到2000年波士頓紅襪隊的Pedro Martínez為止，沒有任何一位投手能投出如此低的自責分率。單獨看他神奇的1978年球季，可以說是史上最具有宰制能力的一年。
Coincidentally, in all three of Guidry’s losses in 1978, the winning pitcher on the opposing team threw left-handed and had the first name 『Mike.』 He lost 6-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers and left-hander Mike Caldwell on July 7, lost 2-1 to the Baltimore Orioles and left-hander Mike Flanagan on August 4, and lost 8-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays and left-hander Mike Willis on September 20.
巧合的是，1978年Guidry的三敗中，對方球隊的勝利投手都是左投手，且名字都叫』Mike』。7月7日以6:0敗給密爾瓦基釀酒人隊左投手Mike Caldwell，8月4日以2:1敗給巴爾迪摩金鶯隊左投手Mike Flanagan，9月20日則以8:1敗給多倫多藍鳥隊左投手Mike Willis。
Over the next seven seasons, Guidry amassed a 113-57 win-loss record. Guidry also won the Gold Glove Award five straight times (1982-86). However, arm problems that began in 1981 finally began dramatically affecting his performance. He retired from baseball on July 12, 1989, after shoulder surgery did not improve his performance.
接下來的七個球季，Guidry累積了113勝57敗的成績。他更連續五年(1982-86)獲得金手套獎。然而在1981年出現的手臂問題開始影響他的表現。肩膀手術後情況未獲得改善，Guidry於1989年7月12日宣布退休。
As well as winning the 1978 Cy Young Award, Guidry was named The Sporting News AL Pitcher and Major League Player of the Year. Guidry was named 『Lefthanded Pitcher』 on The Sporting News AL All-Star Teams in 1978, 1981, 1983 and 1985. Guidry also finished in the top 10 in the American League Cy Young voting six times (1977-79, 1981, 1983 and 1985) over a nine-year span.
在贏得1978年賽揚獎的同時，Guidry也榮獲Sproting News所選出的美聯年度最佳投手與大聯盟年度最佳球員。Guidry分別在1978，1981，1983與1985獲選Sporting New全明星隊的左投手。他在九年間六度(1977-79，1981，1983與1985)於美聯賽揚獎票選排名前十名。
On August 7, 1984, Guidry struck out three batters on nine pitches in the ninth inning of a 7-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. Guidry became the eighth American League pitcher and the 20th pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the so-called 『immaculate inning.』 He was the first pitcher to do so in the 9th inning of a complete game, a feat which has since been matched only once.
1984年8月7日，Guidry在7比0打敗芝加哥小熊隊的比賽中，於第九局以九顆球三振了三位打者。他也成為了達成被稱為』immaculate inning』這項紀錄的第8位美聯與第20位大聯盟投手。Guidry也是第一位完投九局，並於第九局創下此紀錄的投手，這項紀錄目前僅有Guidry一人達成。
Guidry served as co-captain of the Yankees along with Willie Randolph from March 4, 1986, until July 12, 1989.
Guidry於1986年3月4日起與Willie Randolph一同擔任洋基隊隊長，一直到1989年7月12日。
His number 49 was retired on 『Ron Guidry Day,』 August 23, 2003. The Yankees also dedicated a plaque to hang in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. The plaque calls Guidry 『A dominating pitcher and a respected leader』 and 『A true Yankee.』 Each living Yankee previously so honored was on hand for the ceremony: Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson and Don Mattingly.
他的球衣背號49號於2003年8月23日的』Ron Guidry日』被退休。洋基同時也為他在紀念公園中設立了紀念板。紀念版上將Guidry稱做』一位具有支配力的投手與一位令人敬重的領袖。』和』一位真正的洋基人』。每一位還健在的前洋基傳奇球員都出席了典禮: Phil Rizzuto，Yogi Berra，Whitey Ford，Reggie Jackson與Don Mattingly。
Coaching career
教練生涯
Guidry joined Yankee’s Manager Joe Torre’s coaching staff as pitching coach in the 2006 season, replacing Mel Stottlemyre. Under Guidry’s tenure, the Yankees’ pitching staff enjoyed mixed results. The pitching staff’s ERA decreased from 4.52 in 2005 to 4.41 in 2006 under his first year of coaching, though in 2007, the team ERA increased to 4.49 (or 17th overall in the Major leagues).
Guidry在2006年球季加入洋基隊總教練Joe Torre的教練團，取代Mel Stottlemyre擔任投手教練。在Guidry擔任教練的期間，洋基隊的投手群獲得了憂喜參半的成果。在他執教的第一年，投手群的自責分率從2005年的4.52進步到2006年的4.41，但是到了2007年團隊自責分率又升高至4.49(排名全大聯盟第17名)。
However, Guidry was criticized in 2007, because the highly-acclaimed pitching staff was underachieving.[citation needed] The Yankees pitching staff in 2007 walked the sixth most batters overall in the Major leagues; this was the most walks in a season for a Yankees pitching staff since the 2000 season. Torre’s departure from the Yankees following the 2007 ended Guidry’s tenure as pitching coach. Though he was interested in returning to the Yankees for the 2008 season, he was not offered a position on new manager Joe Girardi’s coaching staff.[1] He did return to the Yankees as a spring training instructor.[2]
Guidry在2007年球季遭受批評，原因為獲得高度評價的投手群未能發揮水準。洋基投手群在2007年球季保送了排名全大聯盟第六多的打者;這是自2000年球季之後洋基投手群單季保送最多打者的紀錄。在2007年Torre離開洋基時，Guidry的投手教練任期也隨之結束。雖然他對於2008年繼續擔任洋基隊教練感到興趣，但是卻未在新任總教練Joe Girardi的教練團中獲得任何位置。Guidry於洋基隊春訓時擔任客座教練。
資料來源: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Guidry
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