Prior to the 1987 season, Cone was traded with Chris Jelic to the New York Mets for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo.
He returned to Kansas City when rosters expanded that September.
He made three more appearances out of the Royals' bullpen before returning to Omaha, where he went 8–4 with a 2.79 ERA. During his second season with the Class AAA Omaha Royals (1986), Cone was converted to a relief pitcher, and he made his Major League debut on June 8, 1986, in relief of reigning Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen. He sat out 1983 with an injury, and went 8–12 with a 4.28 ERA for the Double-A Memphis Chicks when he returned in 1984.
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Professional baseball career Minor leagues and MLB debut: Kansas City Royals (1981–1986) Ĭone went 22–7 with a 2.21 earned run average in his first two professional seasons. Upon graduation, he enrolled at the University of Missouri and was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft. He was also recruited to play college football and baseball. At 16, he reported to an invitation-only tryout at Royals Stadium and an open tryout for the St. Because Rockhurst did not have a baseball team, Cone instead played summer ball in the Ban Johnson League, a college summer league in Kansas City. He was also a point guard on the basketball team. He attended Rockhurst High School, a Jesuit school, where he played quarterback on the football team, leading them to the district championship. Early years Ĭone was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Joan (née Curran 1936–2016) and Edwin Cone (1934–2022).
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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. Ĭone is the subject of the book, A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone, by Roger Angell.
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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. He was a member of five World Series championship teams - 1992 with the Toronto Blue Jays and 1996, 1998, 19 with the New York Yankees. A two-time 20 game-winner, he set the MLB record for most years between 20-win seasons with 10.
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. On the final game of the 1991 regular season, he struck out 19 batters, tied for second-most ever in a game. Cone batted left-handed and threw right-handed.Ĭone pitched the sixteenth perfect game in baseball history in 1999. A third round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in 1981 MLB Draft, he made his MLB debut in 1986 and continued playing until 2003, pitching for five different teams.
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