Timothy Stephen Wakefield (born August 2, 1966) is a former American professional baseball pitcher. Wakefield began his pitching career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but is most remembered for his 17-year tenure with the Boston Red Sox, starting in 1995 and ending with his retirement in 2012 as the longest-serving player on the team. Wakefield, at the time of his retirement, was the oldest current active player in the majors.Wakefield won his 200th career game on September 13, 2011 against the Toronto Blue Jays, and is third on the Boston Red Sox with 186 team victories, behind both Cy Young and Roger Clemens, who have 192 each. He is second in all-time wins at Fenway Park with 97, behind Roger Clemens' 100, and is first all-time in innings pitched by a Red Sox pitcher, with 3,006, having surpassed Roger Clemens' total of 2,777 on June 8, 2010.Wakefield was nominated eight times for the Roberto Clemente Award, winning the award in 2010.
Eau Gallie High School, Florida Institute of Technology
Nationality
American
Spouse
Stacy Stover
Children
Brianna Grace Wakefield, Trevor Wakefield
Star Sign
Leo
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Trademark
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The Knuckleball
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Fact
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Inducted into the Florida Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Inducted into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame in 1997-98.
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Was named to his first All-Star team in 2009 at the age of 42.
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Daughter Brianna Grace, born December 29, 2005.
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Almost exclusively caught by Doug Mirabelli until Mirabelli was traded after the 2005 season. Mirabelli was known to be the only catcher able to keep up with Wakefield's knuckleball.
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Member of 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series championship team
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Bears an incredible resemblance to country superstar Tim McGraw.
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(Oct 17, 2003) Gave up walk-off home run in the 11th inning of Game 7 of the AL championship series to Aaron Boone of the Yankees, allowing New York to advance to the World Series with a 6-5 victory over Boston. Although the Yankees would eventually lose in the World Series, many consider this to be one of the greatest moments/games in MLB history.
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Knuckleball!
2012
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Knuckleball!
2012
Documentary
Himself - pitcher, Boston Red Sox
Sunday Night Baseball
1997-2011
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Pitcher
2009 MLB All-Star Game
2009
TV Special
Himself
The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...
2006
TV Series
Himself
History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony
2005
Video documentary
Himself
Queer Eye
2005
TV Series
Himself
Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox
2004
Video documentary
Himself - Red Sox Pitcher
2004 World Series
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Red Sox
2004 American League Championship Series
2004
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Pitcher
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
2004
Documentary
Himself
Average Joe
2004
TV Series
Himself
My Oh My!
1996
Documentary
Himself
1992 National League Championship Series
1992
TV Series
Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher
Known for movies
Knuckleball! (2012) as Thanks
History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (2005) as Himself
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004) as Himself
Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox (2004) as Himself - Red Sox Pitcher
$23 Million
