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Craig Phillip Chamberlain (born February 2, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an American former professional baseball player. A pitcher, he appeared in 15 games, including ten starts, in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals in and . As a rookie with the 1979 Royals, Chamberlain threw three complete game victories in his first three Major League appearances. Chamberlain was drafted in the first round of the secondary phase of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft after attending Long Beach City College and the University of Arizona. The , right-hander made his professional debut in 1979 at the Double-A level and won 12 of 21 decisions, with 11 complete games and a sparkling 2.59 earned run average. In August 1979, the Royals summoned him to the Major Leagues and he made his first start on August 12. ==Three straight complete game wins kicked off MLB career== The Royals were then locked in a race for the American League West Division championship, in third place and five games behind the California Angels. In a game against the Detroit Tigers at Royals Stadium, Whitey Herzog, the Kansas City manager, handed the ball to the 22-year-old Chamberlain and gave him the starting assignment in his MLB debut. Chamberlain proceeded to allow only six hits, five of them singles, in a 7–1 triumph, walking two and striking out six. Five days later, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore against the Orioles, Chamberlain again got the starting nod and again notched a complete game, 7–1 win. This time, he allowed only three hits (including a home run by the Ken Singleton) and two walks to the eventual American League champions, defeating Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer. In his third start, on August 24 at home against the Boston Red Sox, Chamberlain was not as effective, allowing ten hits and two earned runs, but he defeated Boston 4–2 and, in the process, bested another future Hall of Famer, Dennis Eckersley, who was then a starting pitcher. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Chamberlain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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