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David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network.〔(Profile ), yesnetwork.com; accessed February 14, 2015.〕 A third round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in 1981 MLB, he made his MLB debut in 1986. During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched until 2003 for five different teams. Cone batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Cone pitched the sixteenth perfect game in baseball history in 1999. On the final game of the 1991 regular season, he struck out 19 batters, tied for second-most ever in a game. The 1994 Cy Young Award winner, he was a five-time All-Star and led the major leagues in strikeouts each season from 1990–92. A two-time 20 game-winner, he set the MLB record for most years between 20-win seasons with 10. He was a member of five World Series championship teams – with the Toronto Blue Jays and , , and with the New York Yankees. 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.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coneda01.shtml〕 Cone is the subject of the book, ''A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone'', by Roger Angell.〔https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/06/reviews/010506.06hamillt.html〕 ==Early years== Cone was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Joan (née Curran) and Edward Cone.〔()〕 He attended Rockhurst High School, a Jesuit school, where he played quarterback on the football team, leading them to the district championship. He played summer ball in the Ban Johnson League. At 16, he reported to an invitation-only tryout at Royals Stadium and an open tryout for the St. Louis Cardinals. Upon graduation, he was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coneda01.shtml〕 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「David Cone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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