Win–loss record 57–67 Role Baseball player Earned run average 3.81 Date drafted 1985 | Strikeouts 564 Spouse Renee Magrane Name Joe Magrane School University of Arizona | |
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Children Shannon Magrane, Sophia Magrane Similar People Shannon Magrane, Dewayne Staats, John Tudor, Eric Byrnes, Dave Valle | ||
#WeKnowPostseason: Magrane Starts World Series Game 7
Joseph David Magrane (born July 2, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and is currently a color commentary broadcaster for the MLB Network. He was teamed with play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats from 1998 to 2008 as part of the Tampa Bay Rays television team.
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- WeKnowPostseason Magrane Starts World Series Game 7
- Joe magrane bat launch scares cardinals teammates
- Playing career
- Personal life
- References
Magrane served as an analyst for NBC Sports' coverage of Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He teamed with play-by-play man Eric Collins of ESPN.
Joe magrane bat launch scares cardinals teammates
Playing career
During his rookie season he helped the Cardinals win the 1987 NL Pennant. He also led the National League in Hit Batsmen (10).
He led the National League in ERA (2.18) in 1988, despite winning only five games (losing nine). He finished 4th in voting for the 1989 NL Cy Young with an 18-9 win-loss record, a 2.91 ERA and only 5 home runs surrendered in 234 2⁄3 innings.
An injured elbow in 1990 cost him almost all of the next two seasons and most of his effectiveness, and Magrane never really regained his early form. He did win 11 games between the St. Louis and California ballclubs in 1993, but could not muster more than 2 wins or 74 innings pitched in any other season until his retirement in 1996 at the relatively early age of 32.
Personal life
Magrane is married to his wife Renee, and have two daughters, Shannon and Sophia. In 2012, Shannon was a finalist on the 11th season of American Idol .
