Gerald Raymond Ujdur is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher. Ujdur pitched in all or part of five seasons from through .

Ujdur was selected by the Detroit Tigers

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 in the 4th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft

1978 Major League Baseball Draft

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. He originally made it to the majors in 1980, but pitched just one full season in the majors, in . That year, he won 10 games with an ERA

Earned run average

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 of 3.69 and finished second in the American League

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 in hits per nine innings (7.58). He had a rough start to the season, with a 7.15 ERA in 11 games, and was sent back to the minors. He was released after the season and, after a brief stint with the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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in 1984, was done in the majors.

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