Rick Camp
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Rick Lamar Camp is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher
in the Major Leagues from 1976
-1985
. He played for the Atlanta Braves
.
Camp is most well known for hitting a game-tying 18th-inning home run on July 5, 1985 against the New York Mets
, off pitcher Tom Gorman. What made the home run more amazing was that Camp, despite hitting a respectable .231 in 1985 (3-13), had a very low career batting average of .074 (13 for 175), and this was the only home run of his nine-season career. It was one of the most improbable home runs ever hit, given the batter and the circumstances. Representing the tying run, Camp also struck out to end the game and was the losing pitcher. The Braves had run out of position players and had no choice but to let Camp bat in the 18th and 19th innings.
In September 2005, Camp was sentenced, along with four other people, to three years in federal prison for conspiring to steal more than $2 million from the Community Mental Health Center in Augusta, Georgia
.
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
in the Major Leagues from 1976
1976 Atlanta Braves season
- Offseason :* November 17, 1975: Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson were traded by the Braves to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jerry Royster, Lee Lacy, Tom Paciorek, and Jimmy Wynn....
-1985
1985 Atlanta Braves season
The Atlanta Braves season was the 115th season in franchise history. The Braves failed to qualify for the postseason for the third consecutive season.-Offseason:...
. He played for the Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
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Camp is most well known for hitting a game-tying 18th-inning home run on July 5, 1985 against the New York Mets
1985 New York Mets season
The New York Mets' 1985 season was the 24th regular season for the Mets. They went 98-64 and finished 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson...
, off pitcher Tom Gorman. What made the home run more amazing was that Camp, despite hitting a respectable .231 in 1985 (3-13), had a very low career batting average of .074 (13 for 175), and this was the only home run of his nine-season career. It was one of the most improbable home runs ever hit, given the batter and the circumstances. Representing the tying run, Camp also struck out to end the game and was the losing pitcher. The Braves had run out of position players and had no choice but to let Camp bat in the 18th and 19th innings.
In September 2005, Camp was sentenced, along with four other people, to three years in federal prison for conspiring to steal more than $2 million from the Community Mental Health Center in Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
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