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Gagne blows another game for Brewers: Eric Gagne gave up three runs and four hits in the eighth Monday.
Take Eric Gagne, a converted starter who came to Los Angeles by way of the freezing ice rinks of suburban Montreal and dusty diamonds of Oklahoma—not exactly a straight-line journey.
After he struggled in that role, the Dodgers converted Gagné from a starter to a reliever, where for three years he was statistically the most outstanding closer in the game, winning the Cy Young Award in 2003.
Eric blitzed through the first half of the season and earned a spot in the Double-A All-Star Game, where he logged two perfect innings.
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But Pelletier reminded him that the national team had yet to qualify for the Atlanta Summer Games, while a deal with the Dodgers guaranteed him a shot at pro ball.
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During that period, he set a major league record of 84 straight converted save chances.
is a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.
He has a 6.81 ERA this year after signing a $10 million, one-year contract with the Brewers.
Through October 4 Current stats updated real-time, Career stats updated nightly.
Signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent in 1995, Gagné began his career as a starting pitcher.
A hockey scholarship to the University of Vermont was on the table, and Eric also had visions of representing Canada on the diamond in 1996 Olympics.
One scout who kept a keen eye on Eric was Claude Pelletier, a Canadian native working for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
As a boy, he played baseball and ice hockey at Montreal’s Polyvalente Édouard-Montpetit High School.
Eric is helping shatter the long-held belief that to be a dominant closer, you should develop just one reliable pitch.
Named the Dodger Minor League Pitcher of the Year, he posted a record of 12-4, and his 185 strikeouts in 167 innings topped the Texas League.
He made the most of his time with the Dukes, compiling a 5-1 mark with a 3.88 ERA, and beat the Memphis Redbirds in the semifinals of the PCL playoffs.
An ace on Team Canada’s Junior World Championships squads for two years, he was used exclusively as a starter until 1995.
