Andy Hawkins

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Melton Andrew Hawkins

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 223 lb.

Debut July 17, 1982
Final Game August 4, 1991
Born January 21, 1960 in Waco, TX USA

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Andy Hawkins threw eight innings of no-hit ball on July 1, 1990 against the Chicago White Sox but still lost 4 - 0. Although Hawkins allowed no hits, his New York Yankees fielders failed him by making three errors and allowed four unearned runs to score in the eighth inning. Since it was a road game, the White Sox did not bat in the bottom of the ninth. By only pitching eight innings, it was deemed unofficial a year later when the definition changed. In his next start after the no-hitter on July 6, Hawkins took a shutout into the 12th inning, but the Yankees had 10 hits and 12 left on base, seven in scoring position, over the first 11 innings. In the 12th Hawkins let in two runs to lose 2-0.

Twelve days after his "no-hitter", Hawkins was on the losing end of Melido Pérez's six inning, rain-shortened "no-hitter".

In the middle of his 8th season as a pitching coach in the Texas Rangers organization, he was promoted to the big-league club on August 1, 2008 when pitching coach Mark Connor and bullpen coach Dom Chiti were fired as a result of the team's chronic problems on the mound.