Hentgen was offered the baseball scholarship to Western Michigan University, but signed by owning a Toronto Blue Jays instead after existence drafted in the Fifth around of the 1986 free streaming-professional draft. He processed his debut within 1991 and played a big a share in their World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. His better season, notwithstanding, come within 1996 when he went 20-1By having the Troika.Twenty-two ERA and 177 strikeouts to win the American League Cy Young Award, barely beating New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte.

Traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1999, he then played for the Baltimore Orioles from 2001 to 2003. Hentgen experienced Tommy John surgery in 2001 (the procedure where a tendon is extracted from the pitcher's non-throwing arm and used to replenish a torn ligament on his pitching arm, threading a sinew across holes drilled into a bone above & in the image below the elbow. These are known as fallowing previous Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John, for whom the procedure was devised. These are a equivalent operation performed on the Atlanta Braves' John Smoltz.)

In November 18, 2003 Hentgen returned to the Blue Jays on the of these-annual free streaming-professional treat worth $2.Two million. Above his Twelve-season MLB career, he has posted the 129-103 record by having the Tetrad.Twenty-one ERA.

In July 24, 2004, Hentgen announced his retirement from baseball. a right-hander left using his title everthing on top the Blue Jays' team book, ranking inside the top 5 in wins (107), starts (238), frame pitched (1,636) & winning percentage (.557). Overthe lot, a trey-period All-Star spent Fourteen seasons in the majors, running 131-112 by owning 3Foursome complete games, 1290 strikeouts & a 4.32 ERA.

Hentgen & his married woman, Darlene, own terzetto girls.

Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (1991-1999, 2004) St. Louis Cardinals (2000) Baltimore Orioles (2001-2003)

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