Charles Nagy

Charles Nagy was a right-handed starting pitcher who played for the USA at the 1988 Olympic demonstration baseball tournament. He also won a silver medal in 1988 at the Baseball World Cup. Nagy played for the University of Connecticut, after which he was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the first round (17th pick) of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft.

Nagy played in the majors from 1990-2003, with almost his entire career spent in Cleveland, playing only his final season elsewhere, with the San Diego Padres. He had a career record of 129-105, with a 4.51 ERA and 1,242 strikeouts. Nagy played in Major League Baseball All-Star Games in 1993, 1996, and 1999. He was inducted into the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame and the Kinston (NC) Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.

Nagy later became a pitching coach in the minors in 2009, moving up to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010. In 2013 he was fired by the Diamondbacks General Manager for refusing to have his pitchers hit opposing batters. He became a special assistant to the Indians in February 2015, and later that year was named the pitching coach of the Los Angeles Angels.