Five Facts: Andy Pettitte

Here are five facts about one of my favorite Yankee, Andy Pettitte.
Other five facts can be found in here: Ellsbury and Betances, Tanaka, Rivera, Ruth, Sabathia, Gregorius



1. Andy Pettitte is MLB's All-time postseason wins leader, 19.
John Smoltz is the second with 15, Tom Glavine is the third with 14. CC Sabathia is the leader among active pitchers with 9, followed by Justin Verlander, Cliff Lee, John Lackey, Cole Hamels, and Madison Bumgarner (?!) all with 7.

2. Once threw this as his two-strike pitch: knuckle ball.
It is in this article from 2010. Posada is not known for his catching, so it is not so hard to imagine that Posada had a trouble catching Pettitte's knuckle balls. In the article, it says that Pettitte used a knuckle ball briefly when in minors then coaches told him to cut it out, so he forgot how to throw it.

3. First pitched to Jorge Posada in 1992, last pitched to Jorge Posada in 2010.
We are so lucky to have both of you on the team for the long period of time.

4. The Yankees drafted his son in the 2013 MLB draft, Josh is currently enrolled at Rice University.
We do have Michel O'neill in the system, a nephew of Paul O'neill.

5. One of the only two players in the history to have four of the same consonant in his name, Mickey Tettleton is the other. 
Here is his reference page.