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Highs and lows of Pettitte’s career

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Andy Pettitte after Game 3 of the 2006 World Series

1996 World Series: In the defining game of his career, at age 24, outduels that year’s N.L. Cy Young winner, John Smoltz, in Game 5 of the deadlocked World Series, throwing 8 1/3 innings shutout innings in Atlanta in the Yankees’ 1-0 win.

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Andy Pettitte during Game 5 of the 1997 ALCS

1997 ALDS: Pettitte goes 0-2 with an 8.49 ERA against the Indians, which includes a loss in the deciding fifth game in Cleveland.

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Andy Pettitte and Joe Girardi during the 1998 ALCS against the Indians

1998 ALCS: The 114-win Yankees fall into an unthinkable 2-1 hole in the series after he allows six runs on four home runs in 4 2/3 innings.

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Andy Pettitte during the 2001 ALCS

2001: Pettitte earns the ALCS MVP after winning the first and final game of the series against the 116-win Seattle Mariners.

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Andy Pettitte on the mound during Game 6 of the Yankees - Diamondbacks World Series

2001 World Series: One win away from the Yankees’ fourth straight title, and fifth in six years, Pettitte loses his second game of the series after getting shelled for six runs in only two innings of a 15-2 loss at Arizona.

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Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte walks back to the mound past Jorge Posada as Marlins Juan Encarnacion walks to the dugout after hitting an RBI sac fly in the sixth inning of World Series Game 6 against the Marlins at Yankee Stadium in New York, Oct. 25, 2003. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky)

2003 World Series: Pitches well again after nearly throwing a complete game shutout in his Game 2 win, but can’t match Josh Beckett’s brilliance, and is the losing pitcher in the Marlins’ title-clinching game at Yankee Stadium.

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Houston Astros pitchers Andy Pettitte (R) and Roger Clemens walk in the outfield during a team practice before Game 1 of the World Series in Chicago October 21, 2005. Clemens will be the Astros starting pitcher when The American League champion Chicago White Sox will host the National league champion Houston Astros in Game 1 of the World Series in Chicago on Saturday.

After being named in the Mitchell Report in 2007, Andy Pettitte he used HGH.

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Andy Pettitte wins his 200th game

Sept. 19, 2007: Pettitte wins his 200th game in a victory over the Orioles

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Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada at the final game played at the old Yankee Stadium

Sept. 21, 2008: The Core Four pose together after Pettitte makes the final start at the old Yankee Stadium and records his 2,000th strikeout.

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Andy Pettitte and Alex Rodriguez celebrate after the Yankees won the World Series in 2009

2009 : Wins the clinching game of three postseason series’, including the Yankees’ Game 6 win over the Phillies in the World Series on three days rest. It was the team’s first title since 2000.

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Andy Pettitte during his 250th win

June 8, 2013: Pettitte registers his 250th win in a victory over the Mariners in June, becoming only the 47th pitcher to reach that milestone.