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Early LifePettitte was born on June 15, 1972, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is of Italian and Cajun descent, and the younger of two children born to Tommy and JoAnn Pettitte.

He attended Deer Park High School in Deer Park, Texas, where he pitched for the school's baseball team. His fastball ranged from between 85 to 87 miles per hour (137 to 140 km/h). He also played center and nose guard for the school's football team.

Professional LifeBaseball America ranked Pettitte the 49th best prospect in baseball prior to the 1995 season. The Yankees demoted him back to the minors on May 16 to allow him to continue starting. Eleven days later, he was recalled due to an injury to Jimmy Key. He recorded his first major league win on June 7

Starting the season in the rotation, Pettitte had a 13–4 record at the end of the first half of the season, and made the AL All-Star team. Unfortunately, He did not appear in the 1996 MLB All-Star Game, due to a sore arm. He led the AL with 21 wins and finished third in winning percentage (.724), and eighth in ERA (3.87).

Career PerspectivePettitte won 20 games in a season twice, posting 21–8 records in 1996

and 2003. He was part of seven American League pennant-winning

teams, one National League pennant-winning team and five World

Series championship teams. He holds the record for most wins in

postseason history with 19. He is the only MLB pitcher since 1930 to

win at least 12 games in each of his first nine seasons.

Personal Life Pettitte met his wife Laura in high school. They have four children. Pettitte and his wife are devout Christians. Josh was selected by the Yankees in the 37th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, but enrolled at Baylor University rather than sign a professional contract. He currrently plays at Rice University after transferring from Baylor in April 2014.

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