The power-hitting, tobacco spitting, fu man chu wearing slugger Clu Haywood in the iconic Major League movie was actually former MLB pitcher Pete Vuckovich.
Vuckovich was selected by the Blue Jays in the 1976 expansion draft from the Chicago White Sox. The hurler would pitch two scoreless innings earning the franchises first save during their inaugural snowy home opener on April 07th, 1977.
On June 26th, 1977 Vuckovich would outduel Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer to earn the Blue Jays first franchise complete-game shutout. The burly right-hander would fan 12 batters while only surrendering six hits en route to a 3-0 victory and forever enshrining himself in the record books.