Dave Dravecky Stats & Facts

Dave Dravecky

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Left
6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)
Born: February 14, 1956 ) in Youngstown, OH
School: Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)
Debut: June 15, 1982 (14,621st in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: August 15, 1989
vs. MON 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W
Full Name: David Francis Dravecky
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Nine Players Who Debuted in 1982


Tony Gwynn
Wade Boggs
Julio Franco
Willie McGee
Tony Phillips
Don Mattingly
Frank Viola
Doug Jones
Kevin Bass

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Biography

A consistently effective starter and occasional reliever for the Padres for over five seasons, Dravecky was traded to the Giants in mid-1987 in a seven-player swap that included Mark Davis, Kevin Mitchell, and Craig Lefferts. He was outstanding in the 1987 LCS, tossing a two-hit shutout in Game Two and running his LCS scoreless-inning string to a record-tying 16, but he made only seven starts in 1988 before going on the DL with what turned out to be a career- and life-threatening cancerous tumor in his pitching arm. He made a surprisingly successful comeback attempt in mid-1989, winning two games before his weakened arm snapped as he threw a pitch. He rebroke it during the Giants’ LCS victory celebration.

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