1963
Born November 23, 1963
Arlington, VA, USA
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b. November 23, 1963 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1986, Montreal Expos 1988, New York Mets 1991, Kansas City Royals 1992, Chicago White Sox 1996, Oakland Athletics 2000
Rich Sauveur pitched in the major leagues in 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 2000 — six seasons across fifteen years, 34 games in total — and spent essentially all of the rest of that time in the minor leagues, where he pitched in more than 600 games.
Careers like his are the ones the record keeps least well: a professional who worked for two decades and whose major league line is 46 innings and a 6.07 earned run average, none of which describes the job he actually did.
Born in Arlington, Virginia in 1963, Sauveur struck out 28 batters in the majors and later coached pitchers in the minor leagues for many years.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PIT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| 1988 | MON | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | NYM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | KCR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | CHW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | OAK | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 1988 | MON | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 1991 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10.80 |
| 1992 | KCR | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4.40 |
| 1996 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15.00 |
| 2000 | OAK | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4.35 |
| Career | — | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 46.0 | 58 | 31 | 24 | 28 | 6.07 |
On this day & linked events
1986
Major-league debut: Rich Sauveur
Rich Sauveur made a major-league debut on July 1, 1986.
2000
Final major-league game: Rich Sauveur
Rich Sauveur played a final major-league game on June 18, 2000.
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