Bobby Seay

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221+1⁄3innings pitched. He led Sarasota High School to the Florida State Championship and #16 national ranking in his senior year, going 10–2 with an 0.70 ERA and 122 strikeouts and 29 base on balls in 70 innings. Seay was named First-team High School All-American and a finalist for Louisville Slugger's High School Player of the Year Award.[ citation needed ] Seay was drafted 12th overall by the Chicago White Sox in 1996 [1] but was granted free agency based on Major League Baseball's amateur draft rule 4-3.

Olympics

Seay was a member of the United States baseball team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Major Leagues

Tampa Bay Rays

Seay was signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and made his Major League debut in 2001. His first appearance was in Yankee Stadium, allowing 1 hit and no runs. [2] For the 2001 season, Seay pitched in 12 games. After the season, Seay was designated for assignment.

He signed a minor league deal to stay in Tampa. [3] He missed most of the 2002 season with a shoulder injury.

In 2003, Seay appeared in 12 games while in 2004, he appeared in 21 games. He was traded in the offseason to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Reggie Taylor after being designated for assignment.

Colorado Rockies

Then, only after three games with the Rockies he was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left pectoral muscle. After the injury, Seay managed to appear in 14 more games. His ERA finished at 8.49 with Colorado.

Detroit Tigers

Seay recorded his first Major League save for the Tigers on May 20, 2007 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2009, Seay tore his rotator cuff in his left shoulder, ending a solid season in which he compiled a 6–3 record and 4.25 ERA out of the Tigers bullpen. After spending all of 2010 trying to recover without surgery, Seay gave in and scheduled surgery. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1996 June Draft – Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search".
  3. ↑ "BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUEWHITE SOX: Promoted Rick Hahn to".
  4. ↑ Bobby Seay's ESPN Profile Page
  5. ↑ Detroit Press News reporting the surgery.
Bobby Seay
Bobby Seay 2009 (cropped).jpg
Seay with the Detroit Tigers
Pitcher
Born: (1978-06-20) June 20, 1978 (age 44)
Sarasota, Florida
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 14, 2001, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 2009, for the Detroit Tigers
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