Doug Drabek

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103+2⁄3 innings. After pitching one game for the Class A Appleton Foxes, Drabek was promoted to the AA Glens Falls White Sox and was 12–5 with a 2.24 ERA. On August 13, he was traded to the New York Yankees along with Kevin Hickey to complete an earlier deal made on July 18 for Roy Smalley. [6] Drabek then spent the rest of the 1984 season at AA Nashville. In 1985, Drabek returned to AA and spent the entire season at Albany-Colonie in the Eastern League and finished with a 13–7 record with a 2.99 ERA with 153 strikeouts in 192+2⁄3 innings. After starting the 1986 season at AAA Columbus, Drabek made his Major League debut on May 30, coming in relief for starter Joe Niekro in a 6–3 loss to the Oakland Athletics. [7] He would spend the rest of the season with the Yankees, appearing in 27 games (21 starts) and go 7–8 with a 4.10 ERA.

Following the 1986 season, the Yankees traded Drabek with Logan Easley and Brian Fisher to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rick Rhoden, Cecilio Guante and Pat Clements. [8] Drabek enjoyed his best years with Pittsburgh, from 1987 to 1992, during which time he regularly pitched over 230 innings and consistently finished in the top 10 in the National League ERA race[ citation needed ]. He went 22–6 with a 2.76 ERA in 1990 en route to winning the National League Cy Young Award [9] and leading the Pirates to the postseason (where they lost in the NLCS to the Cincinnati Reds). His 22 wins that year were a league high; it was also 7 more wins than his previous single-season mark. On August 3, 1990, while with the Pirates, Drabek had a no-hitter broken up by a Sil Campusano single with two out in the ninth. The hit was the only one Drabek would allow in defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 11–0. [10]

Drabek signed as a free agent after the 1992 season with the Houston Astros. Despite a solid 3.79 ERA and playing for a rising team, he posted a 9–18 record and led the National League in losses. He improved in the strike-shortened 1994 season to 12–6 with a 2.84 ERA, and was named an All-Star for the first and only time in his career.

When play resumed after the players' strike in 1995, however, he was unable to maintain his success and retired after the 1998 season, having compiled a 35–40 record over his final four seasons.

Retirement and personal life

After retiring, Drabek coached his son's Little League and select league teams, often teaching them how to hit faster pitches with their personal pitching machine, giving them an advantage over other little league teams. [11] Drabek returned to professional baseball in 2010, accepting a position in the Arizona Diamondbacks system as the pitching coach for the Yakima Bears in the short-season Class A Northwest League. On December 31, 2010, the D-backs announced that Drabek was promoted to the pitching coach for the Visalia Rawhide in the Class A California League. [12]

Drabek is married to wife Kristy and has three children; sons Justin (born 1986) and Kyle (born 1987) and daughter Kelsey (born 1991). Justin spent time playing in independent ball. [11] Kyle was a starting pitcher who played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays.

In February 2018, Drabek was named as the pitching coach for the AA Jackson Generals. He served as the pitching coach for the Amarillo Sod Poodles in 2019. [13]

Drabek was named pitching coach of the Reno Aces for the 2024 season. [14]

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  2. 1 2 Meyer, Paul (June 6, 2006). "Like father..." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. pp. D3. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Doug Drabek Stats". Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ Utterback, Bill (October 7, 1990). "Few present Pirates remember 1979 playoffs". Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. pp. D3. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Doug Drabek Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com . Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Doug Drabek Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. July 25, 1962. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ "New York Yankees at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. May 30, 1986. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Wish Granted, Rhoden Goes to Yankees". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 1986. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Philadelphia Phillies 0". Retrosheet.org. August 3, 1990. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
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  13. ↑ Gay, David (February 26, 2021). "Amarillo Sod Poodles announce coaching staff for 2021 season". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Diamondbacks announce 2024 developmental staff". January 10, 2024.
Doug Drabek
Kyle Drabek with his father Doug.jpg
Doug Drabek (right) with his son, Kyle, in 2012
Pitcher
Born: (1962-07-25) July 25, 1962 (age 62)
Victoria, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 30, 1986, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
September 25, 1998, for the Baltimore Orioles
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