Rich DeLucia

Rich DeLucia
DeLucia in 1988
Pitcher
Born: (1964-10-07) October 7, 1964
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 1990, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
May 28, 1999, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Win–loss record38–51
Earned run average4.62
Strikeouts502
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Richard Anthony DeLucia (born October 7, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for several teams between 1990 and 1999.

Playing career

A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, DeLucia graduated from Wyomissing High School in 1982 and attended the University of Tennessee. He set a Volunteers career record with 246 strikeouts,[1] since surpassed.[2] In 1984, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3]

DeLucia was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the sixth round of the 1986 MLB draft. That July, he threw a 7-inning no-hitter for the Bellingham Mariners. He missed most of the 1987 season with elbow surgery and dealt with a back injury in 1989. He made his major league debut with Seattle in September 1990.[1][4] He led major league rookies with 12 wins in 1991, but led the Mariners with 13 losses, with a 5.09 ERA in 182 innings, more than twice his workload in any other MLB season.[1][5] He moved to a long relief role in 1992.[6] He dealt with a shoulder injury in 1993.[7]

Seattle waived DeLucia ahead of the 1994 season,[8] and he signed with the Cincinnati Reds, pitching most of the season in Triple-A.[5][9] After signing a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles that November, the St. Louis Cardinals selected him in the Rule 5 draft. He had a 3.39 ERA in 82+1⁄3 innings. After the season, St. Louis traded him to the San Francisco Giants as part of a five-player trade sending Royce Clayton to the Cardinals.[10]

In April 1997, the Giants traded DeLucia to the Anaheim Angels for minor leaguer Travis Thurmond.[5] DeLucia was ejected and suspended two games after hitting Dean Palmer with a pitch during a June 1998 game that had two bench-clearing brawls.[11] In a ten-season MLB career, DeLucia posted a 4.62 ERA with 502 strikeouts over 624 innings.[5] He continued to pitch in the minors in 2000 and 2001.[12]

Post-playing career

After his playing career, DeLucia was a minor league pitching coach in 2002 and 2003.[13] He has also worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.[14][15] He founded a baseball training facility in Shillington, Pennsylvania, selling the company in 2023 while continuing to work as an instructor.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b c Seattle Mariners 1993 Media Guide. 1993. pp. 38–39.
  2. ^ "2026 Tennessee Baseball Record Book" (PDF). University of Tennessee Athletics. p. 23. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  3. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Finnegan, Bob (September 19, 1990). "Kid From Nowhere, Delucia, Arrives -- Davis' 7Th-Inning Slam Makes Winner Of Rookie". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d "Rich DeLucia Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  6. ^ "DeLucia becomes long reliever". Ellensburg Daily Record. Associated Press. February 25, 1992. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
  7. ^ "Mariners agree to two-year deal with Blowers". UPI. March 1, 1994. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  8. ^ "Deals". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  9. ^ "Rich DeLucia - MLB, Minor League, College Baseball Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
  10. ^ "Every Rule 5 Draft pick in Cards history". MLB.com. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
  11. ^ "Managers get 8-game suspensions - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  12. ^ "Rich DeLucia Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  13. ^ "Rich DeLucia - Jobs in Baseball". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  14. ^ Los Angeles Dodgers 2010 Media Guide. pp. 367, 369.
  15. ^ Stephen, Eric (June 13, 2015). "MLB Draft 2015: Dodgers pick 13 college pitchers on Day 3". True Blue LA. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
  16. ^ "Delucia Baseball Academy in Reading acquired by national training company". Reading Eagle. November 11, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
  17. ^ "Home". 3Up 3Down DeLucia Baseball Academy. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.