Rich DeLucia
American baseball player
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, since surpassed. In 1984, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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. 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. He moved to a long relief role in 1992.
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