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Steve Foucault

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Steve Foucault
Pitcher
Born: (1949-10-03) October 3, 1949 (age 74)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 7, 1973, for the Texas Rangers
Last MLB appearance
August 29, 1978, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Win–loss record35–36
Earned run average3.21
Strikeouts307
Saves52
Teams

Steven Raymond Foucault (born October 3, 1949) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 1978 for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals. Foucault attended Miami Coral Park Senior High and South Georgia College[1] He was traded from the Rangers to the Tigers for Willie Horton on April 12, 1977.[2]

For his career, he compiled a 35-36 record, with a 3.21 ERA, 307 strikeouts and 52 saves in 277 appearances. In 2007 Foucault was hired as pitching coach for the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League, helping lead the team to the 2007 Atlantic League championship. In 2009-10 He was the pitching coach for the Evansville Otters. Currently he is the pitching coach for the Long Island Ducks.

For a period of time in the 1980s he was a police officer in Arlington, Texas.[3]

Steven Foucault's parents are Betty J Foucault and Raymond Foucault.

References

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  1. ^ the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1203. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
  2. ^ "People in Sports," The New York Times, Wednesday, April 13, 1977. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Burke, Barbara (1980). "He's the cop who used to put out 'fires'". Arlington Citizen Journal.
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