11 Facts About Doug Drabek

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Douglas Dean Drabek was born on July 25,1962 and is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and current Pitching Coach for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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2.

Doug Drabek played for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles between 1986 and 1998.

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3.

Doug Drabek attended St Joseph High School in Victoria, where he played football and baseball.

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4.

Doug Drabek then attended the University of Houston and played three seasons for the Cougars baseball team.

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5.

Doug Drabek then spent the rest of the 1984 season at AA Nashville.

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6.

Doug 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.

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7.

Doug Drabek signed as a free agent after the 1992 season with the Houston Astros.

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8.

Doug 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.

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9.

On 13 December 2010 the D-backs announced that Doug Drabek was promoted to the pitching coach for the Visalia Rawhide in the Class A California League.

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10.

In February 2018, Doug Drabek was named as the Pitching coach for the AA Jackson Generals.

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11.

Doug Drabek served as the pitching coach for the Amarillo Sod Poodles in 2019.

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