Gary Lavelle
| Gary Lavelle | |
|---|---|
 Lavelle in 1983 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 3, 1949 Scranton, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 10, 1974, for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 3, 1987, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 80–77 |
| Earned run average | 2.93 |
| Strikeouts | 769 |
| Saves | 136 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Gary Robert Lavelle (born January 3, 1949) is a retired professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1987.
Career[]
Lavelle grew up in Pennsylvania, where he attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Lavelle spent the majority of his Major League career with the San Francisco Giants, and also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics before retiring in 1987. He posted a career high 13 wins in 1978 and accumulated 136 saves in his 13-season career.
Lavelle lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia and coaches baseball at the Virginia Beach campus of Bryant & Stratton College.[1] Lavelle previously was the head coach at Greenbrier Christian Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia,[2] earning his 500th victory in April 2014.[3] He retired from Greenbrier Christian after the 2016 season.
See also[]
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in games finished
References[]
- ^ "Gary Lavelle Pitching Coach".
- ^ "Greenbrier Christian Academy Gators Varsity Baseball". gcagators.org. Greenbrier Christian Academy. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ Staff report (April 23, 2014). "Greenbrier Christian coach earns 500th win". HamptonRoads.com & PilotOnline.com. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- 1949 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Arizona Instructional League Giants players
- Baseball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- Amarillo Giants players
- Decatur Commodores players
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) alumni
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Medford Giants players
- Minor league baseball coaches
- National League All-Stars
- Oakland Athletics players
- Phoenix Giants players
- Salt Lake City Giants players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Sportspeople from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Tigres de Aragua players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Toronto Blue Jays players