| Dave Wainhouse | |
|---|---|
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: (1967-11-07)November 7, 1967 (age 58) Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 3, 1991, for the Montreal Expos | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 27, 2000, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 2–3 |
| Earned run average | 7.37 |
| Strikeouts | 66 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
David Paul Wainhouse (born November 7, 1967) is a Canadian former professionalbaseball player whopitched for seven seasons inMajor League Baseball. A right-hander, Wainhouse was primarily amiddle reliever.
Wainhouse attendedMercer Island High School inMercer Island, Washington, where he played varsity baseball in his senior year. He attended college atWashington State, where he joined the baseball squad as a walk-on. Wainhouse had a strong season in his junior year, finishing with a 7–0 record.[1]
TheMontreal Expos selected Wainhouse with their first-round pick of the1988 Major League Baseball Draft, making him the first Canadian-born player picked the first round as well as the highest-ever pick out of Washington State.[1]
Later that summer, prior to making his professional debut, Wainhouse was named to theCanada's Olympic baseball team.[1] At theSeoul Games,baseball was a demonstration event. Canada finished the preliminary round with a 1–2 record and failed to qualify for the medal round.
Wainhouse made his pro debut in1989 with theWest Palm Beach Expos of the Single-AFlorida State League. He progressed rapidly through the Expos farm system, earning a promotion to theJacksonville Expos of the Double-ASouthern League in1990.[2] The1991 season saw Wainhouse start with theHarrisburg Senators of the Double-AEastern League, get promoted to the Triple-AIndianapolis Indians and, as a September call-up, see a two-game stint inMontreal.
While playing with Indianapolis in1992, Wainhouse suffered a knee injury that put him on thedisabled list for the remainder of the season.[1] That offseason, the Expos traded him to theSeattle Mariners (along withKevin Foster) forFrank Bolick and aplayer to be named later.[3] He only appeared in three games for the Mariners at the start of the1993 season before getting demoted to the minors.
A back injury kept Wainhouse out of action in1994. He spent the following season in the minor league systems of theToronto Blue Jays andFlorida Marlins, failing to return to the majors until1996, with thePittsburgh Pirates. He split time in1996 and1997 between the Pirates and their Triple-A affiliate, theCalgary Cannons. At the end of the 1997 campaign, Wainhouse signed with theColorado Rockies. Just as he did in Pittsburgh, Wainhouse spent1998 and1999 shuttling between the major league club and their Triple-A farm team, this time theColorado Springs Sky Sox.
Wainhouse signed with theSt. Louis Cardinals in2000, once again splitting time between Triple-A and the majors that year. He appeared in nine games with the Cardinals before an injury ended his season.
Wainhouse retired after the2001 season. In a seven-season major league career, he compiled a career record of 2–3 in 85 games with anERA of 7.37. Wainhouse now lives inKent, Washington with his wife and two children.[1] He currently operates a baseball academy and has been named as the assistant coach of theSeattle UniversityRedhawks baseball program.[4]
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