| Gordon Seyfried | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1937-07-04)July 4, 1937 (age 87) Long Beach, California | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1963, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 28, 1964, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Won–lost record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 0.93 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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Gordon Clay Seyfried (born July 4, 1937) is a retired American professionalbaseball player. The former right-handedpitcher spent 12 years as a professional and appeared in fivegames inMajor League Baseball for the1963 and1964Cleveland Indians. The native ofLong Beach, California was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg). He attendedWilson Classical High School andLong Beach City College.[1]
Seyfried was signed by theDetroit Tigers in 1956. In theminor leagues, he won over 100 games, leading theEastern League in wins in 1958, with 17, while playing for theLancaster Red Roses.[2] From 1960–1962, as a member of theTriple-ADenver Bears, he posted a combinedwon–lost record of 40–24. On November 27, 1962, Seyfried was traded with fellow hurlerRon Nischwitz to theCleveland Indians for veteranthird basemanBubba Phillips.[3]
After spending the 1963 minor league season at Triple-A, Seyfried made hisMLB debut on September 13, 1963, against theLos Angeles Angels atDodger Stadium, only a few miles up the freeway from his Long Beach home town. RelievingEarly Wynn, Seyfried pitched oneinning and allowed twohits and noruns before being lifted for apinch hitter; Cleveland prevailed in 12 innings, 7–6, withGary Bell getting the win.[4] In the third and final game of his 1963 late-season trial, Seyfried received his only big-leaguestart. Facing theKansas City Athletics atMunicipal Stadium, Seyfried allowed only oneearned run in 52⁄3 innings, but departed the game trailing 2–1; when Cleveland could not rally from behind, Seyfried was tagged with the loss in his only MLBdecision.[5] In 1964, Seyfried worked in two scoreless April relief appearances for the Indians, before returning to Triple-A.[6]
Seyfried retired as a pitcher in mid-1967, and spent the remainder of that season as themanager of theGulf Coast Indians, Cleveland'sRookie-level affiliate.[7]