John Trautwein

John Howard Trautwein (born August 7, 1962 in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the by|1988 season. Listed at 6' 3", 205 lb., Trautwein batted and threw right-handed. He attended Northwestern University.

Trautwein had an undistinguished career as a baseball player, but will always be remembered for being one of the first victims of the Rule 5. In 1984, Trautwein was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Helena Brewers of the Pioneer League. Then, in 1987 he was obtained by Boston from the Montreal Expos in the Rule 5 draft by was returned by the Red Sox to Montreal in 1988. Hours later, he was sent by the Expos to Boston in exchange by a minor leaguer.

In nine relief appearances for the Red Sox, Trautwein posted a 0-1 record with a 9.00 ERA without saves, giving up 17 runs (one unearned) on 26 hits and nine walks while striking out eight in 16.0 innings of work. In a seven minor league career, he went 34-39 with a 3.87 and 44 saves in 261 games.

ee also

*1988 Boston Red Sox season

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/T/john-trautwein.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trautjo01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptrauj001.htm Retrosheet]