Dave Fleming

This article is about the former Major League Baseball pitcher. For the sports announcer, see Dave Flemming.

Dave Fleming
Pitcher
Born: November 7, 1969 (1969-11-07) (age 42) Jackson Heights, New York
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 6, 1991 for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1995 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics
Win-Loss	38-32
Earned run average	4.67
Strikeouts	303
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1991-1995) Kansas City Royals (1995)

David Anthony Fleming (born November 7, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1991 to 1995, mostly for the Seattle Mariners.

Fleming was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, and went to high school in Mahopac, New York. He pitched for the University of Georgia, leading them to a College World Series title in 1990.^[1]

Fleming was selected in the third round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners. He won a career high 17 games, including 9 in a row, for the Mariners in his rookie season of 1992. His ERA that year was 3.39, and he took third place in the AL Rookie of the Year voting (behind winner Pat Listach).

After going 29-15 in his first two MLB seasons, Fleming began to struggle with arm trouble. On 7 July 1995, he was traded by the Mariners to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Milacki. He pitched only 9 games for the Royals before undergoing surgery, and never pitched in the Major Leagues again.

As of 2008, Fleming teaches fifth grade at an elementary school in Seymour, Connecticut. He also coaches the Southbury Cool Whips in the American Wiffle Ball League, where he has led his team to five consecutive Wiffle Ball championships.

Fleming lives with wife Ivy and two daughters Taylor and Peyton. He has two dogs named Kisses and Bubbles. Taylor and Peyton's best friends are Casey, Scout B. and Jillian Hutchinson.

References

1. ^ Street, Jim. "Where've you gone, Dave Fleming?", Seattle Mariners, June 10, 2003. Accessed May 28, 2009. "The ace of the '92 staff was Dave Fleming, a quiet southpaw born in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, N.Y., who went from College World Series star at the University of Georgia to the Major Leagues in a blink of an eye."

External links

• Baseball-reference.com
• Feature story about Fleming on ESPN.com

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Name	Fleming, Dave
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	November 7, 1969
Place of birth	Jackson Heights, New York
Date of death
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