Bobby Seay

Infobox MLB player


width = 200
name = Bobby Seay
team = Detroit Tigers
number = 44
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|6|20
birthplace = Sarasota, Florida
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = August 14
debutyear = 2001
debutteam = Tampa Bay Devil Rays
statyear = August 17, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 5–2
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 3.65
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 135
teams =
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (by|2001, by|2003–by|2004)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2005)
*Detroit Tigers (by|2006–present)

Robert "Bobby" Michael Seay (pronounced "See") (born June 20, 1978 in Sarasota, Florida) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2001 to 2004 and the Colorado Rockies in 2005.

High school

Seay is a graduate of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida, where he compiled a 30–4 record in three years (1994–1996) with a 0.79 earned run average (ERA) and 362 strikeouts in 221 1/3 innings pitched. He led Sarasota High School to the Florida State Championship and #16 national ranking in his senior year, going 10–2 with an 0.70 ERA and 122 strikeouts and 29 base on balls in 70 innings. Seay was named First-team High School All-America and a finalist for Louisville Slugger's High School Player of the Year Award.Fact|date=April 2008 Seay was drafted 12th overall by the Chicago White Sox in by|1996 [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1996&round=1 Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1996 June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com ] ] but was granted free agency based on Major League Baseball's amateur draft rule 4-3.

Olympics

Seay was a member of the United States baseball team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Major Leagues

Seay was signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and made his Major League debut in 2001. He stayed with the organization until 2004, when he was traded to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Reggie Taylor after being designated for assignment. Then, only after three games with the Rockies he was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left pectoral muscle. Seay recorded his first Major League save for the Tigers on May 20, 2007 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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