Delancey Lafayette Currence (born Delancey Lafayette Currence on December 3, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Lafayette Currence | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1951-12-03) December 3, 1951 (age 70) Rock Hill, South Carolina | |
Batted: Both Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
July 24, 1975, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 10, 1975, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–2 |
Earned run average | 7.71 |
Strikeouts | 7 |
Teams | |
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Currence pitched for Emmett Scott High School in Rock Hill[1] and was signed as a free agent in 1970 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1973, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Erardi.,[2] and he pitched in the Class A Midwest League's 1974 All-Star Game, representing the Danville Warriors, a Brewers affiliate.[3] That season, he led the Midwest League in strikeouts, fanning 184 batters in 191 innings, and racked up a 15-6 record with an ERA of 2.73. [4]
Currence pitched at the Major League level with the Brewers in 1975 in eight games, making one start, wearing #20.[5] He was called up from the Brewers' AA level Eastern League team, the Thetford Mines Miners in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada when pitcher Ed Sprague, Sr. was put on the 60-day disabled list in July 1975.[6] Currence started the next season with the Spokane Indians, the Brewers' AAA farm club in the Pacific Coast League,[7] and split time that season between Spokane and the Berkshire Brewers, the new Brewers' AA Eastern League farm team. His career in organized baseball ended with 4 games at the AA level in the Eastern League with the Holyoke Millers (the third Brewers affiliated AA Eastern League location in three years) in 1977.[8][9] Currence was named to the York County (South Carolina) Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[10]
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