Danny Graves

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Danny Graves
Free Agent — No. --
Relief Pitcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
July 13, 1996 for the Cleveland Indians
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2006)
Saves     182
ERA     4.05
K     429
Former teams

Daniel Peter Graves (born August 7, 1973, in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a relief pitcher free agent. Born to an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother, he is the first and only Vietnam-born player in the history of the major leagues, and one of the few Vietnamese-American players.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] High school and college

Graves's family moved to the U.S. when he was fourteen months old. He graduated from Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida and was awarded a baseball scholarship to the University of Miami. As a right-handed relief pitcher for the school as a junior, he posted a 0.89 earned run average and led collegiate baseball with a school-record 21 saves.

[edit] Major League Baseball career

In 1994, Graves was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fourth round of the amateur MLB draft. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in July 1997.

In his first nine seasons with Cleveland and Cincinnati, Graves compiled a 40-42 record as a pitcher with 406 strikeouts, a 3.89 ERA, and 172 saves in 755.2 innings.

On May 23, 2005, Graves was released by Cincinnati after an admittedly poor start to the season and after making an obscene gesture to a heckler who reportedly yelled racial slurs at him. He subsequently was signed as a free agent by the New York Mets on June 11, 2005.

After putting up a 5.89 ERA with the Mets, he was designated for assignment on August 23, 2005. He cleared waivers and was sent to AAA Norfolk on August 26, but was called back up to the Mets when rosters expanded. Graves was 0-2 with an 18.00 ERA in five games with Norfolk [1].

On December 19, 2005, Graves signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians. Graves pitched well in Spring training, earning a spot in the Indian bullpen, but he was designated for assignment on May 12, 2006 after he opened the season with a 2-1 record and 5.79 ERA in 13 relief appearances [2].

On May 18, 2006, Graves was assigned to the Indians' AAA affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons, in Buffalo. He finished the 2006 season with the Bisons, with a 4.01 ERA (1 Win 1 Loss).

Graves signed a minor-league deal with the Rockies on December 19, 2006. On March 24, 2007 the Rockies released him.

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Preceded by
John Franco		 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2002		 Succeeded by
Jamie Moyer
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