Dan DeYoung

Daniel J. DeYoung

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 210 lb.
• School University of Mississippi
• High School Lisbon High School

• Born March 24, 1976 in Hartley, IA USA

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Biographical Information

Dan DeYoung pitched in the minor leagues in 1997 and 1998, but in his brief professional career had time to be part of a major league trade. Upon graduating from the University of Mississippi, he was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft. It was actually his second time being drafted, as he had been a 56th round selection by the New York Yankees in the 1994 amateur draft coming out of high school.

He started his professional career in 1997 with the Pulaski Rangers in the Appalachian League, where he had a fine season, going 4-1, 1.91 in 19 games, including 8 starts and 69 strikeouts and 12 walks in 61 1/3 innings. Of course, he was coming out of a major college program and facing mainly kids fresh out of high school, so some success should have been expected. He started 1998 with the Port Charlotte Rangers of the Florida State League where he racked up the wins, going 13-4, 4.02 in 20 starts. On July 31st, he was traded to the Florida Marlins along with fellow minor leaguer Jose Santos in return for major league 3B Todd Zeile. He stayed in the FSL, with the Brevard County Manatees, and went 1-4, 6.44 in his 6 starts there. He finished the year at 14-8, 4.59, with 71 strikeouts and 43 walks in 155 innings. He tied Billy Koch for the league lead in wins, but otherwise his numbers were not particularly outstanding.

He never pitched professionally after that, as his velocity had gone down significantly during his final season. He complained of a "dead arm" but doctors could not find anything wrong, and he retired at the end of spring training in 1999. After baseball, he was briefly a teacher, then went into coaching for the Katy Rebel youth baseball club in Katy, TX.