American baseball player & coach (born 1979)
Baseball player
Dave Bush
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Bush with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1979-11-09
)
November 9, 1979
(age 44)
Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
July 2, 2004, for the Toronto Blue Jays
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KBO:
June 6, 2012, for the SK Wyverns
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KBO:
October 4, 2012, for the SK Wyverns
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MLB:
April 7, 2013, for the Toronto Blue Jays
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Win?loss record
| 56?69
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Earned run average
| 4.73
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Strikeouts
| 768
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Win?loss record
| 4?6
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Earned run average
| 4.43
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Strikeouts
| 45
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David Thomas Bush
(born November 9, 1979) is an American
professional baseball
coach
and former
pitcher
. He played in
Major League Baseball
(MLB) for the
Toronto Blue Jays
,
Milwaukee Brewers
, and
Texas Rangers
, and in the
KBO League
for the
SK Wyverns
.
From 2020 to 2023, Bush was the
pitching coach
for the
Boston Red Sox
.
Early life
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]
Bush graduated from
Conestoga High School
in
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
[1]
and played college baseball at
Wake Forest University
where he was a double major in psychology and sociology. In 2000 and 2001, he played
collegiate summer baseball
for the
Chatham A's
of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
(CCBL), where he posted a league-leading 11
saves
in 2000 with an
earned run average
of 0.84, and returned in 2001 to post an ERA of 0.34. In 2011, Bush was inducted into the
CCBL Hall of Fame
.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Playing career
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]
Milwaukee Brewers
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]
On August 11, 2010, in a game against the
Arizona Diamondbacks
, Bush became the third player in Major League history to allow four straight
home runs
(
Paul Foytack
and
Chase Wright
were the others). Bush was touched for consecutive solo blasts by
Adam LaRoche
,
Miguel Montero
,
Mark Reynolds
and
Stephen Drew
.
[5]
Texas Rangers
[
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]
On January 30, 2011, Bush signed a minor league contract with the
Texas Rangers
as their long reliever. He was designated for assignment on July 1, 2011.
[6]
He was released on July 6.
[7]
Chicago Cubs
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]
Bush signed a minor league contract with the
Chicago Cubs
on July 15.
[8]
He opted out of his contract on August 11, after appearing in five games for the Triple-A
Iowa Cubs
, recording a 6.14 ERA.
[9]
Philadelphia Phillies
[
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]
On August 14, 2011, Bush signed a minor league contract with the
Philadelphia Phillies
. On June 5, 2012, Bush opted out of that contract to pitch for the SK Wyverns of the KBO.
[10]
Toronto Blue Jays
[
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]
Bush started the 2013 season with the Triple-A
Buffalo Bisons
, but the Blue Jays brought him up on April 6 when
Jeremy Jeffress
was designated for assignment.
[11]
Bush was designated for assignment on April 8, 2013.
[12]
Bush cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo.
[13]
Near no-hitters
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]
On three instances in Bush's career, he flirted with a
no-hitter
, taking it beyond seven complete innings. The first was on July 20, 2004, while pitching with the Blue Jays in only his third major-league starting appearance. He pitched
7
+
1
⁄
3
innings against the
Oakland A's
until
Damian Miller
, his future teammate with the Brewers, singled against him. In Milwaukee, Bush's next opportunity came against his former team, Toronto, on June 19, 2008.
Lyle Overbay
, the man Bush was traded for, led off the eighth inning with a triple to end the bid. In an April 23, 2009 game against the
Philadelphia Phillies
, he once again took the no-hit bid
7
+
1
⁄
3
innings before giving up a
home run
to
Matt Stairs
.
[14]
Post-playing career
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Bush began working in private business in
Bridgton, Maine
, in 2011, but he remained in baseball as a coach at
Bridgton Academy
. He joined
MLB International
as an envoy-coach in March 2015, serving for two years as a pitching coach with national teams from China and South Africa, then joined the Red Sox late in 2016 as a pitching development analyst..
[15]
On January 10, 2019, Bush was named minor league pitching coordinator (performance) for the
Boston Red Sox
of
Major League Baseball
.
[16]
On October 31, 2019, Bush was named the
pitching coach
for the
Boston Red Sox
.
[17]
He was fired by the Red Sox on October 9, 2023.
[18]
References
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]
- ^
"Dave Bush Stats"
. Baseball Almanac
. Retrieved
November 15,
2012
.
- ^
"2000 Chatham As"
. thebaseballcube.com
. Retrieved
September 23,
2021
.
- ^
"2001 Chatham As"
. thebaseballcube.com
. Retrieved
September 23,
2021
.
- ^
"Former A's Mike Lowell and David Bush to Enter CCBL Hall of Fame"
. chathamanglers.com
. Retrieved
August 2,
2019
.
- ^
"Diamondbacks hit major league record-tying four straight homers in win"
.
ESPN
. August 12, 2010.
Archived
from the original on May 18, 2021
. Retrieved
May 26,
2021
.
- ^
Fraley, Gerry (2011-07-01).
"Rangers activate Hunter; designate Bush"
.
The Dallas Morning News
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-10-03
. Retrieved
2011-07-02
.
- ^
Nicholson-Smith, Ben (6 July 2011).
"Rangers Release Dave Bush"
.
MLBTradeRumors.com
. Retrieved
6 July
2011
.
- ^
Nicholson-Smith, Ben (15 July 2011).
"Cubs Sign Dave Bush"
.
MLBTradeRumors.com
. Retrieved
15 July
2011
.
- ^
Nicholson-Smith, Ben (11 August 2011).
"Dave Bush Elects Free Agency"
.
MLBTradeRumors.com
. Retrieved
12 August
2011
.
- ^
Adams, Luke (14 August 2011).
"Phillies To Sign Dave Bush"
.
MLBTradeRumors.com
. Retrieved
August 14,
2011
.
- ^
"Blue Jays send Jeffress to triple-A, recall Bush"
. April 6, 2013
. Retrieved
April 6,
2013
.
- ^
Roy, Kieran (April 8, 2013).
"Jays Claim 1B Mauro Gomez; DFA Dave Bush"
. Retrieved
April 8,
2013
.
- ^
"Dave Bush sent to Triple-A"
. April 9, 2013. Archived from
the original
on October 4, 2013
. Retrieved
April 9,
2013
.
- ^
McCalvy, Adam (April 23, 2009).
"Another ex-Brewer thwarts Bush's no-no"
.
- ^
Mastrodonato, Jason (26 November 2017),
Dave Bush Brings Data, Deft Touch to Developing Pitchers for Red Sox.
The Boston Herald
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MLB.com (10 January 2019), "Red Sox Set Player Development, Minors Staffs"
- ^
"Red Sox Announce Updates to Major League Coaching Staff"
.
MLB.com
. October 31, 2019
. Retrieved
October 31,
2019
.
- ^
Axisa, Mike (October 9, 2023).
"Red Sox fire pitching coach Dave Bush amid sweeping offseason makeover, per report"
.
cbssports.com
. Retrieved
October 9,
2023
.
External links
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