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American baseball player & coach (born 1953)

Baseball player
Dennis Lewallyn
Pitcher
Born: (1953-08-11) August 11, 1953 (age 71)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB debut
September 21, 1975, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
April 27, 1982, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Win–loss record4–4
Earned run average4.48
Strikeouts28
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Dennis Dale Lewallyn (born August 11, 1953) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball and current Pitching coach for the AA Mississippi Braves. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians from 1975-1982. Lewallyn's best season was arguably 1977, where he picked up 3 of his 4 career wins. He posted a respectable 4.24 ERA that season and notched his one and only major league save on September 28, 1977. On that day, Lewallyn pitched 4 innings to hold down a 2-1 Dodgers victory over their arch rival Giants. He saved the game that day for starter Charlie Hough.

Lewallyn was named as the pitching coach for the AA Mississippi Braves in the Braves organization for the 2018 season.

References

  1. "San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, September 28, 1977".

External links

Pacific Coast League MVP Award


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