Homered in his first two Major League games to tie the American League record. News and analysis of Toronto Blue Jays prospects, Long-time fan of the Jays, the minors, and baseball in general. Oak Grove (San Jose,CA) Colleges. With the Salukis’ starting pitcher wearing down, Stieb jogged in from the outfield to take over duties on the mound. He played for the Blue Jays from 1979 to 1992 and again in 1998. Stieb was a member of the Jays first World Series winner in 1992, but was not an integral part of it, the toll of almost 3000 innings on his arm having added up. He was the second-best in 1981 and 1985. 2530 Berryessa Road #432 ... educational, and athletic opportunities for the students of the East Side Union High School District. Fingers was unable to, as the NL touched him for a pair of runs, giving way to Stieb with one out. Stieb only threw a total of 17 innings for Southern Illinois that spring. Both executives were likely checking their watches as the game wore on, thinking about their next stop on their cross-checking tour, when something happened in the 6th inning that changed the course of the Blue Jays’ history. He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, located in St. Marys, Ontario, with the Class of 2005. ( Log Out /  //pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js. Stieb, a seven-time All-Star and the 1985 American League ERA leader, played in Toronto from 1979 through 1992. Previous Post Previous Stephen Steele. College Pitcher College Player College Player College Pitcher College Pitcher Minor League Player Minor League Player Minor League Pitcher Major League Player Matt Brown/courtesy photograph Former Tokay High School baseball standout earned West Coast Conference second-team honors with Cal State Fullerton this season. Tim was a high school All-American at Oak Grove who was one of the nation’s most highly recruited defensive lineman in 1985. [2], Born in Santa Ana, California, Stieb played varsity baseball at Southern Illinois University[1] as an outfielder. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Despite not having picked up a bat in over a year, Stieb acquitted himself well, hitting a line drive down the left field line that just went into the seats foul before striking out (the NL held on to win, 5-4). Earlier in the season,SIU. Scouted by Bobby Mattick and Al LaMacchia of the Blue Jays as an outfield prospect in a varsity game, Stieb's performance failed to impress until he was pressed into service as a relief pitcher. [15] After his career in baseball, he has taken up the electric guitar.[15]. Stieb was a workhorse, averaging an astounding 275 IP from 1982-85. And with baseball’s increased reliance on power arms in the bullpen, teams are not hesitant to encourage strong-armed position players to make the switch. Righetti attended Pioneer High School. Dave Stieb happened to begin his MLB career at a period in history in which there was an unusual dearth of new Hall of Fame quality pitchers. Despite Stieb’s hitting heroics, he hadn’t garnered a lot of attention from professional scouts prior to the 1978 draft. 1 Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, 420-757 West Hastings St. - Federal Tower, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1A1, Canada. In June, the Blue Jays selected Stieb in the fifth round of the draft. he waved back and then turned and waited for the light. MLB Draft: What Should the Blue Jays Do. Select from premium Stieb of the highest quality. Blue Jays executives Bobby Mattick and Al LaMacchia (who had over 90 years’ experience in OB between them) decided to drop in to catch a Salukis game in Carbondale early one May on the recommendation of scout Don Welke. Later on in his career he developed his breaking ball repertoire, and he became very effective with a "dead fish" curveball[14] that would break into the dirt as the batter swung. Dave Stieb (1979-92, 1998) The durable right-hander is best remembered for the frustrations he endured; he received poor support early on from a Blue Jays team still wrestling its way out of expansionism, and later famously acquired a nasty habit of losing out on glory with an out to go—unable to seal no-hitters in back-to-back starts in 1988, and a perfect game a year later. Dave Stieb Frank Bettencourt Loyd Christopher. David Andrew Stieb (; born July 22, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. 2 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. Stieb appeared in 6 more All Star Games, starting in 1983 and 84. Stieb threw the final 1 2/3 innings, and came to bat with one out in the bottom of the 9th. Thanks again to CCS historians Don Nash and John Spalding for providing the data. Trevor Hoffman, Joe Nathan, and Troy Percival are all recent examples of players who found success on the mound after meeting with little success as an everyday player.