David Burton Tyriver (October 31, 1937 – October 28, 1988) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in four Major League games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1962 season. A native of

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, he was listed as tall and . Tyriver's professional career lasted nine seasons (1956–64), all in the Cleveland organization. In his only MLB trial in , he was recalled from the Triple-A Salt Lake City Bees in August. His four games all came in relief. In 10

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, he surrendered five earned runs, ten

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s. In minor league baseball, Tyriver

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78 games, and posted four seasons of ten or more victories. He died of a heart attack at age 50.

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