Gary Louis Eave (born July 22, 1963) is an American former professional

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for the

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(–) and

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().

College baseball

Gary played two years of Division I

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for the

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where he had a 75% win percentage, winning 18 of his 24 games. He gave up 0 home runs and struck out 157 batters in his 172.2 innings with the Tigers.

Professional career

Atlanta Braves

Gary Eave was drafted in the 12th round of the

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to the Atlanta Braves. After being drafted, he was placed on the Braves rookie team, the

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, where he played 3 games before being moved up to the Sumter Braves, a Class A team in 1986. In 1988, Eave played his first MLB season with the Braves. His first game was against the

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, who had

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on the mound. Eave would only pitch 2 innings of this game and the team would go on to lose 3–8. Eave pitched a total of 5 games and only 5 innings in his first MLB season. In 1990, Eave was traded to the Seattle Mariners.

Seattle Mariners

After being traded to the Mariners, Eave spent some time playing for the

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, Seattle's

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team. During his time with the Cannons, he had a 3–3 win-loss record and a 7.82

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(ERA). Gary wore number 37 in his only season with the Seattle Mariners. During this time, he had a 0–3 win-loss record and an ERA of 4.20. Eave then bounced around between AA and AAA teams before being cut from the team before the 1992 season.

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