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Kevin Patrick Pasley (born July 22, 1953) is a retired professional
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player whose career spanned 12 seasons. For parts of four seasons, Pasley, a
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, played in
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(MLB) with the
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(1974, 1976–77), and the
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(1977–78). Over his career in the majors, he compiled a .254
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with eight
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, 31
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, seven doubles, one
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, and nine
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(RBIs). Pasley hit his only career major league home run in his final
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in the majors on October 1, 1978. Pasley was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of
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during the
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. He went on to make his professional debut that season in the Dodgers
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organization with the
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Medford Dodgers. Pasley spent the majority of his career in the minor leagues, playing with the Class-A Daytona Beach Dodgers (1972), Double-A Waterbury Dodgers (1973), the Triple-A
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(1974–77), the Triple-A
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(1978), the Triple-A
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(1979), the Triple-A
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(1980–81), the Double-A Knoxville Blue Jays (1981), the Triple-A
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(1982), and the Double-A
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(1982).


Early life

Pasley was born on July 22, 1953, in
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,
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. He attended
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in
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. During the
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, Pasley was selected in the 29 round by the
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.


Professional career


Los Angeles Dodgers

After being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1971, Pasley made his
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debut that season with the Medford Dodgers, Los Angeles'
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affiliate. With Medford, Pasley batted .280 with 23
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, and five doubles in 24
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. Defensively, Pasley was used as a
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. For his second season, Pasley was assigned to the Class-A Daytona Beach Dodgers where he was to assume the role as full-time catcher, and José Báez was slated to be his back-up. In late-July, Pasley was hit in the back with a
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, which caused him to miss some playing time. With Daytona Beach that season, he batted .275 with 129 hits, 11 doubles, one and
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in 126 games played. In 1973, Pasley joined the Double-A Waterbury Dodgers of the Eastern League. As a member of the Waterbury club, he batted .260 with 99 hits, 17 doubles, two triples, and one home run in 115 games played. Pasley was scheduled to be a
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for the Los Angeles Dodgers that season, but he never appeared in a game. Pasley was re-signed by Los Angeles after the season. He was assigned to the Triple-A
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of the
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at the start of the 1974 season. With the Dukes, he batted .314 with 50
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, 115 hits, 12 doubles, two triples, two home runs, and 48
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(RBIs) in 105 games played. Pasley made his
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(MLB) debut that season after being called up by Los Angeles late into the season. He made his debut on October 2, 1974, against the
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. In that game, he did not make a
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. Defensively, he played two
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s at the catcher position and make one
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and committed no errors. Pasley re-signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers before the start of the 1975 season. He spent the entire season at the Triple-A level with the Albuquerque Dukes. In 98 games with Albuquerque, he batted .249 with 37 runs scored, 84 hits, seven doubles, two home runs, and 34 RBIs in 98 games played. All of his games on defense were spent at the catcher position. At the start of the 1976 season, Pasley was assigned to the Albuquerque Dukes. In 122 games that season with the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate, he batted .321 with 68 runs scored, 148 hits, 24 doubles, nine triples, two home runs, 60 RBIs, and eight
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. He played 107 at the catcher spot, and six games in the
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. In September, Pasley was called up to the major leagues by the Dodgers. He made his season debut on September 7, against the
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. In that game, he was walked once and did not get a hit in one
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. His first hit came on September 9, against the
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. On the season with the Dodgers, he batted .231 with four runs scored, 12 hits, two doubles, and two RBIs in 23 games played. In the field, Pasley committed three errors and made 86 putouts in 23 games as a catcher. On February 1, 1977, the Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed Pasley. At the start of the 1977 season, ''
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'' named Pasley as a
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to "watch". He started the 1977 season at the Triple-A level with the Albuquerque Dukes. With the Dukes, he batted .304 with 41 runs scored, 112 hits, 18 doubles, one triple, one home run, and 60 RBIs in 69 games played. In August, he was called up to Los Angeles and made his season debut on August 6, against the
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, getting one hit in three at-bats. In one other game with the Dodgers that year, Pasley did not make a plate appearance. On August 17, he was optioned to the minor leagues.


Seattle Mariners

In September 1977, the
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purchased Pasley from the Los Angeles Dodgers. He made his debut with the Mariners on September 11, against the Texas Rangers, getting one hit in four at-bats during that game. In four games with the Mariners that season, he batted .385 with five hits in 13 at-bats. Combined between the Dodgers and the Mariners that year, Pasley had six hits in 16 at-bats, putting his average at .375. In January 1978, the '' Daily Record'' cited the Mariners' catching, and Pasley specifically, as strong points for Seattle going into the 1978 season. Pasley made Seattle's roster out of
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in 1978. From May 9 to April 2, Pasley batted .115 in 26 at-bats. On May 8, he was sent down to the minor leagues. In the minors, Pasley played with the Mariners Triple-A affiliate, the
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. With the team, he batted .261 with 32 runs scored, 94 hits, 19 doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 43 RBIs in 98 games played. He was called up to the majors in late-August. On October 1, Pasley hit his first career major league home run during his final at-bat of the game and of the season. That at-bat proved to be his final in the majors. On March 28, 1979, the Mariners released Pasley.


Later career

In mid-July 1979, Pasley joined the
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, who were the Triple-A affiliates of the
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at the time. With the Beavers that year, he batted .278 with seven runs scored, 15 hits, two doubles, and five RBIs in 20 games played. Defensively, he played 18 games at the catcher spot. Pasley joined the
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organization in 1980. The team assigned him to the Triple-A
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of the
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. With the Chiefs that year, he batted .248 with 16 runs scored, 75 hits, seven doubles, three triples, two home runs, and 35 RBIs in 86 games played. In the field, Pasley played 80 games behind the plate. Pasley split the 1981 season between the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs and the Double-A Knoxville Blue Jays, who were both affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays at the time. In 86 games at the Double-A level, he batted .281 with 31 runs scored, 85 hits, 13 doubles, one triple, four home runs, and 33 RBIs. With Knoxville, he played 38 games at the catcher position, 26 games at
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, and one game in the outfield. In just 10 games with the Chiefs, Pasley compiled a .375 batting average with five runs scored, 12 hits, and two doubles. Between the two clubs, his batting average was .290. On March 10, 1982, Pasley signed with the
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. The Tigers subsequently assigned him to their minor league organization. He split the year between the Triple-A
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, and the Double-A
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. At the Triple-A level, he batted .273 with three hits in 11 at-bats. With the Barons, he batted .257 with five runs scored, 19 hits, and two doubles in 20 games played. Between the two teams, his average was .259. The season was his final in professional baseball.


See also

* List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their final major league at bat


References


External links

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