Gary Eave
Gary Louis Eave is an American former professional pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners.
College baseball
Gary played two years of Division I NCAA baseball for the Grambling State Tigers where he had a 75% win percentage, winning 18 of his 24 decisions. He gave up 0 home runs and struck out 157 batters in his innings with the Tigers.Professional career
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves drafted Eave in the 12th round of the 1985 MLB draft. He then joined the Gulf Coast Braves, 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 Houston Astros, who had Nolan Ryan on the mound. Eave pitched the final two innings of this game, an 8–3 loss. Eave pitched a total of 5 games and only 5 innings in his first MLB season. In 1989, Eave started three games for Atlanta, going 2–0 with a 1.31 ERA.Seattle Mariners
Atlanta traded Eave and Ken Pennington to the Seattle Mariners on January 24, 1990 for Jim Presley. After being traded to the Mariners, Eave spent some time playing for the Calgary Cannons, Seattle's AAA team. During his time with the Cannons, he had a 3–3 record and a 7.82 earned run average. With the Mariners, 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.In 1995, Eave was a replacement player with the Kansas City Royals in spring training during the ongoing players' strike.