Gary Lavelle
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1949 –
Who is Gary Lavelle?
Gary Robert Lavelle is a retired professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1974–1985 and 1987.
Lavelle grew up in Pennsylvania, where he attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Lavelle spent the majority of his Major League career with the San Francisco Giants, and also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics before retiring in 1987. He posted a career high 13 wins in 1978 and is listed at number 89 in MLB's all-time saves list, with 136 career saves.
He now lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia and coaches baseball at Greenbrier Christian Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia, earning his 500th victory in April 2014.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1949
Scranton - Profession
- Education
- Liberty High School
- Lived in
- Scranton
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on July 23, 2013
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