Steve Karsay

Who is Steve Karsay?

Stefan Andrew Karsay is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. Karsay is currently the pitching coach for the Cleveland Indians Class-A Advanced affiliate, the Carolina Mudcats.

Karsay grew up in the College Point neighborhood in Queens, New York City, just a few miles from Shea Stadium.

A 1st round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1990, Karsay was traded to the Athletics along with outfielder José Herrera for Rickey Henderson on July 31, 1993. A starter in his early days with the Athletics, Karsay worked mostly in middle relief and as a set-up man from 1998 on, although he also had some notable success as a closer in 2000 with the Indians and 2002 with the Yankees.

His career was marred by injuries, causing him to miss the 1995, 1996 and 2003 seasons; in all, he was on the disabled list seven times.

On July 28, 2005, together with Scott Feldman and A. J. Murray, he threw a perfect game against the Corpus Christi Hooks. It was the first combined nine-inning perfect game in Texas League history, and the third overall.