Pat Ahearne

Who is Pat Ahearne?

Patrick Howard Ahearne is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1995, and part of the 2007 season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Macoto Cobras. He batted and threw right-handed.

Ahearne was drafted by the Tigers in the seventh round of the 1992 draft. In his Major League career, Ahearne had a 0–2 record, with an 11.70 ERA, in four games, in his one year career. He continued his career in the minors for nine more years and overseas by playing for a handful of teams. In the Australian Baseball League from 1997–99 including the Adelaide Giants, Melbourne Reds and Perth Heat winning Pitcher of the Year in the 1999 season.

He is currently the pitching coach for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.