Don Florence

Donald Emery Florence (born March 16, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched only one season in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in 1995.

Playing career Florence grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire and played baseball and football at Manchester Memorial High School. He credited his time as a high school quarterback with helping develop his arm strength.

Florence began his college baseball career at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri where he managed a 2.82 earned run average as a pitcher and a batting average of .344 as a sophomore. He committed to continue his college baseball career at Tennessee in 1987.

Florence was originally signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in October 1987, on his way to a perfect 3-0 record. He made fourteen appearances out of the Mets' bullpen, and compiled an impressive 1.50 ERA, but never pitched another major league game after .

Personal life Florence married the former Tonia Kennedy, from New Boston, New Hampshire, with whom he had a daughter, Tatum, in 1993.