Rich Sauveur

Richard Daniel Sauveur (born November 23, 1963) is an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played in Major League Baseball across six seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland Athletics from 1986 to 2000. He then became a pitching coach, working for several minor league teams from 2003 to 2019.

Playing career Sauveur is from Falls Church, Virginia. He played for the local Falls Church Babe Ruth League team. He attended Falls Church High School and the State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota, where he played college baseball for one year. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Sauveur in the 11th round, with the 253rd overall selection, of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft. He is the only major league pitcher to pitch for six teams without earning a win. The Red Sox passed over Sauveur for the major league team's pitching coach role in three consecutive seasons, and he left the Red Sox organization. He did not coach in 2015 but joined the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization to coach the Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League from 2016 through 2018. He joined the Arizona League Diamondbacks coaching staff for the 2019 season.

Personal life Sauveur has been married and divorced twice. He has a son with his first wife. Sauveur's father, Dan, worked as an auto mechanic after passing on an opportunity to try out for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s.