Shane Rawley

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  • Year:
    2014
  • Position:
    Pitcher
  • Team:
    Baseball
  • IHCC Years:
    1973-74
  • Career Highlights:
    Conference Champion • 6-2 record • Drafted by Montreal Expos • 12 year MLB career • 1986 MLB All-Star

Rawley used his career at Indian Hills as a springboard to a professional baseball career that spanned 12 years in the Major Leagues. As a freshman at Indian Hills, he compiled a record of 6–2 with 63 strikeouts while allowing only 30 hits and 19 runs for a team that won the conference championship. Following that season, Rawley was drafted by the Montreal Expos and in 1978 he made his big league debut with the Seattle Mariners. The lefthander pitched a dozen seasons with Seattle, the Yankees, Philadelphia, and the Minnesota Twins. His best season was 1987, with the Phillies, when he won 17 games and led the National League in games started with 36. Rawley won 111 games in his career and was named to the N.L. All–Star Team in 1986. He had a career ERA of 4.02 with 991 strikeouts and 40 saves.