Tom Dettore

Thomas Anthony Dettore Jr.

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.
• School Juniata College
• High School Canon-McMillan High School
• Debut June 11, 1973
• Final Game April 21, 1976
• Born November 17, 1947 in Canonsburg, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Tom Dettore made 15 starts in his major league career and allowed no home runs over the final 13 of those games, tied (with Hal Woodeshick) for the longest streak of homerless starts to end an expansion era career.

Dettore was among the first former major league players to play in Italy's Serie A1 in the 1980s, alongside Lenny Randle. He was featured in a 60 Minutes documentary on baseball in Italy aired around 1984.

Dettore was a pitching coach for the Princeton Pirates in 1989, Augusta Pirates in 1990, Salem Buccaneers in 1991, Carolina Mudcats in 1992, and Buffalo Bisons in 1993-1994. He was the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor league pitching coordinator from 1995 to 1998. Dettore moved to the Seattle Mariners organization in 2009 as pitching coach of the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. He concluded his coaching career as pitching coach of the High Desert Mavericks in 2010-2012.

In addition, Dettore served as a pitching coach for the 1990/1991 Parramatta Patriots of the Australian Baseball League and was the pitching coach for the Sun Cities Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League in 1993.

Career Highlights

Pitched 13 consecutive games as Starting Pitcher (August 30, 1974 to August 12, 1975) with no home runs allowed, tied for longest streak to end expansion era career.