Bobby Seay

Bobby Seay
Free agent – No. —
Relief pitcher
Born: June 20, 1978 (1978-06-20) Sarasota, Florida
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 14, 2001 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Career statistics (through 2009 season)
Win–loss record	11–6
Earned run average	4.16
Strikeouts	190
Teams
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001, 2003–2004) Colorado Rockies (2005) Detroit Tigers (2006–2010)

Robert "Bobby" Michael Seay (pronounced "See") (born June 20, 1978 in Sarasota, Florida) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has previously played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2001 to 2004, the Colorado Rockies in 2005, and the Detroit Tigers from 2006 to 2010.

High school

Seay is a graduate of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida, where he compiled a 30–4 record in three years (1994–1996) with a 0.79 earned run average (ERA) and 362 strikeouts in 221⅓ innings pitched. He led Sarasota High School to the Florida State Championship and #16 national ranking in his senior year, going 10–2 with an 0.70 ERA and 122 strikeouts and 29 base on balls in 70 innings. Seay was named First-team High School All-American and a finalist for Louisville Slugger's High School Player of the Year Award.^{[citation needed]} Seay was drafted 12th overall by the Chicago White Sox in 1996 but was granted free agency based on Major League Baseball's amateur draft rule 4-3.

Olympics

Seay was a member of the United States baseball team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Major Leagues

Tampa Bay Rays

Seay was signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and made his Major League debut in 2001. After the season, Seay was designated for assignment. He returned to Tampa early 2004. He stayed with the organization until 2004, when he was traded to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Reggie Taylor after being designated for assignment.

Colorado Rockies and Detroit Tigers

Then, only after three games with the Rockies he was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left pectoral muscle. Seay recorded his first Major League save for the Tigers on May 20, 2007 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2009, Seay tore his rotator cuff in his left shoulder, ending a solid season in which he compiled a 6–3 record and 4.25 ERA out of the Tigers bullpen. After spending all of 2010 trying to recover without surgery, Seay gave in and scheduled surgery.

Since he was first drafted, Seay has been represented by sports agent Scott Boras.^{[citation needed]}

Olympic medal record
Men’s Baseball
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team competition

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)