:Tom Drees
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Tom Drees
|position=Pitcher
|image=Tom Drees - Birmingham Barons - 1988.jpg
|caption=Drees in 1988
|bats=Switch
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1963|6|17}}
|birth_place=Des Moines, Iowa
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 3
|debutyear=1991
|debutteam=Chicago White Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 5
|finalyear=1991
|finalteam=Chicago White Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=0-0
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=12.27
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=2
|teams=
- Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1991}})
|highlights=
- Pitched three no-hitters for the Vancouver Canadians, {{by|1989}}
}}
Thomas Kent Drees (born June 17, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in four games for the Chicago White Sox in {{mlby|1991}}, all as a reliever.
Career
Drees attended Creighton University, and in 1984 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=January 9, 2020}} He was selected by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1985 MLB Draft.
Drees made headlines in {{by|1989}} while pitching for the Vancouver Canadians. During that season, Drees pitched three no-hitters, including two consecutive ones on May 23 and May 28 (the latter of which was only seven innings). Overall, Drees won 12 games for Vancouver with a 3.37 ERA. He made his major league debut as a September call-up with the White Sox in 1991, and appeared in four major league games.
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=d/dreesto01 |fangraphs= |brm=drees-001tho}}
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