Dave Telgheder

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dave Telgheder

|image=

|caption=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|11|11}}

|birth_place=Middletown, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 12

|debutyear=1993

|debutteam=New York Mets

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 2

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Oakland Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=15–19

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.23

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=158

|teams=

New York Mets ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1995}})
Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1998}})

}}

David William Telgheder (born November 11, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics from 1993 to 1998.

Early life and amateur career

Telgedher was born in New York to Bill and Ruth Telgedher and raised on the fruit farm his parents owned in Slate Hill, New York.{{cite news |last1=Sliwa |first1=Carol |title=Telgheder's debut is rained out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758244/telgheders-debut-is-rained-out/ |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |date=11 July 1989 |page=D1–D2}} As a youth, he idolized Catfish Hunter and Ron Guidry{{cite news |last1=Holtzclaw |first1=Mike |title=Tidewater Tides pitcher is keeping everything calm, under control |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758685/tidewater-tides-pitcher-is-keeping/ |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=Daily Press |date=7 June 1992 |page=C8}} and was a fan of the New York Yankees "until Steinbrenner started trading everybody," including Chris Chambliss, Graig Nettles and Sparky Lyle.{{cite news |last1=Dzimitrowicz |first1=Paul |title=St. Lucie pitcher posting impressive stats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758571/st-lucie-pitcher-posting-impressive/ |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=St. Lucie News Tribune |date=9 August 1990 |pages=D1, D7}}

Telgheder attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and in 1987 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners 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=September 25, 2019}} He was selected by the Mets in the 31st round of the 1989 MLB Draft.

Professional career

In 1999 he pitched for the Buffalo Bisons in the Cleveland Indians organization.

Coaching and broadcasting career

He is currently an assistant principal and pitching coach for his alma mater, Minisink Valley High School in Slate Hill, New York.[http://www.minisink.com/index.php?id=285&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1495&cHash=23023fff28f40a2409fb7a95d038e502 Minisink Valley CSD: Welcome New Assistant Principal][http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-telgheder/11/4a6/290 Dave Telgheder - LinkedIn][http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070411/SPORTS/704110353 Telgheder Pitches Useful Pointers Now] He also serves as a color commentator for Time Warner Cable 6 broadcasts of Hudson Valley Renegades baseball games.