John Wasdin
He also played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, and Pittsburgh Pirates.He began the 1995 season with the Triple-A Edmonton Trappers, but was called up to the Oakland Athletics to make his major league debut on August 24.Instead of playing for the Phillies, Wasdin elected to become a free agent and signed for the 2002 season with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League.On April 7, 2003, his first start of the season, Wasdin pitched a perfect game for the Sounds against the Albuquerque Isotopes at Herschel Greer Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.Wasdin was signed to a minor league contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 2006 winter meetings and made the team during the last week of spring training in 2007.On November 19, 2007, he signed a minor league the St. Louis Cardinals, and spent the entire 2008 season playing for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds.[10] In 2011, the Oakland Athletics hired him to be the pitching coach for the Vermont Lake Monsters, their New York–Penn League Class A-Short Season affiliate.