Mark Dewey

Mark Alan Dewey (born January 3, 1964 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball player. He is currently a pitching coach for the Brevard County Manatees, located in Viera, Florida. The Manatees are the Class A-Advanced (High-A) Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. His prior coaching experience was with the Washington Wild Things, an independent professional baseball team in the Frontier League, and at Emory & Henry College in southwestern Virginia.[1] Born in Grand Rapids, Dewey played for the Grand Valley State University Lakers. In 1987, he struck out 87 batters in 97.2 innings. He was a 6'0" right-handed relief pitcher who played six season in the major leagues with the San Francisco Giants (1990, 1995–96), New York Mets (1992), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1993–94). On June 2, 1987, Dewey was drafted by the Giants in the 23rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. He appeared in 205 major league games and had a lifetime record of 12–7 (.632 winning percentage) with 168 strikeouts, 70 games finished and 8 saves. His lifetime earned run average was 3.65 for an Adjusted ERA+ of 110. His best season was 1993 when he had 7 saves for the Pirates in 21 games and maintained an impressive 2.36 ERA for an Adjusted ERA+ of 171. In his final season, Dewey appeared in 78 games for the Giants—3rd most in the National League. Dewey earned $225,000 in his final season in the big leagues. In 1995, Dewey was inducted into the Grand Valley State University Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]

Mark Dewey
Pitcher
Born: (1965-01-03) January 3, 1965
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 24, 1990, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1996, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Win–loss record12–7
Earned run average3.65
Strikeouts168
Teams

Dewey was involved in a notable controversy on July 28, 1996, when he refused to participate with his teammates in a pregame ceremony intended to support research of a cure for AIDS. As part of "Until There's A Cure Day", members of the Giants wore AIDS awareness ribbons on their uniforms and stood in a group shaped like that symbol during speeches by Giants owner Peter Magowan and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Dewey refused to take the field for the ceremony, and he wore his ribbon sideways (which would have resembled the Icthys, a popular symbol meant to represent Jesus in Christian culture). He cited religious reasons for his refusal, stating that the ceremony was "against [his] Christian principles" and voicing the belief that homosexuality is a sin.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Dickey, Glenn (August 1, 1996). "The Merciless Gospel, According to Mark]". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
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