David Joseph Silvestri (born September 29, 1967) is a former

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in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1999. He also played for the United States baseball team at the

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Playing career

Silvestri attended the University of Missouri, where he played for the Missouri Tigers baseball team. He was drafted by the

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in the second round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. That year, he played internationally for the United States baseball team in the

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, where he batted .333/.407/.542 with 10 runs as the club's shortstop. He won a silver medal with the team. He also played in the

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, winning a gold medal. Before the 1990 season, Silvestri was traded with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for infielder

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. During the 1995 season, he was traded to the Montreal Expos for a minor league player.

Managing career

Silvestri managed the Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York–Penn League in 2000 and the Great Falls Dodgers of the Pioneer League in 2001.

References

*http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=silveda01 *http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml *http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=122236#gameType=%27R%27

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