David Paul Wainhouse (born November 7, 1967) is a Canadian former professional

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player who pitched for seven seasons in

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. A right-hander, Wainhouse was primarily a

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Amateur career

Wainhouse attended

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, where he played varsity baseball in his senior year. He attended college at

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, where he joined the baseball squad as a walk-on. Wainhouse had a strong season in his junior year, finishing with a 7–0 record. The

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selected Wainhouse with their first-round pick of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft, making him the first Canadian-born player picked the first round as well as the highest-ever pick out of Washington State. Later that summer, prior to making his professional debut, Wainhouse was named to the Canada's Olympic baseball team. At the Seoul Games,

was a demonstration event. Canada finished the preliminary round with a 1–2 record and failed to qualify for the medal round.

Professional career

Wainhouse made his pro debut in with the

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of the Single-A

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. He progressed rapidly through the Expos farm system, earning a promotion to the

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of the Double-A Southern League in . The season saw Wainhouse start with the

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of the Double-A Eastern League, get promoted to the Triple-A

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and, as a September call-up, see a two-game stint in

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. While playing with Indianapolis in , Wainhouse suffered a knee injury that put him on the

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for the remainder of the season. That offseason, the Expos traded him to the

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(along with Kevin Foster) for Frank Bolick and a

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. He only appeared in three games for the Mariners at the start of the season before getting demoted to the minors. A back injury kept Wainhouse out of action in . He spent the following season in the minor league systems of the

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and

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, failing to return to the majors until , with the

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. He split time in and between the Pirates and their Triple-A affiliate, the

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. At the end of the 1997 campaign, Wainhouse signed with the

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. Just as he did in Pittsburgh, Wainhouse spent and shuttling between the major league club and their Triple-A farm team, this time the

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. Wainhouse signed with the

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in , once again splitting time between Triple-A and the majors that year. He appeared in nine games with the Cardinals before an injury ended his season. Wainhouse retired after the season. In a seven-season major league career, he compiled a career record of 2–3 in 85 games with an

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of 7.37. Wainhouse now lives in

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with his wife and two children. He currently operates a baseball academy and has been named as the assistant coach of the

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Redhawks baseball program.

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