David Thomas Wehrmeister (born November 9, 1952) is a former

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pitcher. Wehrmeister pitched parts of six seasons in the majors from to , never pitching in more than 30 games. Wehrmeister attended

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where he was a varsity Letter winner in baseball. He was the

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' first-round pick, and third overall, in the January regular phase of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut with the Padres in , and split the next three seasons between the Padres and their minor league system. In June of , Wehrmeister was traded to the

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for outfielder

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,Yanks fall, 9-5
/ref> but did not play for the Yankees until , when he appeared in four games in relief. In June of , the Yankees sent Wehrmeister to the Philadelphia Phillies in a minor league deal. In , Wehrmeister got another brief chance at the majors, this time appearing in seven games in June and July before returning to the minors. Wehrmeister became a

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at the end of the season, and in January he signed with the

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, for whom he had his best season statistically, recording his only

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below 5.00 at 3.43, earning two of his four major league wins, and his only two major league saves. He pitched one more season for the minor league

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in before retiring.

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