Gary Allen Haught (born September 29, 1970) is an American former professional baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. Haught attended Choctaw High School in

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and the

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, where he pitched for the

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team. Haught was drafted by the

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in the 22nd round (620th overall) of the

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. He appeared in six games for the Athletics in 1997, pitching a total of innings.

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