Patrick Rees Daneker (born January 14, 1976) is a former

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 ...

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. He played for the

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in 1999."Pat Daneker Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

Amateur career

A native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Daneker attended Loyalsock Township High School and the

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. In 1995 and 1996, he played

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with the Wareham Gatemen of the

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and was named a league all-star in 1995.

Professional career

Daneker was selected by the

in the fifth round of the

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and appeared in three major league games for Chicago in 1999.

Coaching career

In 2011, Daneker was hired to be the pitching coach for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.

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