Richard Clyde Sawyer 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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who played from 1974 through 1977 for the

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and

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1948 births Living people Bakersfield Renegades baseball players Baseball players from Bakersfield, California Cal State Northridge Matadors baseball players Cardenales de Lara players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Gulf Coast Indians players Jacksonville Suns players Major League Baseball pitchers New York Yankees players Portland Beavers players Reno Silver Sox players San Diego Padres players San Antonio Brewers players Syracuse Chiefs players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1940s-stub