Theodore A. Silva (born August 4, 1974) is an American baseball coach and former

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. Silva played

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from 1993 to 1995 for coach

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. He then went on to play in the minor leagues and in the

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from 1995 to 2001. Prior to playing professionally, Silva attended

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. He then attended

, where he was a Consensus All-American and made the All-Tournament team in the

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. He was the winning pitcher in the final game of that year's College World Series. He won the

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Pitcher of the Year that year. He earned a spot on

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following the season. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 21st round of the

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and played in their minor league system from 1995 to 1997 and 1999. He had a 3.38 ERA in 11 starts his first campaign, and went 17-4 with a 2.91 ERA in 27 starts in 1996. He won 13 games in 1997 and, after not playing in 1998, returned and went 6-3 with a 4.00 ERA in 13 appearances in 1999. In 2000, he pitched for Kaoping Fala in the Chinese Professional Baseball League before returning stateside for 2001. In

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that year, he had a 5.77 ERA in 28 games. Overall, he was 44-26 with a 3.84 ERA in 105 games (80 starts) in five minor league seasons. He never reached the major leagues. In 2004, Silva coached for

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. He later served as assistant coach for the

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team from 2005 to 2006, assistant coach for the

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team, pitching coach for the

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team from 2008 to 2010, coach the

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baseball team in 2011, and, after serving as the pitching coach for the

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team for a spell, became the school's associate head coach and recruiting coordinator through the 2019 season. After leaving Nebraska, Silva served as the pitching coach for

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from 2020 through 2022.

References

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