Stephen Wayne Bedrosian (born December 6, 1957) is an American former

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player. Nicknamed "Bedrock", he played from 1981 to 1995 with the

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, and

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. Bedrosian won the 1987

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. He is the father of Major League Baseball pitcher Cam Bedrosian.

Biography

At the University of New Haven, Bedrosian put up a career record of 13–3 and 3 saves. He helped the Chargers to a third-place finish in the 1978 division two College World Series. He was then drafted by the

in the

1978 MLB draft In 1978, four American baseball players were promoted from amateur baseball to the major leagues, including Arizona State University third baseman Bob Horner, who was selected number one overall by the Atlanta Braves. Oakland High School pitche ...

. In 1985, his only full season as a starter, Bedrosian went 7–15 and set a Major League record for most starts in a single season without a complete game (37). Bedrosian was traded by the Braves to the Phillies in the off-season and was converted to a reliever before the 1986 season. In his first year in relief, he saved 29 games. His best season came in 1987 when he posted a 5–3 record for the Phillies with a 2.83

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, recorded a league-leading 40 saves, and was named the

winner. Since Bedrosian, only three other relievers (

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and Éric Gagné) have won Cy Young honors. He was traded to the Giants during the 1989 season to help their pennant drive that year. In 1990, he won the Willie Mac Award, voted upon by his teammates, honoring his spirit and leadership (his then two-year-old son Cody was battling leukemia). As a member of the

, Bedrosian won his only World Series ring in the

1991 World Series The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) held after the 1991 season. The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins ...

, which the Twins won in seven games over his former team, the Atlanta Braves.

Personal

Currently, Bedrosian resides in

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, where he served on the Coweta County Board of Education, through 2010, and is an assistant baseball coach at East Coweta High School. In 2008, Bedrosian was inducted into the Coweta Sports Hall of Fame. Bedrosian has also been inducted into the University of New Haven Hall of Fame. Bedrosian is of Armenian descent.

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