Ben Callahan

Ben Callahan
Ben Callahan
Strikeouts	2
Teams
	Oakland Athletics (1983);

Benjamin Franklin Callahan (May 19, 1957 – January 9, 2007) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 31st round of the 1980 amateur draft, then traded to the Oakland Athletics on June 15, 1983. One week later he made his major league debut with the A's.

Out of the four games he pitched for Oakland (two starts), Callahan's second outing was his best. On June 27, 1983, he pitched six

Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. The losing pitcher was Larry Gura

.

In his other three games, he gave up 12

strikeouts (Amos Otis and Billy Sample), and an earned run average

of 12.54.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or The Baseball Cube, or Retrosheet. or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)^{[permanent dead link]}

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