Frank Eufemia

Frank Anthony Eufemia
Frank Anthony Eufemia
	Relief pitcher
	Born: December 23, 1959 (age 65); Bronx, New York
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 21, 1985, for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
	October 1, 1985, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	4-2
Earned run average	3.79
Strikeouts	30
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Minnesota Twins (1985);

Frank Anthony Eufemia (born December 23, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played in 39 games for the Minnesota Twins in the 1985 season.

Eufemia grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey^[1] and attended Bergenfield High School.^[2] He was drafted by the Twins in the 18th round of the 1982 MLB draft. His 1985 season was his only one in the majors; he returned to the minor leagues with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate, for 1986 and was out of baseball the next season.

In 1992, Eufemia returned to organized baseball in the New York Mets’ minor league system, pitching for the Tidewater Tides. He once again left baseball following the season and never pitched in a major league team’s system again, although in 1995, he was a replacement player in spring training for the New York Yankees during the ongoing strike.^[1]^[3]

Eufemia made one last comeback in 1998, where at the age of 38 he joined the New Jersey Jackals of the independent Northeast League for their inaugural season. Pitching exclusively as a starter for the first and only time in his baseball career, Eufemia started 11 games for the Jackals and went 5-1 for the eventual league champions.^{[citation needed]}

After his playing career, Eufemia taught physical education and coached baseball and volleyball at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey, retiring in 2023.^[4] He had been the pitching coach at nearby Don Bosco High School before stepping down in 2009.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Hertzel, Bob. "Eufemia Playing For Purest Motives", The Record (Bergen County), March 2, 1995. Accessed June 24, 2007. "Frank Eufemia once was a major league pitcher. Today the right-hander from Bergenfield becomes a replacement pitcher."
^ Frank Eufemia, The Baseball Cube. Accessed October 19, 2019. "High School: Bergenfield (Bergenfield,NJ)"
^ Wyche, Steve (March 2, 1995). "Yankees open with uncertainty, replacements". The Miami Herald. pp. 10D. Retrieved May 15, 2025 – via newspapers.com.
^ Chen, Bethany. "Frank Eufemia to retire after 25 years with PVRHSD". The Trailblazer. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
^ Czerwinski, Mark J. (September 19, 2009). "Stanton is Ironman fireman". NorthJersey.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Retrosheet

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[:0-1] Hertzel, Bob. "Eufemia Playing For Purest Motives", The Record (Bergen County), March 2, 1995. Accessed June 24, 2007. "Frank Eufemia once was a major league pitcher. Today the right-hander from Bergenfield becomes a replacement pitcher."

[2] Frank Eufemia, The Baseball Cube. Accessed October 19, 2019. "High School: Bergenfield (Bergenfield,NJ)"

[3] Wyche, Steve (March 2, 1995). "Yankees open with uncertainty, replacements". The Miami Herald. pp. 10D. Retrieved May 15, 2025 – via newspapers.com.

[4] Chen, Bethany. "Frank Eufemia to retire after 25 years with PVRHSD". The Trailblazer. Retrieved May 15, 2025.

[5] Czerwinski, Mark J. (September 19, 2009). "Stanton is Ironman fireman". NorthJersey.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012.

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