Darrel Wayne Akerfelds (born June 12, 1962 in Denver, Colorado) is the current bullpen coach of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. He has held this positiofn since 2001. He also pitched in the major leagues in parts of five seasons between 1986 and 1991, playing for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Akerfelds played collegiate baseball for the University of Arkansas and Mesa State College.
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Darrel Wayne Akerfelds (born June 12, 1962 in Denver, Colorado) is the current bullpen coach of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. He has held this positiofn since 2001. He also pitched in the major leagues in parts of five seasons between 1986 and 1991, playing for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Akerfelds played collegiate baseball for the University of Arkansas and Mesa State College.
Akerfelds was drafted by the Seattle Mariners with the 7th overall pick in the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft. Just a little over five months later, he was traded to Oakland, with whom he made his major league debut in 1986. He appeared in just two games for the A's before being traded again, this time to the Indians, in July 1987.
Akerfelds spent a good chunk of the 1987 season in Cleveland, appearing in 16 games, 13 as a starter, with a win-loss record of 2-6 and a 6.75 ERA. After spending all of 1988 in the minor leagues, he was taken off...
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