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	Dave Dravecky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Francis Dravecky (born February 14, 1956 in Youngstown, Ohio) is a Christian motivational speaker, author, and former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres (1982-87) and San Francisco Giants (1987-89).
		He underwent surgery on October 7, 1988, removing half of the deltoid muscle in his pitching arm and freezing the humerus bone in an effort to eliminate all of the cancerous cells.
		Eighteen days later, Dravecky retired from baseball, aged 33, leaving a 64-57 record with 558 strikeouts and a 3.13 ERA in 1,062.2 innings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dave_Dravecky (488 words)

	Dave Dravecky -- Overcame cancer to pitch for two more wins
		Dave Dravecky's pitching career is one filled with highs, lows and heartbreaks.
		Dravecky was used as a part-time starter and reliever and finished his first season with a 5-3 record, 2 saves and a 2.57 earned run average.
		On June 13, 1991, Dravecky's pitching arm was amputated to alleviate chronic infection and nerve damage.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/d/dravecky_dave.html (389 words)

	President's Update - School Colors
		Dave Dravecky was born February 14, 1956 in Boardman, Ohio.
		Dave played Double-A ball in Buffalo and Amarillo and was called to the majors by the San Diego Padres in 1982.
		The Draveckys relocated from Boardman, Ohio to the Colorado Springs, Colorado area in 1993.
	www.shsu.edu /~pre_www/news/dravecky.html (476 words)

	Baseball: Dravecky perseveres \| BonitaNews.com
		Dave Dravecky tips his cap to the crowd and is greeted by former Giants players during a postgame ceremony at the final game ever played at Candlestick Park on Sept. 30, 1999.
		Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 1989.
		Dravecky spoke of his newfound love of fishing (casts with his right hand, then rests the rod under it) and his interest in snow skiing.
	www.bonitanews.com /news/2005/nov/04/baseball_dravecky_perseveres (1400 words)

	Dave Dravecky \| Life Story Foundation
		Millions know Dave Dravecky as the ball player who came back to play in the majors after undergoing surgery for cancer in his pitching arm.
		Dave's broken arm proved to be a recurrence of the cancer which led to the amputation of his left arm and shoulder ending his successful pitching career with the San Francisco Giants.
		She said, "Dave I just want you to know that I believe that it's divine inspiration that you went from being a Pirate to a Padre." She was right because it was not coincidence that Byron was in Amarillo and Dave was in Amarillo because Ladies and Gentlemen, Byron Ballard was a Christian.
	www.lifestory.org /Drav1EDITED.htm (1642 words)

	Corporate Speakers - Inspirational speaker Dave Dravecky
		Dave Dravecky has left two indelible images in the minds of baseball fans worldwide.
		With the amputation of his arm, Dave was stripped of his sense of identity and the worth he derived from it.
		Dave is in great demand as a speaker, addressing a wide variety of audiences across the country.
	www.corporateartists.com /speaker_dave_dravecky.html (391 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Dravecky still making pitches, just not on the mound
		As Dravecky was recovering from an initial surgery and fashioning a comeback that bordered on the miraculous until the bone in his stricken arm snapped and left him sprawled in agony on a mound in San Francisco, he'd been much in demand as a motivational speaker.
		Dravecky also is the author of nine books, the first being "Comeback," and the second, poignantly, "When You Can't Come Back." The most recent, "Called Up," offers insider glimpses of the Padres during the years (1982-'87) Dave was a highly competent member of the staff.
		Dave Dravecky took the hardest hit he ever surrendered to a hilltop in Colorado, and converted it to a win – for humanity.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20040829-9999-1s29cushman.html (874 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dave Dravecky's pitching career took off in the late 1980s with the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants.
		Dave Dravecky: I miss the smell of the grass and the smell of my leather glove, and the small of hot dogs.
		Dave Dravecky: I think managing at the major league level is the most difficult job in baseball.
	www.usatoday.com /mchat/20010504002/tscript.htm (2077 words)

	DaveDravecky.com: Welcome
		Dave Dravecky has been speaking professionally for the past decade, delivering inspirational and motivational speeches to a wide variety of audiences across the country.
		Dave was first thrust into the public spotlight when Dave’s career took off as a major league baseball pitcher, a "southpaw" for the San Francisco Giants.
		Shortly after realizing his lifelong dream, Dave was diagnosed with cancer, a desmoid tumor, in the deltoid muscle of his pitching arm.
	www.davedravecky.com (155 words)

	Dave Dravecky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dave Dravecky: Dave and Jan Dravecky were first thrust into the public spotlight in the late 1980’s when Dave’s career took off as a major league baseball pitcher, a "southpaw" for the San Francisco Giants.
		Through it all, Dave and Jan’s faith in God and the love He gave them through others provided the anchor they needed in the midst of their storm.
		Dave and Jan founded the Outreach of Hope in 1991 in response to the thousands of letters and requests they received from hurting people encouraged by the Dravecky’s faith.
	poptop.hypermart.net /testdd.html (171 words)

	MinistryWatch Summary Report
		Dave Dravecky's Outreach of Hope is a ministry which provides faith based resources to help meet the emotional and spiritual needs of suffering people, especially those who suffer from cancer or amputation.
		Dave Dravecky is a former Major League Baseball player whose career was cut short by cancer.
		Dave Dravecky’s Outreach of Hope was founded by Dave and Jan Dravecky in 1991 in response to thousands of letters from hurting people who were drawn by the Dravecky’s testimony of faith in the midst of suffering.
	www.ministrywatch.org /mw2.1/F_SumRpt.asp?EIN=000000194 (2112 words)

	Dave Dravecky's Comeback
		Dave Dravecky was suddenly a synonym for comeback.
		Dave took his wet, stared at first base to restrain a runner, pivoted, and, kicking high, he pushed off the rubber and let fly.
		In Dave's own words, "My arm felt like I'd been hit with a meat axe." He grabbed his arm to keep it from flying toward home plate as he screamed, tumbling headfirst to the ground.
	www.forerunner.com /forerunner/X0753_Draveckys_Comeback.html (934 words)

	Keeping The Faith / Dravecky's message remains one of hope, quiet inspiration
		DAVE DRAVECKY'S 13-year-old son is spending more time with his father's video collection, retiring to the basement of the family's Colorado home to watch baseball games from the late 1980s.
		One day last week, Dravecky was in his office when his son entered the room and made an announcement: He had just discovered the tape that included his father's only big-league home run.
		Dave Dravecky will be presented with the Lou Gehrig Ironman Award from the ALS Foundation tomorrow night at One Market Pavilion in San Francisco.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/05/13/SP6218.DTL (1176 words)

	Dave Dravecky Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Dave Dravecky was born on Tuesday, February 14, 1956, in Youngstown, Ohio.
		Dravecky was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 15, 1982, with the San Diego Padres.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dave Dravecky baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=draveda01 (295 words)

	Dravecky back to where it all started
		Dravecky, who hasn't been at Candlestick since Dave Dravecky Day in October 1991, will be back on the mound there Thursday afternoon to throw out the first ball before the Giants-Expos double-header.
		His pitching career over, Dravecky had to cope with the illness and stress, and both he and his wife, Jan, struggled through what was to become a well-chronicled depression.
		He now heads Dave Dravecky's Outreach of Hope Ministry in Colorado Springs, which, with a staff of 25 (including 12 volunteers), offers comfort and encouragement to about 1,000 cancer patients and amputees all over the country, and publishes a newsletter that has a circulation of 10,000.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/05/13/SPORTS9208.dtl (698 words)

	Elizabeth Glaser
		Dravecky was only a Major Leaguer for 2 short seasons before he lived every players dream.
		Although Dravecky showed on the mound that he could compete with the best of them he still remained the quite guy who loved his family and his church above all other.
		Dave and Jan went on to establish "Dave Dravecky's Outreach of Hope" foundation.
	www.shawngreen.net /others/dave.html (1079 words)

	Dave Dravecky Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Through personal stories and insights that others have given him, Dave Dravecky explores the worth of a man's relationships, work, commitments, integrity, and dreams, to show where a man's real worth does, and doesn't, come from in the eyes of God.
		With Yorkey, Dave Dravecky retells classic baseball stories from yesteryear and draws on his many on-the-field experiences to illustrate how God doesn't waste any pitches when it comes to teaching readers something about Him and His Word.
		Author Dave Dravecky is a former all-star pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, and Jan is his wife.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Dave_Dravecky (968 words)

	Dave Dravecky \| BaseballLibrary.com
		A consistently effective starter and occasional reliever for the Padres for over five seasons, Dravecky was traded to the Giants in mid-1987 in a seven-player swap that included Mark Davis, Kevin Mitchell, and Craig Lefferts.
		He was outstanding in the 1987 LCS, tossing a two-hit shutout in Game Two and running his LCS scoreless-inning string to a record-tying 16, but he made only seven starts in 1988 before going on the DL with what turned out to be a career- and life-threatening cancerous tumor in his pitching arm.
		Dravecky has had three operations on the arm to remove cancerous tumors.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Dravecky_Dave.stm (452 words)

	dave dravecky personal appearances, baseball, representation, Dave Dravecky
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		Because of the overwhelming response to their story, Dave and Jan established Dave Dravecky's Outreach of Hope (formerly the Dave Dravecky Foundation), a non-profit organization which provides hope to those whose lives have been devastated by cancer, amputation, depression or other adversity.
		Dave has been married to Tan, his high-school sweetheart, for 15 years.
	www.sportsstarsusa.com /baseball/dravecky_dave.html (556 words)

	Dave Dravecky Speaker - Book Motivational Celebrity Speaker Dave Dravecky and Other Corporate Entertainment
		The second was five days later in Montreal, Canada when a loud crack was heard in the stadium and Dave Dravecky was suddenly lying on the mound writhing in pain from a broken arm.
		With the amputation of his arm, Dave Dravecky was stripped of his sense of identity and the worth he derived from it.
		Dave Dravecky is in great demand as a speaker, addressing a wide variety of audiences across the country.
	www.allamericanspeakers.com /speakerbio/Dave_Dravecky.php (698 words)

	Amazon.com: When You Can't Come Back: Books: Dave Dravecky,Jan Dravecky,Ken Gire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dravecky was an outstanding baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants when life threw him a curve ball.
		Dravecky has come back to the writing table, though, with a sequel to his 1990 Comeback, which was a far more affecting memoir with its focus on his baseball career and dramatic medical ups and downs.
		Dravecky's wife has coauthored this update on the family saga (she and Dave contribute alternating passages), which finds the couple suffering the torments of Job, she falling into a major clinical depression and he finally losing the arm to amputation.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0310585600?v=glance (989 words)

	Dave Dravecky: Home
		Through it all, Dave and Jan's faith in God and the love He gave them through others provided the anchor they needed in the midst of their storm.(more...)
		Recall-ing stories from yesteryear and drawing on his many on-the-field experiences and spiritual insights, Dave demonstrates that the game of baseball can be a parable about life.
		Dave and Jan Dravecky share their story with audiences all over the country.
	www.davedravecky.org (378 words)

	Outreach of Hope: Welcome
		Dave and Jan share their story all over the country.
		Jan Dravecky and Joni Eareckson Tada, 365 Days of Hope features prayer points, inspiring quotes, questions for reflection, and action points.
		“In your darkest moments, Jan Dravecky shares, God reveals the deepest truths.” Jan describes the treasures she discovered in her darkness, Biblical truths about suffering, depression, grief, anger, control, boundaries and the faithfulness of God.
	www.outreachofhope.org (255 words)

	Dave Dravecky 1986 Game by Game Batting Logs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dave Dravecky appeared in 35 Major League games during the 1986 regular season.
		The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Dravecky appeared in, specifically relating to his 1986 hitting statistics.
		If the Date is followed by an asterisk (), Dravecky* started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/hittinglogs.php?p=draveda01&y=1986 (148 words)

	Dave Dravecky : Client Profile : Ambassador Speakers Bureau & Literary Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		when a loud crack was heard in the stadium and Dave was suddenly lying on the mound writhing in pain from a broken arm.
		, Daveâs arm was broken again while celebrating the Giantsâ National League Championship Series victory over the Chicago Cubs.
		Dave's recently authored two books about the "game", Play Ball and Called Up.
	www.ambassadoragency.com /print_client_profile.cfm/cid/203 (301 words)

	Dave Dravecky - Statistics - The Baseball Cube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dave Dravecky - Statistics - The Baseball Cube
		The order of teams does not reflect the order of teams played during a season for the Dave Dravecky.
		Its important to note that the report is based on the same statistics displayed on the TBC web site and so players with incomplete statistics will have an incomplete teammates report.
	www.thebaseballcube.com /players/D/dave-dravecky.shtml (1057 words)

	Dave Dravecky - Premiere Speakers Bureau
		Dave spoke from the heart -- to their hearts -- and changed some of them, forever.
		So, when you do have a speaker in mind, we can give you a good cost estimate based on your specific event and our previous experience with the speaker.
		Dave Dravecky is an excellent speaker who consistently receives nothing but the very highest marks from clients who have worked with him.
	premierespeakers.com /1161/index.cfm (590 words)

	Jan Dravecky - Premiere Speakers Bureau
		Jan Dravecky, wife of former San Francisco baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky, stood by her husband through his diagnosis of cancer, his Major League comeback, the eventual amputation of his arm and the loss of his career.
		While experiencing several other major losses in her life, Jan pushed aside her personal grief and attempted (alone) to take care of everyone and everything, including Dave and their two small children.
		Jan always believed that she was strong enough to handle anything.
	premierespeakers.com /2083/index.cfm (431 words)

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