Diego Segui, a journeyman pitcher who was traded three times and played for two expansion franchises over parts of 15 major league seasons, has died. He was 87.
Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, made the announcement. Tuesday on Twitter/X .
Heartbroken about the news of the passing of my dear friend, and former MLB pitcher, Diego Segui," Kendrick wrote He was 87. We honored Diego last November with our Negro Leagues Baseball Lifetime Achievement Award. Sending thoughts and prayers to the Segui family!
Segui went 92-111 with a 3.81 ERA in 639 major league games (171 starts). He also saved 71 games in his career with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1962-65, 1967-68, 1970-72), Washington Senators (1966), Seattle Pilots (1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1972-73), Boston Red Sox (1974-75) and Seattle Mariners (1977).
Segui won the American League ERA title in 1970 with Oakland, and helped the A's reach the AL Championship Series the following year.
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But Segui was not around to see the A's rattle off the first of their three consecutive World Series championships in 1972. He was purchased by the Cardinals at midseason and remained in the St. Louis bullpen through the end of the 1973 season.
In December 1973, Segui was traded again, this time to the Boston Red Sox as part of a six-player swap.
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Segui appeared in his only World Series with the Red Sox in 1975, throwing a scoreless inning in Game 5 of Boston's seven-game loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
That would prove to be Segui's final appearance in a Red Sox uniform; he was released the following April and spent the season starting for the San Diego Padres' Triple-A affiliate in Hawaii.
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The minor league audition was a successful one, as Segui signed with the expansion Mariners ahead of the 1977 season. He was tabbed to start the Mariners' first regular season game, and threw the first pitch in franchise history.
Segui also appeared in the first game in Seattle Pilots history in 1969, throwing the final three innings, giving him a unique place in the annals of the city's two baseball franchises. The Pilots moved to Milwaukee the following year and were rebranded the Brewers.
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Santos's playing career continued in the Mexican League for another seven years after he threw his final pitch in MLB in September 1977. After retiring, he would serve as a minor league coach. His second son, David, had a 15-year major league career of his own (1990-2004) and in 1998 followed in his father's footsteps by playing for the Mariners.
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