Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Reliever Kevin Uhrhan made the spot start for his Elmira Pioneers in August 1989 - his first professional start - and he turned in a performance that saw him strike out 10 and take the win, The Elmira Star-Gazette wrote . "It was a great effort," Uhrhan's manager Mike Verdi told The Star-Gazette afterward, "all year he's went one or two innings and he went out and gave me six good innings." Uhrhan gave that performance in his first season as a pro. He went on to see five in all . He topped out at AA. Uhrhan's career began that year in 1989, signed by the Red Sox as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Missouri . At Missouri, Urhan helped stop a rally in a May 1988 game, coming in and getting a fly out, The Columbia Missourian wrote . "I just went after him with my fastball, Uhrhan told The Missourian . Uhrhan started with the Red Sox at short-season Elmira . He went 2-1 over 19 outings, two starts, with a 5.17 ERA. He moved to high-A ...