SABR Live Oral History Interview: Dave Righetti
Baseball fans, join us for a special virtual event at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, May 9, 2024: a live SABR Oral History interview with former New York Yankees All-Star pitcher and longtime San Francisco Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti.
All fans are invited to attend this interview session on Zoom, which will be conducted by Oral History Committee chair John McMurray. The interview will be recorded and added to SABR’s Oral History Collection archive afterward.
Righetti pitched for 16 seasons from 1979 to 1995 with the Yankees, Giants, and three other teams. He earned American League Rookie of the Year honors in 1981, when he won three postseason games en route to the Yankees’ World Series championship. On July 4, 1983, he pitched a no-hitter at Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox. He converted to a reliever the following season and saved 252 career games. He later spent 18 years as a pitching coach with the Giants under manager Bruce Bochy, capturing three more World Series rings from 2010 to 2014.
The SABR Oral History Collection includes more than 750 interviews conducted with ballplayers (Major Leagues, Minor Leagues, Negro Leagues, AAGBBL), executives, scouts, authors, writers, broadcasters, and other figures of historical baseball significance. Learn more at SABR.org/oralhistory.
Originally published: April 23, 2024. Last Updated: April 23, 2024.