Richard Albert Bordi is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from 1980-1988. He played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. Bordi threw and batted right-handed, was 6'7" tall, and weighed 220 pounds. He attended Fresno State University. He is currently a scout for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1977, he was drafted in the 5th round by the Minnesota Twins. He opted not to sign. In 1980, he was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round, 56th overall. In the same year, he was drafted he made his major league debut. He was 21 years old. In that game, he pitched 2 innings and gave up only one run. He bounced around between the minors and Majors between 1980 and 1983, finally settling as a full-time reliever in 1984 with the Cubs. Between 1984 and 1986 with the Cubs, Yankees and Orioles, he had an ERA well under 4.00. After those three fairly successful seasons, his career quickly went in the wrong direction. He ended up with the Athletics in his final season, 1988, where he started two games and lost one of them. His final game was July 19, 1988. He was 29 years old when he retired. [More at Wikipedia]

April 18th, 1959 in San Francisco (Age 65)