Don August
Donald Glenn August (born July 3, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1988 to 1991. Through his paternal grandmother, he is a first cousin twice removed of Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali.[1] He lived in Mission Viejo, California and graduated from Capistrano Valley High School.
Minor pro career
August attended Chapman University, where he was a Division II All-American. After competing for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was drafted 17th overall by the Houston Astros. He spent a year in the Astros' minor league system before being traded along with fellow pitcher Mark Knudson to the Brewers on August 15, 1986 in exchange for Danny Darwin.
Milwaukee Brewers
After beginning 1988 with a 4–1 record and a 3.52 ERA for the Denver Zephyrs (now the New Orleans Zephyrs) of the Pacific Coast League, August was called up to the Brewers. He continued his success at the Major League level, going 13–7 with a 3.09 ERA and ranking ninth in the American League in winning percentage. He finished fourth in the voting for AL Rookie of the Year; Oakland Athletics shortstop Walt Weiss won the award.
August suffered a case of the sophomore jinx in 1989, slipping to 12–12 with a 5.31 ERA. He was sent back down to Denver for some time, where he garnered a 1–1 record with a 4.94 ERA. A notable moment came on June 5, when he was the winning pitcher in the inaugural MLB game played at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) in Toronto, a 5–3 Brewers victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
In 1990, he pitched five games, and had a record of 0–3. He started 23 games during the 1991 Milwaukee Brewers season, and had a 9–8 record in his final season.
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- 1965: Alex Barrett
- 1966: Wayne Twitchell
- 1967: John Mayberry
- 1968: Martin Cott
- 1969: J. R. Richard
- 1970: Randy Scarbery
- 1971: Neil Rasmussen
- 1972: Steve Englishbey
- 1973: Calvin Portley
- 1974: Kevin Drake
- 1975: Bo McLaughlin
- 1976: Floyd Bannister
- 1977: Ricky Adams
- 1978: Rod Boxberger
- 1979: John Mizerock
- 1980: No first round pick
- 1981: No first round pick
- 1982: Steve Swain
- 1983: Robbie Wine
- 1984: Don August
- 1985: Cameron Drew
- 1986: Ryan Bowen
- 1987: Craig Biggio
- 1988: Willie Ansley
- 1989: Jeff Juden, Todd Jones
- 1990: Tom Nevers, Brian Williams
- 1991: John Burke, Shawn Livsey, Jim Gonzalez, Mike Groppuso
- 1992: Phil Nevin, Kendall Rhine
- 1993: Billy Wagner
- 1994: Ramón Castro, Scott Elarton, Russ Johnson
- 1995: Tony McKnight
- 1996: Mark Johnson
- 1997: Lance Berkman
- 1998: Brad Lidge, Mike Nannini
- 1999: Mike Rosamond
- 2000: Robert Stiehl
- 2001: Chris Burke
- 2002: Derick Grigsby
- 2003: No first round pick
- 2004: No first round pick
- 2005: Brian Bogusevic, Eli Iorg
- 2006: Maxwell Sapp
- 2007: No first round pick
- 2008: Jason Castro, Jordan Lyles
- 2009: Jiovanni Mier
- 2010: Delino DeShields, Mike Foltynewicz, Michael Kvasnicka
- 2011: George Springer
- 2012: Carlos Correa, Lance McCullers
- 2013: Mark Appel
- 2014: Brady Aiken
- 2015: Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker
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