Facts: - finalteam: san francisco giants - finalyear: 1989 - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - position: pitcher - statvalue: 64 -- 57 3.13 558 - throws: left - debutteam: san diego padres - bats: right - debutdate: june 15 - birth date: 14 february 1956 - finaldate: august 15 - name: dave dravecky - birth place: youngstown , ohio - debutyear: 1982 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dave dravecky .
david francis dravecky -lrb- born february 14 , 1956 -rrb- is an american former professional baseball player , a motivational speaker , and an author .he played major league baseball for the san diego padres -lrb- 1982 -- 87 -rrb- and san francisco giants -lrb- 1987 -- 89 -rrb- .cancer ended his career as his team was reaching the 1989 world series .he won the hutch award in 1989 .