caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
trachsel 2008 . pitching for the orioles on april 20 , 2008 right oxnard , california 1993 june 7 143 -- 159 4.39 1,591 pitcher baltimore orioles win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts september 19 31 october 1970 aaaa0261 steve trachsel.jpg steve trachsel
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steve trachsel

stephen christopher trachsel -lrb- born october 31 , 1970 -rrb- , nicknamed `` the human rain delay '' , is a former major league baseball pitcher .
he was known for the long amount of time he took to deliver the ball to home plate in between pitches .
games in which he pitched were known to be considerably longer than most games , leading to his nickname .
though he never officially retired , trachsel has not played professionally since .
