Rich Bordi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1959
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Rich Bordi
- Richard Albert Bordi (born April 18, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from 1980 to 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 (119th overall) 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 (July 16, 1980).
- He was 21 years old.
- In that game (and his lone game that season), 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 (to whom he'd been traded along with Porfi Altamirano, Henry Cotto and Ron Hassey for Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett).
- 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 (won zero).
- His final game was July 19, 1988.
- He was 29 years old when he retired. In his record 130 stolen base season in 1982, Rickey Henderson stole his 102nd and 103rd base off Bordi on August 4, 1982.
- He stole 2nd and 3rd, all in the first inning. Bordi was the last player signed by Charlie Finley.
- Currently, he lives in Rohnert Park, California.
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