Dave Eilers is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

Pitcher

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. Eilers was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent

Free agent

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 in 1959. He would go on to play at the Major League level with the team in 1964 and in 1965 before being purchased that year by the New York Mets

New York Mets

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. Eilers also played at the Major League level that year with the Mets, as well as in 1966. Later that year, he was selected in the Minor League Draft by the Houston Astros

Houston Astros

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and would play with the team the following season.