Richard Daniel Sauveur is a retired Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

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. He played during six seasons at the major league level for the Pittsburgh Pirates

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, Montreal Expos

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, New York Mets

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, Kansas City Royals

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, Chicago White Sox

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, and Oakland Athletics

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. He was drafted by the Pirates in the 5th round of the secondary phase of the amateur draft. Sauveur played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Watertown Pirates

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 in , and his last with Oakland and their Triple-A Sacramento River Cats

Sacramento River Cats

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 in . Sauveur currently serves as pitching coach for the Pawtucket Red Sox

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