Thomas Kent Drees is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher. He appeared in four games for the Chicago White Sox

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 in , all as a reliever.

Drees' greater fame came in while pitching for the Vancouver Canadians

Sacramento River Cats

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. During that season, Drees pitched three no-hitter

No-hitter

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s, including two consecutive ones on May 23 and May 28 (the latter of which was only seven innings). Overall, Drees won 12 games for Vancouver with a 3.37 ERA. Despite that success, Drees did not make the majors until a September call-up in 1991.

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