Dan DeLucia Pitching Coach
AGE: 39 BORN: June 1, 1985 in Columbus, OH RESIDES: Upper Arlington, OH
Dan DeLucia is back for his second season WooSox pitching coach. He replaced Paul Abbott who held that role the first three seasons in Worcester (2021-23). A former Minor League pitcher in the Detroit and Toronto systems and a standout lefty hurler at Ohio State University, Dan was the Red Sox Minor League Rehab Pitching Coach in 2023 (his first season in the Red Sox organization). DeLucia worked with a new single-season Red Sox Triple-A record 47 different pitchers in 2024 and helped 19 of them earn promotions from Worcester to Boston (not counting Red Sox rehabbing pitchers Nick Pivetta, Chris Martin, and Lucas Sims who were injury rehab recalls). Among the other notable pitchers on DeLucia’s staff were Cooper Criswell, Cam Booser, Zack Kelly, Josh Winckowski, Greg Weissert, Luis Guerrero, Richard Fitts, Zach Penrod, and Quinn Priester. WooSox pitchers combined to allow the 2nd fewest HR in the league (141 HRA) in 2024. Dan remains near the top of many Ohio State Buckeyes’ pitching records, ranking 5th with 317.1 innings pitched, tied for 11th with 24 wins and tied for 16th with a 3.91 ERA. After going 3-3 in 14 appearances as a freshman at Ohio State, DeLucia burst on the scene as a sophomore in 2005, posting a 6-5 record with a 2.92 ERA in a team-high 95.2 innings pitched as he helped the Buckeyes to an NCAA Regional in Corvallis, Oregon. The 6’4” southpaw compiled a team-leading 10 wins with a 3.25 ERA as a junior in 2006 to earn a first team All-Big Ten selection. He had to sit out most of the 2007 campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery. However, the Columbus native came back as a senior in 2008 to go 3-3 with a 4.70 ERA and earned his degree in Finance. Dan was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 35th round of the 2008 June draft. In 2008 with Oneonta (short-season A) he went 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA in 15 games (3 starts). He signed with the Blue Jays the next season and spent 2009 and 2010 as an effec- tive reliever for Dunedin (A-Toronto) going 1-3, 2.36 in 20 relief appearances in ’09 and 4-2, 3.38 in 29 games in ’10. After being released at the end of spring training in 2011 by the Blue Jays, DeLucia eventually returned to Ohio State as a volunteer assistant coach and ultimately their full-time pitching coach. In 2019 he helped guide the Buckeyes, with the youngest pitching staff in the nation, to a postseason title run as the OSU arms shattered the school record for strikeouts in a season (583). In a shortened 2020 season, DeLucia saw his Buckeye pitching staff lead the nation with 12.7 strikeouts per nine innings. Dan and his wife, Carly, reside in Upper Arlington, OH with sons, James and Luke, and daughters, Gracie and Hannah.
Made with FlippingBook. PDF to flipbook with ease