Dan Quisenberry
| Full Name : | Daniel Raymond Quisenberry |
| Public : | Dan Quisenberry |
| Nickname : | Quiz |
| Country : | United States (USA)  |
| DOB : | February 7, 1953 |
| Place : | Santa Monica, California |
| Height : | 6' 2" |
| Weight : | 180 lbs. |
| Sport : | Baseball - MLB |
| Team : | Retired |
| Level : | Professional |
| Status : | Great |
| Died : | September 30, 1998 (Age 45) |
| Place : | Leawood, Kansas |
| Dan Quisenberry | |
| Pitcher | |
| Jersey # 29 |
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| Batted : Right | Threw : Right |
MLB Teams :
San Francisco Giants (1990)
St. Louis Cardinals (1988–1989)
Kansas City Royals (1979–1988)
Achievements :
1985 World Series champion
3x MLB All-Star (1982, 1983, 1984)
5x Rolaids Relief Man of the Year (1980, 1982 - 1985)
Daniel Raymond Quisenberry (pronounced /kwizaenberi/), nicknamed "Quiz", was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born on February 7, 1953 in Santa Monica, California and died on September 30, 1998 in Leawood, Kansas.
Quisenberry made his Major League debut on July 8, 1979 for the Kansas City Royals. He played for the team for a total of 10 seasons, after which he was released and subsequently signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1988. In 1990, he signed with the San Francisco Giants. Quisenberry became an All-Star three times and earned five times the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award, while still in Kansas City. He was with the Royals when they won the 1985 World Series.
Quisenberry was famous for his submarine-style pitching delivery and his humorous quotes. After his baseball career, he embarked on a career as a poet and published three poems and book of poetry by 1998. In 1998, at aged 45, he died of brain cancer.
In the 1996 Hall of Fame Balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America, Quisenberry received 18 votes, just under the 24 vote (5%) cut-off to remain on the ballot. In the same election, Bruce Sutter - a pitcher with remarkably similar overall statistics - received 137 votes; he went on to be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006.
He held the AL record for career saves from 1987, when he surpassed Fingers' mark of 233, until 1992, when his AL total of 238 was broken by Jeff Reardon.
He was the first pitcher to record 40 saves in a season, doing so with 45 in 1983, and followed with 44 saves in 1984.
He was the only pitcher to earn 40 saves twice until Reardon did so in 1988.
Famous for his pitching control, Quisenberry surrendered only 11 walks in 1983 and 12 in 1984, in over 268 combined innings pitched, and was runnerup for the AL Cy Young Award in both seasons.
Quisenberry has won more Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Awards (5) than any other pitcher in history.
Besides "Quiz", another of Quisenberry's nicknames was "The Australian", as he would pitch from "down under".
Quisenberry was the only pitcher to appear in every game of the 1980 World Series.
