Batting average .250 Role Baseball athlete Home runs 17 Spouse Patti Bosetti (m. 1978) | Runs batted in 133 Name Rick Bosetti Party Republican Party | |
Children Damon Richard Bosetti, Ryann Nichol Bosetti, Mia Celine Bosetti | ||
Rick Bosetti wants to clean up park
Richard Alan Bosetti (born August 5, 1953) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1976 to 1982 for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics.
Bosetti was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft and made his major league appearance on September 9, 1976. In 1979, Bosetti played in all 162 games for the Blue Jays, and in the same season led all AL outfielders in putouts, assists, and errors. Despite a relatively short career in the big leagues, he has the odd distinction of having urinated in the outfield of every major league baseball stadium of his era. A goal he claims to have accomplished by playing in both the American and National League.
On all four of the teams he played for in his career, he was teammates with pitcher Tom Underwood. Bosetti was released by the Oakland Athletics on September 6, 1982, at which point he retired.
After his baseball career, he returned to his hometown of Redding and became involved in local business and politics. In 2006, he was elected to the Redding City Council, and Bosetti has also served as mayor of Redding. He coaches the Simpson University baseball team and is currently running for the California State Assembly, District 1.