Topic: Bobby Seay

Robert "Bobby" Michael Seay (pronounced "See") (born June 20, 1978 in Sarasota, Florida) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2001 to 2004 and the Colorado Rockies in 2005.

Seay is a graduate of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida, where he compiled a 30–4 record in three years (1994–1996) with a 0.79 earned run average (ERA) and 362 strikeouts in 221 1/3 innings pitched. He led Sarasota High School to the Florida State Championship and #16 national ranking in his senior year, going 10–2 with an 0.70 ERA and 122 strikeouts and 29 base on balls in 70 innings. Seay was named First-team High School All-American and a finalist for Louisville Slugger's High School Player of the Year Award. Seay was drafted 12th overall by the Chicago White Sox in 1996 but was granted free agency based on Major League Baseball's amateur draft rule 4-3.

Seay was a member of the United States baseball team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.