David Hesslink: Taking his passion to the major leagues

Winningest pitcher in MIT history and baseball analytics ace will join Seattle Mariners’ operations office after graduation.

Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Like many kids, senior David Hesslink collected baseball cards when he was younger. Among his most prized cards was that of pitcher Randy Johnson who, like Hesslink, is one of the rare players to swing right-handed but pitch left-handed. As fate would have it, after graduating this June Hesslink will join the very franchise his favorite player pitched for, when he starts work in the baseball operations office for the Seattle Mariners.

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