Lafayette Currence

Biography

Delancey Lafayette Currence (born December 3, 1951) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers during the 1975 season. Currence pitched for Emmett Scott High School in Rock Hill and was signed as a free agent in 1970 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1973, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Erardi, and he pitched in the Class A Midwest League's 1974 All-Star Game representing the Danville Warriors, a Brewers affiliate. That season, he led the Midwest League in strikeouts, fanning 184 batters in 191 innings, and racked up a 15–6 record with an ERA of 2.73. Currence pitched at the Major League level with the Brewers in 1975 in eight games, making one start, wearing #20. He was called up from the Brewers' AA level Eastern League team, the Thetford Mines Miners in Thetford Mines, Quebec when pitcher Ed Sprague, Sr.

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