Joe Slusarski

Joe Slusarski was a right-handed pitcher who played for the USA at the 1988 Olympic demonstration baseball tournament. Slusarski also won international silver medals at the 1987 Pan American Games and the 1988 Baseball World Cup. Slusarski attended the Lincoln Land Community College followed by the University of New Orleans and then was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft.

Slusarski played seven years in the Major Leagues, starting with the Athletics, playing with them from 1991-93. He later played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1995, the Houston Astros from 1999-2001, and finished his career at the end of the 2001 season with the Atlanta Braves. His career record was 13 wins, and 21 losses, with an ERA of 5.18. Slusarski later became a minor league pitching coach.