Bio
Brian Boehringer, from House Springs, MO played high school baseball in the St. Louis Suburban West Conference at Northwest of House Springs, where he was standout pitcher for the Lions and graduated in 1987. He then attended St. Louis Community College – Meramec where he played under the legendary NJCAA Hall of Fame coach, Ric Lessmann in 1988 and 1989. He continued in the pipeline of Warriors under Lessman heading to the University of Nevada- Las Vegas.
Boehringer was drafted by the Houston Astros in the tenth round of the MLB draft in 1990, but did not sign. Instead he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox the following year and was traded to the Yankees in 1994. He played for the Yankees, Padres, Giants and Pirates
Boehringer made his major league debut in 1995, going 0-3 with a 13.75 ERA over just seven games. The following year, he went 2-4 with a 5.44 ERA in 33 games. He made two appearances in the 1996 ALDS, winning game two. He made no appearances in the Championship Series, but pitched in two games of the 1996 World Series, to the tune of a 5.40 ERA. He won a World Series ring with the Yankees when they defeated the Atlanta Braves. In 1997, he went 3-2 with a 2.63 ERA and closed 11 games. The Yankees lost him in the 1997 Expansion Draft to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The same day, he was traded with Andy Sheets to the San Diego Padres for John Flaherty.
In his first season with the Padres, Boehringer went 5-2 with a 4.36 ERA. He pitched three scoreless innings in the 1998 NLCS but gave up two earned runs in the 1998 World Series against the Yankees, losing to them in four games. The next year, he was 6-5 with a 3.24 ERA. In 2000, he was 0-3 with a 5.74 ERA.