David William (Dave) Wallace (born September 7, 1947 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is a pitching coach and a former player in Major League Baseball. He enters his second full season with the Boston Red Sox after serving much of 2003 as the club's interim pitching coach. He was named after Tony Cloninger took a medical leave of absence.

Since 1981, Wallace has been a major league and minor league coach and front office executive. He had previously worked almost exclusively in the Dodgers and Mets organizations.

A high school all-around athlete, Wallace played baseball, basketball and football. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent out of the University of New Haven in 1970. A right handed relief pitcher, Wallace posted a 47-31 record with 60 saves in 355 career minor league outings. In the majors, he made 13 appearances for the Phillies (1973-74) and Toronto Blue Jays (1978) and went 0-1 with 12 strikeouts and a 7.84 ERA in 108 innings. He concluded his playing career with Triple-A Pawtucket (1979).

As a pitching coach, Wallace is credited with helping develop the talents of pitchers Pedro Martínez, Ramón Martínez, Pedro Astacio, Darren Dreifort, Hideo Nomo, Chan Ho Park, Ismael Valdéz and John Wetteland.

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• Baseball Reference - Career statistics and analysis

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