# Travis Phelps
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{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| image =
| name = Travis Phelps
| position = Pitcher
| number =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|25}}
| birth_place = [Rocky Comfort, Missouri](/source/Rocky_Comfort%2C_Missouri), U.S.
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = April 19
| debutyear = 2001
| debutteam = Tampa Bay Devil Rays
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate = September 11
| finalyear = 2004
| finalteam = Milwaukee Brewers
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = [Win–loss record](/source/Win_(baseball))
| stat1value = 3–5
| stat2label = [Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
| stat2value = 4.34
| stat3label = [Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
| stat3value = 93
| teams =
*[Tampa Bay Devil Rays](/source/Tampa_Bay_Rays) ({{baseball year|2001}}–{{baseball year|2002}})
*[Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers) ({{baseball year|2004}})
}}
'''Travis Howard Phelps''' (born July 25, 1977) is an American former [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher). He played in Major League Baseball from {{mlby|2001}}-{{mlby|2004}} for the [Tampa Bay Devil Rays](/source/Tampa_Bay_Rays) and [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers).
==Playing career==
Born in [Rocky Comfort, Missouri](/source/Rocky_Comfort%2C_Missouri), Phelps was drafted in the 89th round of the [1996 Major League Baseball draft](/source/1996_Major_League_Baseball_draft).
Phelps made his major league debut with the then [Tampa Bay Devil Rays](/source/Tampa_Bay_Rays) on April 19, 2001, when he pitched two scoreless innings in the Rays 8–3 loss to the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox). He would go on to make 49 appearances out of the Bullpen for the Rays that year and 26 more in 2002.[{{Cite web |title=Coaching Staff |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-7900114 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=[Minor League Baseball](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) |language=en}}]
He last played in the majors in 2004 when he made 4 appearances for the [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers), but would play for a number of years in the minors and independent leagues.[{{cite web |date=2009-01-06 |title=Revs Pitcher Travis Phelps Signed By Detroit Tigers |url=http://www.atlanticleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1231276383 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416154712/http://www.atlanticleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1231276383 |archive-date=2009-04-16 |work=atlanticleague.com}}] However, he was released by the Tigers at the end of spring training and signed with the [York Revolution](/source/York_Revolution), with whom he had spent the previous season. He became a free agent at the end of the 2009 season and did not play for another professional team.
===Coaching===
Phelps was hired as the [Staten Island Yankees](/source/Staten_Island_Yankees) pitching coach in 2016. Since becoming the Pitching coach the team has posted the lowest team ERA each season from 2016 to 2018.