Background
Lavelle grew up in Pennsylvania, where he attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Lavelle grew up in Pennsylvania, where he attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Lavelle spent the majority of his Major League career with the San Francisco Giants, and also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics before retiring in 1987. He posted a career high 13 wins in 1978 and accumulated 136 saves in his 13 season career. Lavelle currently lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia and coaches baseball at Greenbrier Christian Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia, earning his 500th victory in April 2014.