Richard Daniel Sauveur (born November 23, 1963) is an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach.

He played in Major League Baseball across six seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland Athletics.

[2] During the 1990 season, he suffered a broken finger when he was hit by a line drive off of the bat of Vinny Castilla.

He became a replacement player during the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, when the Cincinnati Reds guaranteed him a $105,000 salary, after he typically earned $35,000 per year.

[2] He played in the major leagues for the Chicago White Sox in 1996,[3] but was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in spring training in 1997.

Sauveur retired after the 2000 season with a 0–1 win–loss record, a 6.07 earned run average, a 1.78 walks plus hits per inning pitched ratio, and 21 strikeouts in 24 appearances at the major league level.

Sauveur's father, Dan, worked as an auto mechanic after passing on an opportunity to try out for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s.