Mike Koplove

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Mike Koplove

Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 52
Relief pitcher
Born: August 30, 1976 (1976-08-30) (age 31)
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
September 6, 2001 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007)
Wins-Losses     15-7
ERA     3.82
Strikeouts     175
Teams

Michael Paul Koplove (born August 30, 1976, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a sidearm relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization of Major League Baseball.

He attended Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia and the University of Delaware, and was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 1998 amateur draft.

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[edit] Minor leagues

In eight seasons in the minor leagues through 2006, he was 25-15 with 40 saves and a 3.12 ERA in 248 games, averaging 7.73 hits and 8.87 strikeouts per 9 innings.

In 2007, with the Buffalo Bisons he was 4-2 with 14 saves and a 2.50 ERA in 51 relief appearances.[1]

[edit] Major leagues

[edit] Arizona Diamondbacks

He played for the Diamondbacks 2001 World Series championship team, but was not on the World Series roster.

In 2002, Koplove was 6-1 with a 3.36 ERA in 55 games, giving up only 47 hits in 61.2 innings (holding batters to a .213 batting average and a .276 slugging percentage; with men on base he was even stingier -- .207/.228). In games that were late and close he held batters to a .188 batting average.

In 2003, Koplove was 3-0 with a 2.14 ERA in 31 games. With runners in scoring position, he held batters to a .100 batting average, and a .133 slugging percentage, and he held the first batters he faced to a .074 batting average.

In 6 seasons with the Diamondbacks (2001–06), he appeared in 217 relief appearances (3rd in team history as of May 2007), compiling a 15-7 record with 2 saves and a 3.76 ERA.

[edit] Florida Marlins

In January 2007, the Florida Marlins extended a spring training invitation to Koplove, who signed a minor league contract with the ballclub, but in March 2007 they released him.

[edit] Cleveland Indians

In March 2007, the Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with Koplove on a minor league contract.

On May 23, the team called him up from the AAA Buffalo Bisons. He was 2-0 with 3 saves and a 1.00 ERA in 17 relief appearances (18 innings, 15 hits, 2 earned runs, 8 walks, 14 strikeouts). He had limited batters to a .224 average and a .111 average with runners in scoring position.

Eight days later the team optioned Koplove to the Bisons. Koplove appeared in three games after being called up. He allowed two earned runs in four innings for a 4.50 ERA.[2]

[edit] Los Angeles Dodgers

After becoming a minor league free agent following the conclusion of the 2007 season, Koplove signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Dodgers on December 12, 2007. He is currently pitching for the Dodgers AAA affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s.


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