Ross Detwiler

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**Ross Detwiler**

Washington Nationals — No. 48
Starting Pitcher
Born: March 6, 1986 (1986-03-06) (age 22)
Bats: Right	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
September 7, 2007 for the Washington Nationals
Selected MLB statistics (through September 7, 2007)
Win-Loss	0-0
Earned Run Average	0.00
Strikeouts	1
Teams
Washington Nationals (2007)

Ross Emery Detwiler (born March 6, 1986 in Wentzville, Missouri) is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 pounds (79 kg) left-handed pitcher with a mid 90s miles per hour fastball. He throws a fastball, curveball, and changeup.^[1]

In college Detwiler pitched for Missouri State University of the Missouri Valley Conference. In 2006, he was a member of the All-MVC Tournament team.^[2] In 2007, he finished his third year with a 2.22 ERA in 14 starts and 100 strikeouts in 89 innings. The Washington Nationals drafted him in the first round (sixth overall) in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, making him the highest Missouri State draft pick in history.^[3] Detwiler was the fifth pitcher taken by the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos franchise in the first round of the draft in the last six years following Clint Everts, Chad Cordero and Bill Bray in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and Colton Willems taken in 2006.^[4]

During the summer of his freshman year in college Detwiler played for Wentzville Legion Post 323. Detwiler dominated his opponents during the season but still had one loss.^{[citation needed]}

After being drafted and signed by the Nationals, he pitched four games in the rookie Gulf Coast League, and then five games with the high A Potomac Nationals. He then was brought up to the majors for a brief time. He became the first player drafted in the 2007 Draft to appear in a Major League game.^[5] He joined Chad Cordero and Ryan Zimmerman as the third member of the Nationals franchise to be called up to the Major Leagues in the same year that he was drafted.^[3] He is also represented by Creative Artists Agency who also represent Zimmerman.^[6]

On September 7, he made his debut, pitching one hitless inning in relief against the Atlanta Braves, striking out one.^[7]