Tom Gorzelanny

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Tom Gorzelanny

Pittsburgh Pirates — No. 24
Starting Pitcher
Born: July 12, 1982 (1982-07-12) (age 25)
Bats: Left Throws: Left 
Major League Baseball debut
September 20, 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007)
Win-Loss     16-16
Earned Run Average     4.04
Strikeouts     178
Teams

Thomas Stephen Gorzelanny (born July 12, 1982 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After graduating from Marist High School in Chicago, Gorzelanny played junior college ball at Triton College and spent the 2002 summer playing for the St. Cloud River Bats of the Northwoods League. He was drafted by the Pirates in the second round of the 2003 draft.

Gorzelanny spent most of the 2005 season with the Double-A Altoona Curve, but made his Major League debut with the Pirates on September 20, 2005. At the beginning of the 2006 season, he was optioned to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. On June 29, 2006, the Pirates called Gorzelanny up to replace Oliver Pérez in the pitching rotation. He made his season debut on July 1 against the Detroit Tigers.

On July 1, 2007, Gorzelanny was selected as one of the five players in the National League that would be chosen from a final fan vote for the last spot on the NL roster for the 2007 MLB All-Star Game.

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  • His nickname is Gorzo, a shortening of his last name.

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Pittsburgh Pirates current roster

2 Jack Wilson | 5 Chris Gomez | 12 Freddy Sanchez | 13 Nate McLouth | 16 Doug Mientkiewicz | 18 Jason Michaels | 19 José Bautista | 22 Xavier Nady | 24 Tom Gorzelanny | 25 Adam LaRoche | 28 Paul Maholm | 30 Tyler Yates | 31 Luis Rivas | 32 Phil Dumatrait | 34 John Grabow | 37 Raúl Chávez | 38 Jason Bay | 41 Ryan Doumit | 43 Dámaso Marté | 45 Ian Snell | 49 Bryan Bullington | 52 Franquelis Osoria | 55 Matt Capps | 57 Zach Duke | 61 Sean Burnett

Inactive (40-man) roster: 3 Nyjer Morgan | 10 Brian Bixler | 15 Kevin Thompson | 26 Ronny Paulino | 27 Ty Taubenheim | 46 Jimmy Barthmaier | 47 John Van Benschoten | 50 Dave Davidson | 51 Steve Pearce | 53 Ronald Belisario | 56 Marino Salas | 58 Rómulo Sánchez | 64 Yoslan Herrera | 79 Luis Muñoz

Disabled list: 6 Chris Duffy

Coaching Staff: Manager 7 John Russell | Bench 14 Gary Varsho | 1st Base 17 Lou Frazier | 3rd Base 29 Tony Beasley | Hitting 59 Don Long | Pitching 23 Jeff Andrews | Bullpen 60 Luis Dorante | Bullpen Catcher 86 Heberto Andrade


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