Virgil Vasquez
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| Detroit Tigers — No. 32 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: June 7, 1982 Santa Barbara, California |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| May 13, 2007 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 0-1 |
| Earned run average | 8.64 |
| Strikeouts | 7 |
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Virgil Mattew Vasquez (born June 7, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California), is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
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[edit] Amateur career
Vasquez was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 2000 draft out of Santa Barbara High School, but did not sign.[1] He went 23-3 in his final two years of high school with 179 strikeouts while also hitting over .400. Vasquez was then selected by Detroit in the 7th round of the 2003 draft.
He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and finished his college career with 189 strikeouts, the eighth most in school history.
[edit] Professional career
Vasquez began the 2006 season with Double-A Erie of the Eastern League, where he finished in the top ten for ERA, complete games, home runs allowed, innings pitched, games started and losses. He was promoted to Triple-A Toledo in early September of 2006.
He started the 2007 campaign in Toledo, but was called up to the Major Leagues in May to make a spot start in place of the Tigers' Jeremy Bonderman on May 11.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Baseball Draft Selections From Texas Schools", Associated Press, June 6, 2000.
- ^ Beck, Jason (May 11, 2007). Vasquez to debut against Twins. mlb.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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