Kevin Siegrist
| Kevin Siegrist | |
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 46 | |
| Pitcher | |
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Born: July 20, 1989 Buffalo, New York | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| June 6, 2013 for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Career statistics (through 2013 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 3–1 |
| Earned run average | 0.45 |
| Strikeouts | 50 |
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Kevin Ryan Siegrist (born July 20, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball.
Education
After graduation from Wellington High School in Wellington, Florida[1] he attended Palm Beach State College, where he was a walk-on with the "Panthers" baseball team.[2]Siegrist was discovered by baseball scouts purely by accident when a scout attending a Palm Beach State game to watch another player took notice of Siegrist's performance.[2]
Professional career
Minor leagues
The Cardinals drafted Siegrist in the 41st round of the 2008 MLB Draft, and he spent the summer playing for the Gulf Coast League Cardinals.[1] In 2009 Siegrist pitched for the Batavia Muckdogs, then a Cardinals affiliate in the New York-Penn League. He pitched in ten games for Batavia, making one start and earning a victory while posting an overall season 3.86 ERA.[1] The next season, 2010, was split between Batavia and the Johnson City Cardinals. Siegrist made a combined 14 starts between the two teams, finishing with a season ERA of 4.02 and a 4-4 overall record.[1]
Kevin Siegrist again split time among two Cardinals minor league teams in 2011. He began the season in the Class A Midwest League with the Quad Cities River Bandits starting nine games, winning eight of them, and posting a low 1.15 ERA. Siegrist fared less well after promotion to the Palm Beach Cardinals back near his Florida home, going 0-3 in eleven gmes as his ERA jumped to 3.42. However he did log the most innings pitched, 107, of any point yet in his career.[1] Another year, another split season as Siegrist spent 2012 with Palm Beach before advancing to the Double-A Springfield Cardinals. A combined 7-2 record between the two teams, including 6-0 with Palm Beach, and 68 strikeouts over 87 innings of work[1] caught the attention of officials with main club as the St. Louis Cardinals added Siegrist to their 40-man roster after the 2012 season.[3] Siegrist started 2013 again with the Springfield Cardinals but was quickly moved up to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. He was the Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Month in May, 2013. He posted an ERA of 1.95 and a record of 2-1 in relief appearances at Double-A Springfield and Trple-A Memphis.[4]
Major league
The Cardinals promoted Siegrist from Memphis to the major leagues on June 6, 2013.[5] He made his major league debut the same night as he took the mound in the 7th inning in relief of Shelby Miller in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Busch Stadium.[6] Siegrist struck out four while allowing one hit in one and two-thirds inning of work.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Kevin Siegrist stats". Baseball Reference.com. 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Booher, Kary (1 May 2013). "Winter homework pays dividends for Springfield lefty". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ Goold, Derrick (2012-11-21). "Cards protect four more pitchers". Stltoday. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ↑ "Cardinals recall rookie reliever Kevin Siegrist; Maikel Cleto optioned to Memphis (AAA)". MLB.com via Cardinals official website. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130606&content_id=49801618&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Recap: Miller powers Cards to 12-8 victory over D-backs". Associated Press via Fox Sports Midwest website. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Siegrist player profile page at stlcardinals.scout.com
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