Nick Petree

Nick Petree
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher
Born: July 16, 1990
Sedalia, Missouri
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Nick Petree (born July 16, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in Minor League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He played college baseball for the Missouri State Bears.

College career

Petree enrolled at Missouri State University to play college baseball for the Missouri State Bears. After sitting out his freshman year recovering from Tommy John surgery, Petree returned for the 2011 season, going 9-2 with a 2.81 earned run average (ERA), earning Freshman All-American and Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year honors.[1][2]

As a sophomore in 2012, Petree made his mark as one of the best pitchers in college baseball, going 10-4 with 1.01 ERA, the lowest ERA in college baseball.[1] Petree was named the Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Year, the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year and earned first-team All-American honors.[1][3] Petree was also a finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award.[1][4]

Professional career

In May 2013, Baseball America named Petree the #259 prospect for the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[5] He was selected in the 9th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. Petree played a shortened season for the State College Spikes.[6] He was named the 2013 Spikes Pitcher of the Year.[7] In 2014 he started the season playing for the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League.[6] He currently plays for the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A Florida State League.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Nick Petree". missouristatebears.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ Stanton, Phil (February 9, 2012). "Guttin gettin’ it done at Missouri State". collegebaseballinsider.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Scranton, Lyndal (February 14, 2013). "Petree nominated for Golden Spikes Award". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ Scott, Mike (May 29, 2012). "Missouri State's Petree named a finalist for Golden Spikes Award". KSPR. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-preview/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=641972
  7. ↑ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130830&content_id=59028572&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t1174&sid=t1174
  8. ↑ http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t279&t=p_pbp&pid=641972

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