Kevin Quackenbush

Quackenbush pitching for the Padres in 2014

San Diego Padres – No. 59

Relief Pitcher

Born: November 28, 1988
Land O' Lakes, Florida

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

April 25, 2014, for the San Diego Padres

MLB statistics
(through August 29, 2015)

Win–loss record

5–5

Earned run average

3.10

Strikeouts

100

Teams

San Diego Padres (2014–present)

Kevin Robert Quackenbush (born November 28, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Quackenbush attended Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida, and the University of South Florida, where he played college baseball for the South Florida Bulls baseball team as their closer. Quackenbush was named a second team All-American in 2011.^[1]

The Padres selected him in the eighth round of the 2011 MLB Draft.^[2] They promoted him to Class AAA in 2013^[3] and invited him to spring training in 2014.

Quackenbush was called up to the majors for the first time on April 25, 2014. He made his debut that day.^[4] On August 19, he recorded his first major league save.^[5]

References

↑ Join the discussion: Click to view comments, add yours (June 16, 2011). "USF Bulls closer Kevin Quackenbush named 2nd-team All-American | Tampa Bay Times". Tampabay.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
↑ "More closers closing in on San Diego". UTSanDiego.com. September 4, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
↑ "Prospect Quackenbush moved to Triple-A | padres.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. June 17, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
↑ "Padres bolster 'pen by promoting Quackenbush". San Diego Padres. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
↑ Dennis Lin. "Kevin Quackenbush gets his first save — UTSanDiego.com". U-T San Diego. Retrieved March 4, 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Kevin Quackenbush on Twitter

San Diego Padres current roster

Active roster	1 Alex Dickerson 2 Melvin Upton, Jr. 3 Derek Norris 4 Wil Myers 5 Alexi Amarista 10 Alexei Ramirez 13 Drew Pomeranz 15 Cory Spangenberg 16 Travis Jankowski 18 Austin Hedges 24 Jon Jay 26 Yangervis Solarte 27 Matt Kemp 29 Colin Rea 33 James Shields 34 Andrew Cashner 37 Brandon Maurer 38 Tyson Ross 39 Brett Wallace 41 Robbie Erlin 43 Jon Edwards 43 Cory Mazzoni 50 Nick Vincent 56 Fernando Rodney 57 Leonel Campos 59 Kevin Quackenbush 65 Tayron Guerrero -- Buddy Baumann -- Christian Bethancourt -- Jabari Blash -- Ryan Buchter -- Manuel Margot -- Josh Martin -- Luis Perdomo -- José Pirela -- José Rondón -- Blake Smith -- José Torres -- César Vargas -- Carlos Villanueva

Coaching staff	Manager 14 Andy Green Bench 25 Mark McGwire First base 20 Tarrik Brock Third base 30 Glenn Hoffman Hitting 22 Alan Zinter Pitching 36 Darren Balsley Bullpen 45 Doug Bochtler Coach 7 Eddie Rodríguez Bullpen catcher 80 Justin Hatcher Bullpen catcher 81 Griffin Benedict

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