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Rick Porcello
American baseball player (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick Alfred Porcello III (born December 27, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.
Rick Porcello | |
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![]() Porcello with the Boston Red Sox in 2015 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988 (age 35) Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 9, 2009, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 26, 2020, for the New York Mets | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 150–125 |
Earned run average | 4.40 |
Strikeouts | 1,561 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected by the Tigers in the 2007 MLB draft, he made his MLB debut in 2009, and was the youngest player in the American League.[1] His manager, Jim Leyland, chose to start him in the 2009 American League Central tie-breaker game over Nate Robertson, Eddie Bonine, and Armando Galarraga. After the 2014 season, the Tigers traded Porcello to the Red Sox. He struggled in 2015, but rebounded in 2016, leading the majors in wins and winning the AL Cy Young Award (becoming the first Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martínez to do so) and the AL Comeback Player of the Year Award. He won the 2018 World Series with the Boston Red Sox, starting the third game of the series.