Bob File
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Bob File - Fenway Park June 2001
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| Pitcher | |||
| Born: January 28, 1977 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 2001, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 2004, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win-Loss | 6-4 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.20 | ||
| Strikeouts | 55 | ||
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Robert Michael File (born January 28, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. File spent three plus seasons as a reliever with the Toronto Blue Jays from 2001 to 2004. Signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2005, retiring shortly after spring training with a back injury.
File was drafted as a third baseman out of NCAA Division II, then converted to pitcher while in the Jays' farm system.[1]
File is a former pitching coach at La Salle University in Philadelphia. La Salle University competes at the Division I level in the Atlantic 10 baseball conference.
Currently employed as an information technology consultant with Veeva Systems in Pleasanton, CA. Implementing and developing computer software for life science companies throughout the world.
Pitching Style and Biography
File threw a 96 MPH four-seam fastball, an excellent 91-94 MPH sinker,[2] a 77-82 MPH slider, and a 78-80 MPH fosh (hybrid-splitfinger).[3]
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Blue Jay's right-hander Bob File is one of the seven pitchers in major-league history to win a game in his first appearance while throwing five pitches or fewer.[5]
Bob File was one of the top players in the history of Philadelphia University Men's Baseball Program.
• Earned ABCA/Rawlings first-team All-American honors as a senior in 1998.
• Earned ECAC (East Coast Athletic Conference) Player of the Year honors as a senior in 1998.
• Three-time NYCAC (New York Collegiate Athletic Conference) All-Conference selection, earning Player of the Year honors in 1998.
• Set several school hitting records as a senior in 1998, including a .542 batting average.
• .542 batting average in 1998 #1 in the country, leading all NCAA baseball.
• Also set single season records with 90 hits, 63 runs, 68 RBI, 19 home runs, and 167 total bases in 1998.
• Is the University's all-time leader in nearly every career hitting category including runs (181), hits (296), triples (17) and home runs (37).
References
- ↑ Baseball Digest, March 2001 p.35
- ↑ http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/heaters/torminors.html
- ↑ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27096618_ITM
- ↑ http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1301&position=P#pitchtype
- ↑ http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150603/dodgers-josh-ravin-reflects-on-long-journey-to-the-major-leagues
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
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