Brian Ellington
| Brian Ellington | |||
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| Miami Marlins – No. 49 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
| Born: August 4, 1990 Gainesville, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 3, 2015, for the Miami Marlins | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 2–1 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.88 | ||
| Strikeouts | 18 | ||
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Brian Michael Ellington (born August 4, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Ellington attended Oak Hall School in Gainesville, Florida. He had committed to attend Florida State University on a schoarlship to play college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles. He underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2007, and decommitted from Florida State due to differences of opinion on how he should rehabilitate his arm after the surgery. He enrolled at Chipola College and transferred to Florida State College at Jacksonville, before finishing his collegiate career at the University of West Florida.[1]
The Miami Marlins selected him in the 16th round of the 2012 MLB Draft.[1] Ellington played for the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in 2014. After the regular season, he was assigned to the Salt River Rafters Arizona Fall League (AFL), and appeared in the AFL Fall Stars Game.[2]
In 2015, Ellington played for the Jacksonville Suns of the Class AA Southern League.[3] That summer, Ellington was chosen to play for the United States national baseball team in the 2015 Pan American Games.[4]
The Marlins promoted Ellington to the major leagues on August 3, 2015.[5] He made his major league debut that night.
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Use mdy dates from July 2015
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gainesville, Florida
- Baseball players from Florida
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Miami Marlins players
- Chipola Indians baseball players
- Florida State College at Jacksonville alumni
- West Florida Argonauts baseball players
- Jamestown Jammers players
- Greensboro Grasshoppers players
- Gulf Coast Marlins players
- Batavia Muckdogs players
- Jupiter Hammerheads players
- Salt River Rafters players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
