Tyler Duffey
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Duffey with the Twins in 2015
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| Born: December 27, 1990 Houston, Texas |
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| Win–loss record | 7-4 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.42 | ||
| Strikeouts | 83 | ||
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Tyler Blinn Duffey (born December 27, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Duffey attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas.[1] He then enrolled at Rice University to play college baseball for the Rice Owls baseball team. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament. In May 2012, he was named the Conference USA pitcher of the week.[2]
The Minnesota Twins selected Duffey in the fifth round, with the 160th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB Draft.[3][4][5][6] He signed with the Twins[7] and pitched for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2013,[8] before receiving a promotion to the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He began the 2014 season with Fort Myers, and was promoted to the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class AA Eastern League, and then the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League.
The Twins invited Duffey to spring training as a non-roster player for 2015.[9] He opened the season with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League,[10] and was promoted to Rochester in May.[11][12] With Tommy Milone going on the disabled list, the Twins promoted Duffey to the major leagues to make his major league debut on August 5, 2015.[13] Duffey recorded his first major league hit, a sacrifice bunt, on April 24, 2016 in National League play against the Washington Nationals.[14]
Personal life
Duffey's mother, Shanna, died in 2012 after complications from breast cancer led to a blood clot.[8] His father, Tim Duffey, and brother, Travis, both reside in Houston. Tyler married his high school sweetheart, Sarah Hutchins, on December 19, 2015.
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- Pages with broken file links
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Houston, Texas
- Baseball players from Texas
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Minnesota Twins players
- Rice Owls baseball players
- Elizabethton Twins players
- Cedar Rapids Kernels players
- Fort Myers Miracle players
- New Britain Rock Cats players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
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