Warwick Saupold
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| Born: 16 January 1990 Perth, Western Australia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 14, 2016, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 25, 2016) |
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| Win–loss record | 1–0 | ||
| Earned run average | 0.00 | ||
| Strikeouts | 6 | ||
| WHIP | 1.15 | ||
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Warwick Anthony Saupold (born 16 January 1990) is an Australian professional baseball right-handed pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Saupold previously played two seasons with the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League (ABL), and represented Australia in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Career
Saupold played for the Australian national baseball team in the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship.[1]
Saupold joined the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) in 2010. In the 2011–12 ABL season, Saupold led the league in innings pitched (70) and posted a 1.41 earned run average, setting an ABL record. Saupold also struck out 53 batters, allowing 43 hits, 22 base on balls, and two home runs.[2] Saupold was invited to the 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game.[3][4]
In 2012, Saupold signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers.[2] Pitching for the Lakeland Flying Tigers in the Class-A Advanced Florida State League (FSL), Saupold won the deciding game in the FSL championship series.[5] Saupold played for the Australian national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The Tigers promoted Saupold to the Double-A Erie SeaWolves of the Eastern League in 2013.[1] Saupold pitched for Erie in 2014 and 2015, receiving a promotion to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Triple-A International League during the 2015 season.[6] In 2015, Saupold set the Erie SeaWolves franchise strikeout record with 275 career strikeouts.[7]
Saupold was called up by the Detroit Tigers on 13 May 2016. Prior to being promoted, Saupold was 3–1 with a 2.37 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 30 1⁄3 innings for the Toledo Mud Hens this season.[8] He made his Major League debut for the Tigers the next day in a game against the Baltimore Orioles. On 15 May, Saupold pitched 2 2⁄3 innings of scoreless relief against the Orioles and earned his first Major League win.[9]
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Warwick Saupold on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1990 births
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Living people
- Detroit Tigers players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- Lakeland Tigers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Australia
- Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
- Perth Heat players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- West Michigan Whitecaps players
