| Sean Doolittle | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Oakland Athletics – No. 62 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 26, 1986 Rapid City, South Dakota |
|
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| June 5, 2012 for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Career statistics (through May 17, 2013) |
|
| Win-loss record | 5–1 |
| Earned run average | 2.48 |
| Strikeouts | 79 |
| Teams | |
|
|
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s baseball | ||
Competitor for  United States |
||
| World University Championship | ||
| Gold | 2006 Havana | Team |
Sean Robert Doolittle (born September 26, 1986) is a major league pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He was the 41st overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, as a first baseman/outfielder.[1]
Contents |
Early life [edit]
Doolittle grew up in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey, where he played Babe Ruth Baseball, and excelled as a pitcher.
He attended Shawnee High School, in Medford, New Jersey, where he was a stand-out pitcher and broke the state record for most strikeouts in a game. Sean was also a great hitter and led Shawnee to a state championship. Doolittle played for the University of Virginia Cavaliers baseball team as both a starting pitcher and first baseman. He formerly held the record for wins in a career for a Virginia pitcher — 22 — which has since been passed by Danny Hultzen.[2] In 2005 and 2006, Doolittle was named to the USA National (Collegiate) Baseball Team.[3][4][5]
Minor-league career [edit]
Sean made his professional debut on June 18, 2007 and at one point was considered a top prospect . His brother, Ryan Doolittle is also a part of the Athletics' farm system.
His teammates during his college days were Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Schwimer.[5]
Despite being injured for most of the 2009 season, Doolittle was ranked tenth in Oakland's farm system according to Baseball America.[6] Doolittle missed the entire 2010 season while rehabbing from 2 knee surgeries. In the 2011 offseason, he was place on Oakland's 40-man roster to be protected from the rule 5 draft. After missing more than 2 years, Doolittle converted back to pitching,[7] making his professional pitching debut in the instructional league in Arizona in 2011.
Major-league career [edit]
After just 26 professional innings, 25 of those at three minor league stops in 2012, Doolittle was called up to the majors on June 4, 2012.
He served as a relief pitcher for the A's, earning his first career save on July 21, 2012 against the New York Yankees
Awards [edit]
- 2008 California League Mid-Season All-Star
- 2008 Arizona Fall League Rising Stars
- 2008 Arizona Fall League All-Prospect Team[8]
References [edit]
- ^ 2007 MLB.com Draft tracker
- ^ Winston, Lisa (March 27, 2009). "Batting Around with Sean Doolittle: Former pitcher backs up A's decision to have him focus on hitting". mlb.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ "USA Baseball National Team Moves to 10–0 with Two Wins". USA Baseball.com. July 15, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ "Five SEC Players Make USA Baseball National Team". SECsports.com. July 2, 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ a b Kimmey, Will (August 8, 2005). "Summer Stock: Doolittle Does A Lot". Baseball America. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ Oakland's Top-Rated Prospects
- ^ http://athletics.scout.com/a.z?s=304&p=2&c=1118448&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fathletics.scout.com%2f2%2f1118448.html
- ^ http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Sean%20Doolittle&pos=1B&sid=t237&t=p_pbp&pid=448281
External links [edit]
.jpg){kind=small}
- MiLB.com player profile
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
||||||||||||||
- Oakland Athletics players
- Kane County Cougars players
- Midland RockHounds players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Stockton Ports players
- Vancouver Canadians players
- Virginia Cavaliers baseball players
- Baseball players from New Jersey
- Baseball players from South Dakota
- People from Rapid City, South Dakota
- People from Tabernacle Township, New Jersey
- 1986 births
- Living people
Here you can share your comments or contribute with more information, content, resources or links about this topic.