Aaron Brooks (baseball)
| Aaron Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs – No. 13 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 27, 1990 Montclair, California | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 3, 2014, for the Kansas City Royals | |
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 3-5 |
| Earned run average | 8.38 |
| Strikeouts | 40 |
| Teams | |
Aaron Lee Brooks (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has pitched in MLB for the Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics.
Career
Brooks attended Cajon High School in San Bernardino, California, and Cal State San Bernardino, where he played college baseball for the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes.[1]
Through the 2013 season, Brooks had issued only 1.3 walks per nine innings pitched in 393+1⁄3 total innings. The Royals invited Brooks to spring training in 2014.[1] They assigned him to the Omaha Storm Chasers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League at the start of the 2014 season. Before he could pitch for Omaha, the Royals promoted Brooks to the major leagues on April 5, 2014.[2] He was optioned back to Omaha on April 8 without appearing in a game. He made his MLB debut on May 3.
On July 28, 2015, Brooks and teammate Sean Manaea were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Ben Zobrist.[3]
On February 25, 2016, Brooks was traded to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Chris Coghlan.[4]
References
- ^ a b "BASEBALL: Area players in major league camps". blog.pe.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ "Royals bring up right-hand reliever Aaron Brooks - KansasCity.com". kansascity.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150728&content_id=139242356&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb
- ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-trade-chris-coghlan-20160225-story.html
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Aaron Brooks on Twitter
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