Bryan Bullington

Bryan Bullington
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 42
Pitcher
Born: September 30, 1980 (1980-09-30) Indianapolis, Indiana
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics (through the 2010 season)
Win-loss record	1-9
Earned run average	5.62
Strikeouts	54
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2005, 2007) Cleveland Indians (2008) Toronto Blue Jays (2009) Kansas City Royals (2010) Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2011–Present) (NPB)

Bullington pitching for the Cleveland Indians in 2008.

Bryan Paul Bullington (born September 30, 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a right-handed pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the first overall pick of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.

High school career

In 1999, during his senior year at Madison Consolidated High School, he was 15-0, and pitched a 1 hit game to win the 1999 Indiana High School Athletic Association Baseball State Finals.

College career

Bullington attended Ball State University. In 2002 for the Ball State Cardinals, he was 11-3 with a 2.86 ERA, and in 104 innings walked 18 while striking out 139. His 139 strikeouts was a new record for most strikeouts in a single season (standard college season).

Professional career

Bullington was the first overall pick in the 2002 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the first player from the Mid-American Conference to be selected with the first pick in a major sport's draft. He was selected because the Pirates felt they had a better chance of signing him over other players in the draft such as Jon Lester, B. J. Upton, Prince Fielder, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, and Cole Hamels.

In 2002, with two minor league teams he was 13-5 with a 2.52 earned run average. In the minors through 2008 he was 50-35 with a 3.84 ERA, and only 208 walks in 675.2 innings.

Through 2008, he had pitched 18.3 innings in the majors, as a number of injuries and lack of performance have limited his playing time.

Bullington was designated for assignment by the Pirates on July 3, 2008, and eventually claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Indians. After the 2008 season, he was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays. After spending 2009 Spring Training with Toronto, he was assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas 51s to begin the 2009 season. On April 23, the Blue Jays, who were dealing with a series of early-season injuries to pitchers, purchased his contract and promoted him to their major league roster. Bullington made his Jays' debut the next day, pitching a scoreless 9th inning in Chicago in a win over the Chicago White Sox.

Bullington signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals prior to the 2010 season. On May 17, the Royals purchased his contract from Triple-A Omaha.

On August 15, 2010, Bullington pitched 8 shutout innings while only giving up 2 hits against the New York Yankees in Kansas City for his first major league win.

After the 2010 season, Bullington signed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Joe Mauer

First overall pick in the MLB Entry Draft 2002

Succeeded by Delmon Young