David Pauley

David Pauley
Detroit Tigers – No. 34
Relief pitcher
Born: June 17, 1983 (1983-06-17) Longmont, Colorado
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 31, 2006 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Win–loss record	9–18
Earned run average	4.52
Strikeouts	116
Teams
Boston Red Sox (2006, 2008) Seattle Mariners (2010–2011) Detroit Tigers (2011–present)

David Wayne Pauley (born June 17, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Pauley is a graduate of Longmont High School in Longmont, Colorado.

Career

An eighth round pick by San Diego in 2001, Pauley posted a 7–12 record with a 4.17 ERA for the Padres as their seventh best prospect in 2004. On December 20, 2004, the Padres traded Pauley along with Jay Payton, Ramón Vázquez, and cash to the Boston Red Sox for Dave Roberts.

As a member of the Portland Sea Dogs rotation in 2005, he went 9–7 with 104 strikeouts and a 3.81 ERA in 156 innings pitched.

Pauley started 2006 in Portland. He posted a 2–3 with a 2.39 ERA in 10 starts for the Sea Dogs before making his major league debut on May 31 starting for Boston in place of the injured David Wells. He pitched 4⅓ innings against the Toronto Blue Jays and did not record a decision. In his 16 innings pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Pauley recorded a 7.88 ERA.

In 2007, Pauley was rated by Baseball America as the number 26 prospect in the Red Sox farm system.^{[citation needed]} Pauley spent the entire 2007 season playing for the Pawtucket Red Sox. The Red Sox invited him to spring training in 2008, but was sent back to the minors on March 8, 2008. In January 2009, Pauley was designated for assignment in order to make room for the newly-signed John Smoltz. On January 19, Pauley was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Randor Bierd.

On December 22, 2009, Pauley signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners. On August 13, 2010, he earned his first major league win versus the Cleveland Indians.

On July 30, 2011, Pauley was traded to the Detroit Tigers along with Doug Fister for Charlie Furbush, Casper Wells, Chance Ruffin and minor leaguer Francisco Martinez.

Pitching style

Pauley is a sinkerball pitcher, and as such his success relies on his ability to keep the ball down in the strike zone, and when contact is made, to get ground-ball outs. Pauley also has the standard fastball, curveball, and changeup in his repertoire.^{[citation needed]} His fastball hits the high 80 MPH range and his curveball has more of a sweeping motion than the standard 12-to-6 movement seen from most minor-league pitchers.^{[citation needed]}

External links

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