Matt Albers
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| Boston Red Sox – No. 32 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: January 20, 1983 Houston, Texas |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| July 25, 2006 for the Houston Astros | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Win-Loss | 19-29 |
| Earned run average | 5.04 |
| Strikeouts | 274 |
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Matthew James Albers (born January 20, 1983, in Houston, Texas) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] High school
In 2001, Albers graduated William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas. That year, in the 2001 MLB Draft, the Astros took him in the 23rd round.
[edit] Minor leagues
Albers worked his way up through the minor leagues and started 2006 at Double-A Corpus Christi, where he went 10–2 with an 2.17 ERA.
[edit] Major League Baseball
[edit] Houston Astros
In late July of that year, the Astros called him up to the Major Leagues. Albers pitched a few games in relief, then made his first Major League start against the San Diego Padres on August 3, 2006.
When Albers was sent back down shortly after the San Diego start, it was to AAA Round Rock. Albers returned to the Majors when rosters expanded on September 1.
In 2006, Albers was named Texas League Pitcher of the Year.
Albers got his first Major League win on May 5, 2007 against the Cardinals when he pitched seven and a third innings without giving up a run.
In 2008 he underwent scoliosis correction surgery to correct a 50 degree curve in his spine.[citation needed]
[edit] Baltimore Orioles
Albers was traded to the Baltimore Orioles on December 12, 2007 as part of the Miguel Tejada trade. In the middle of the 2008 season he was placed on the sixty day disabled list.[1]
[edit] Boston Red Sox
On December 16, 2010, Albers signed a one year contract with the Red Sox.[2]
On December 12, 2011, Albers signed a one-year deal to return to Boston, thus avoiding arbitration.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Tejada traded to Astros, Orioles to receive five players for former AL MVP". SI.com. 2007-12-12. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071214160439/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/12/12/tejada.trade.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ Abraham, Peter (December 16, 2010). "Red Sox sign Albers". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2010/12/red_sox_sign_al.html.
- ^ Boston Red Sox (December 12, 2011). "Red Sox sign Albers to one-year contract". boston.redsox.mlb.com. http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111212&content_id=26152660&vkey=pr_bos&c_id=bos.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Texas
- Houston Astros players
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Boston Red Sox players
- Martinsville Astros players
- Tri-City ValleyCats players
- Lexington Legends players
- Salem Avalanche players
- Round Rock Express players
- Corpus Christi Hooks players
- Aberdeen IronBirds players
- Norfolk Tides players
- People from Houston, Texas
