Scott Linebrink
| Scott Linebrink | |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: August 4, 1976 Austin, Texas |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 15, 2000 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Career statistics (through June 3, 2011) |
|
| Win-Loss | 39–28 |
| Earned run average | 3.52 |
| Strikeouts | 541 |
| Teams | |
Scott Cameron Linebrink (born August 4, 1976) is an American professional pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals.He attended Texas State University.
[edit] Career
Linebrink was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the second round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut with the Giants on April 15, 2000, but was traded to the Houston Astros for Doug Henry prior to the 2000 trade deadline.
In May 2003, Linebrink was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Astros. In 2004 and 2005, he went 7-3 with a 2.14 earned run average and 8-1 with a 1.83 ERA, respectively. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Steve Garrison, Will Inman and Joe Thatcher.
Following the 2007 season he was signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox, a deal reportedly worth $19 million over 4 years. Linebrink wears number 71 in honor of Mark Merila, former bullpen catcher for the Padres, who had battled a brain tumor.[1]
On December 3, 2010, Linebrink was traded to the Atlanta Braves for minor league pitcher Kyle Cofield.[2] On August 1, 2011, Linebrink was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain. Scott Was signed by the Cardinals on February 10th on a minor league contract.
On February 10, 2012, Linebrink signed a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. He signed the deal just 8 days before pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070731&content_id=2120847&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101203&content_id=16247302&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
- ^ Langosch, Jennifer (February 10, 2012). "Cardinals sign reliever Scott Linebrink to Minor League deal". cardinals.com. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120210&content_id=26649770&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl.
[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)
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