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Oliver Drake
Drake with the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles – No. 71
Pitcher
Born: (1987-01-13) January 13, 1987 (age 37)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 23, 2015, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
(through 2015 season)
Win–loss record0–0
Earned run average2.87
Strikeouts17
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Oliver Gardner Drake (Born January 13, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball (MLB).

Amateur career

Drake is a graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School, earning four letters in baseball and three in hockey while a student there. He was a first-team All-CNEPSL as a junior and a senior, winning the Thompson Blanket, Ralph E. Jillson and Nettie M. Johnson Memorial awards as the latter.

After high school, he attended the United States Naval Academy and played for the Navy Midshipmen baseball team.[1] He had one of the best freshman pitching seasons in school history, going 3-3 with a 3.22 ERA.[2] He went 6-3 with a 3.70 ERA as a sophomore, having an 8.74 K/9 ratio.

After two years at Navy, Drake was drafted in the 43rd round (1,286th overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Orioles.[3][4]

Professional career

Minor leagues

Drake was assigned to Rookie-league Bluefield, then the Bluefield Orioles, pitching in 7 games, going 1-0 with a 0.77 ERA before being promoted to Low-A Aberdeen, pitching in 5 games with a 0.87 ERA. His totals in 2008 were 12 games, going 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA. He spent all of 2009 with Single-A Delmarva, going 8-9 with a 4.34 ERA over 25 games, 24 of them starts. He played all of 2010 with High-A Frederick, going 6-6 with a 4.36 ERA over 24 games. He also played in the Arizona Fall League with Scottsdale, going 1-3 with an 8.38 ERA. He split 2011 with Frederick and Double-A Bowie, while also playing 1 game with Triple-A Norfolk, going 11-8 with a 3.32 ERA over 27 games. He was added to the Orioles' 40-man roster following the season.[5] He had shoulder surgery in 2012.[6][7] Entering 2014, he was rated the Orioles' 24th-best prospect by Baseball America.[8]

Major League

Drake signed a major league deal with the Baltimore Orioles on November 18, 2014.[9] In 2015, in 18 2/3 innings for Norfolk, he had a 0.96 ERA.

On Saturday, May 23, Drake was promoted to the Major League team and made his pitching debut that day.[10] Entering the game in the ninth inning of a scoreless tie against the Miami Marlins, Drake pitched three scoreless innings, allowing only two hits and striking out two in a game the Orioles eventually lost 1-0 in 13 innings.[11] By making his big-league debut, Drake became the second former Naval Academy pitcher to make his Major League debut during the 2015 season, along with Navy alum Mitch Harris of the St. Louis Cardinals.[12]

Drake pitched in five games and 7.2 innings for the Orioles with a 3.52 ERA.[13] On June 3 he was optioned back to the AAA Norfolk Tides.[14]

References

  1. ^ David Driver For The Capital (July 17, 2014). "Baysox's Drake takes healthy approach in breakout season". capitalgazette.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "Drake chooses baseball over military future". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Oliver Drake Bio - NAVYSPORTS.com - The United States Naval Academy Official Athletic Site". navysports.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "INTRIGUING PROSPECT OLIVER DRAKE GRABBING O'S ATTENTION". PressBox Baltimore. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "Former Navy Pitcher Eyes Career With Orioles". Annapolis, Maryland Patch. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "Gardner's Oliver Drake finds relief in minors". telegram.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  7. ^ "With his arm healthy again, Baysox's Drake finds relief". capitalgazette.com. May 11, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  8. ^ "Minors Q&A: Drake charts course from Navy to majors". New England Baseball Journal. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  9. ^ WBAL. "Baltimore Orioles sign RHP Oliver Drake". WBALTV. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  10. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-oliver-drake-0524-20150523-story.html
  11. ^ http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350523128
  12. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-oliver-drake-0524-20150523-story.html
  13. ^ http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=543118#/career/R/pitching/2015/ALL
  14. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-call-up-tj-mcfarland-from-triplea-norfolk-option-oliver-drake-to-tides-20150603-story.html

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