- Brian Falkenborg
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name=Brian Falkenborg
position=Relief pitcher
team=San Diego Padres
number=39
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|1|18
birthplace=city-state|Newport Beach|California
debutdate=October 1
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
statyear=August 13, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=3-4
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=5.82
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=52
teams=
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1999)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2004)
*San Diego Padres (by|2005)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|2006-by|2007)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2008)
*San Diego Padres (by|2008)Brian Thomas Falkenborg (born
January 18 ,1978 inNewport Beach, California ) is aMajor League Baseball relief pitcher for theSan Diego Padres .Falkenborg graduated from Redmond High School. He was 6-2 with a 0.75 ERA and 75
strikeout s as a senior at Redmond. He was selected by theBaltimore Orioles in the second round of the mlby|1996MLB Draft and signed with the Orioles onJuly 6 ,1996 .He began his professional career with the GCL Orioles in the Rookie level
Gulf Coast League in 1996. He also pitched in one game for the Single-AHigh Desert Mavericks that season.Falkenborg Spent most of mlby|1997 with the Single-A
Delmarva Shorebirds , mlby|1998 with the High-AFrederick Keys and mlby|1999 with the Double-ABowie Baysox .He made his major league debut for the Orioles on
October 1 ,1999 , pitching two scoreless innings of relief against theBoston Red Sox .He underwent
Tommy John Surgery in the off-season and missed the entire mlby|2000 season. Falkenborg was signed as afree agent by theSeattle Mariners and spent the mlby|2001 season with the Mariners minor league affiliates at San Antonio and Tacoma. He stayed with Tacoma through the mlby|2003 season, despite battling an assortment of injuries that led to him spending significant time on thedisabled list .Falkenborg signed with the
Los Angeles Dodgers for the mlby|2004 season, but spent most of the year with the Triple-ALas Vegas 51s , appearing in only six major league games for the Dodgers, working 14.1 innings and finishing with a 7.53 ERA. He did record his first major league victory onMay 9 ,2004 , in a 14 inning game against thePittsburgh Pirates .He spent the mlby|2005 season with the San Diego Padres organization, appearing in 10 games for the Padres, and finishing with a 8.18 ERA. The bulk of his season was spent with the Triple-A
Portland Beavers .Falkenborg pitched in 21 games for the
St. Louis Cardinals between mlby|2006 and mlby|2007, though again spending most of those seasons in the minors with theMemphis Redbirds . He was released by the Cardinals onNovember 20 ,2007 , and onDecember 12 ,2007 , signed a minor league contract with an invitation tospring training with the Dodgers. He failed to make the Dodgers roster out of spring training and was assigned to the Las Vegas 51s, eventually joining the Dodgers major league roster onJune 25 . He was designated for assignment onAugust 8 . He was claimed off outright waivers by the San Diego Padres onAugust 13 .External links
*Baseballstats |mlb=237346 |espn=4212 |br=f/falkebr01 |fangraphs=1859 |cube=F/Brian-Falkenborg
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