- Clayton Richard
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Clayton Richard San Diego Padres — No. 33 Starting Pitcher Born: September 12, 1983
Lafayette, IndianaBats: Left Throws: Left MLB debut July 23, 2008 for the Chicago White Sox Career statistics
(through August 18, 2010)Win-Loss 30-28 Earned run average 4.20 Strikeouts 349 Teams - Chicago White Sox (2008-2009)
- San Diego Padres (2009-present)
Clayton Colby Richard (born September 12, 1983 in Lafayette, Indiana) is a left-handed pitcher for the San Diego Padres. He is 6 feet and 5 inches tall, and weighs 240 pounds.
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High school
Richard was awarded Indiana's Mr. Football and Mr. Baseball his senior year at McCutcheon High School and was also his class' valedictorian.
College
Richard accepted a scholarship to play football and baseball at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2003.
Richard was redshirted for the Wolverines football team his freshman year. In 2004, he battled for the starting spot on the team, but lost out to Chad Henne. Richard was the Wolverine's #2 quarterback that season, but he saw limited action, mostly in blowout wins over Miami (Ohio), Indiana, and Northwestern. Richard appeared in 4 total games for the Wolverines in 2004, only attempting 15 passes for 8 completions and 52 total yards.
The following spring, Richard joined the Wolverines baseball team and pitched well. In his one season in Ann Arbor, Richard pitched 21 games, mostly as a reliever and compiled a 0-1 record with a 2.43 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and 27 K's in 33.1 IP, good for a 7.29 K/9 innings ratio. The Wolverines were 42-19 that season and finished 4th in the Big 10 with a 17-12 conference record. They were the 3rd seed in the Atlanta Regional of the College Baseball Tournament, but were eliminated in the 2nd round of the Regionals, losing both games to South Carolina by 1 run. After starting his baseball career with moderate success, Richard dropped his football scholarship at Michigan and focused on baseball full-time.
Professional career
The White Sox selected Richard in the 8th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. He was the 2nd player from Michigan drafted, the first being Chris Getz, also selected by the Sox in the 4th round.
After playing for the Rookie-level Great Falls White Sox and Class-A Kannapolis Intimidators in 2005, the Intimidators and Class-A Advanced Winston-Salem Warthogs in 2006, the Warthogs in 2007 and the Class-AA Birmingham Barons and Class-AAA Charlotte Knights in 2008, Richard made his major league debut with the White Sox on July 23, 2008.
Richard made the White Sox opening day roster in 2009. On July 31, 2009 Richard was traded along with Aaron Poreda, Adam Russell and Dexter Carter to the San Diego Padres for former Cy Young winner Jake Peavy.
On September 21, 2010 Richard threw his first career shutout, giving up eight hits, two walks, and recording six strikeouts in a win against the Los Angeles Dodgers along with a golden sombrero at the plate, striking out four times.
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San Diego Padres current roster Active roster 1 Orlando Hudson | 2 Everth Cabrera | 3 Andy Parrino | 4 Nick Hundley | 7 Chase Headley | 8 Jason Bartlett | 12 Logan Forsythe | 13 Chris Denorfia | 14 Alberto González | 15 Jesús Guzmán | 18 Cedric Hunter | 22 James Darnell | 23 Blake Tekotte | 24 Cameron Maybin | 25 Will Venable | 27 Anthony Rizzo | 28 Aaron Cunningham | 29 Luis Martínez | 32 Rob Johnson | 37 Drew Carpenter | 38 Mat Latos | 39 Ernesto Frieri | 40 Erik Hamren | 44 Josh Spence | 45 Anthony Bass | 46 Tim Stauffer | 47 Jeremy Hermida | 49 Wade LeBlanc | 52 Cory Luebke | 53 Jeremy Hefner | 54 Joe Thatcher | 57 Luke Gregerson | 58 Brad Brach | 59 Jeff Fulchino | 64 Jeudy Valdez | 88 Kyle Blanks | -- Simón Castro
Inactive roster Disabled list 26 Dustin Moseley | 33 Clayton Richard | 55 Evan Scribner
Coaching Staff Manager 20 Bud Black | Bench Coach 17 Rick Renteria | 1st Base Coach 10 Dave Roberts | 3rd Base Coach 30 Glenn Hoffman | Hitting Coach Phil Plantier | Pitching Coach 36 Darren Balsley | Bullpen Coach 48 Darrel Akerfelds | Bullpen Catcher 80 Justin Hatcher | Bullpen Catcher 71 Mark Merila
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Chicago White Sox players
- San Diego Padres players
- Birmingham Barons players
- Charlotte Knights players
- Baseball players from Indiana
- People from Lafayette, Indiana
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Winston-Salem Warthogs players
- Kannapolis Intimidators players
- Great Falls White Sox players
- Michigan Wolverines football players
- Michigan Wolverines baseball players
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