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Charlie Furbush
Furbush pitching for the West Michigan Whitecaps, Single-A affiliates of the Detroit Tigers, in 2007.Seattle Mariners — No. 41 Starting pitcher Born: April 11, 1986
Portland, MaineBats: Left Throws: Left MLB debut May 23, 2011 for the Detroit Tigers Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Win–loss record 4–10 Earned run average 5.48 Strikeouts 67 Teams - Detroit Tigers (2011)
- Seattle Mariners (2011–present)
Charles "Charlie" R. Furbush (born April 11, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He is 6'5" tall and weighs 215 pounds.
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Early life and career
Prior to playing professionally, Furbush was born in Portland, Maine and attended South Portland High School. He then went on to St. Joseph's College of Maine, where he was recruited to play at Louisiana State University. While with Louisiana State in 2007, Furbush went 3–9 with a 4.95 ERA in 16 starts, striking out 88 batters in 87 innings. He was drafted by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 2007 amateur draft and began his professional career that year.
Furbush appeared in 12 games between the GCL Tigers and West Michigan Whitecaps in 2007, making 10 starts and going 6–1 with a 2.34 ERA, striking out 69 batters in 61⅔ innings. He did not pitch in 2008 due to recovery from Tommy John surgery. With the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2009, Furbush went 6–7 with a 3.96 ERA in 24 games (23 starts). He split 2010 between the Lakeland Flying Tigers, (13 starts), Erie SeaWolves (five starts) and Toledo Mud Hens (nine starts), going a combined 8–9 with a 4.25 ERA. He struck out 183 batters in 159 innings.[1]
Major league career
On May 21, 2011, Furbush was called up for the first time to replace Brad Thomas who went on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation.[2] He made his Major League debut on May 23, 2011 after coming into relief for starter Phil Coke who appeared to hurt his ankle slipping on the wet grass after a short start of only 3⅓ innings pitched and a 1-0 Tigers deficit against the Tampa Bay Rays. Furbush issued a base on balls to the first batter he faced, Sean Rodriguez, to load the bases. He then struck out Felipe López and Kelly Shoppach to end the inning. He pitched 3⅔ innings, allowing two hits, one base on balls, and three strikeouts before being replaced by Joaquín Benoit for the start of the eighth inning. The Tigers came back to score two runs under Furbush and eventually won the game 6-3, earning Furbush a win in his first Major League game. On June 30, Furbush was moved to the starting rotation replacing Phil Coke. [3]
Seattle Mariners
On July 30, 2011, Furbush was traded to the Seattle Mariners along with outfielder Casper Wells, prospect Francisco Martínez and player to be named later Chance Ruffin for David Pauley and Doug Fister.[4]
References
- ^ BR Minors
- ^ "Tigers place LHP Brad Thomas on DL, call up Charlie Furbush". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zwGXwoVC. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ Tigers move Coke to 'pen, Furbush to rotation MLB.com June 30, 2011
- ^ http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2011/7/30/2305461/doug-fister-david-pauley-traded-to-tigers-for-casper-wells-charlie
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- Detroit Tigers players
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- Gulf Coast Tigers players
- West Michigan Whitecaps players
- Lakeland Flying Tigers players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
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