Daniel Hudson

This article is about the baseball pitcher. For the Canadian artist and photojournalist, see Dan Hudson.

Daniel Hudson
Arizona Diamondbacks — No. 41
Starting pitcher
Born: March 9, 1987 (1987-03-09) (age 24) Lynchburg, Virginia
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 4, 2009 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics (through 2011)
Win-Loss	25-15
Earned run average	3.19
Strikeouts	267
Teams
Chicago White Sox (2009–2010) Arizona Diamondbacks (2010–present)
Career highlights and awards
NL Rookie of the Month (August) 2011 NL Silver Slugger

Daniel Claiborne Hudson (born March 9, 1987 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Hudson stands 6 feet, 4 inches and weighs 220 pounds.

College career

Hudson attended Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he finished second all-time in strikeouts with 295 (Justin Verlander is first all-time), sixth in games started with 40 and seventh in innings pitched with 292. He posted a win-loss record of 20-14, and had a 3.79 earned run average.^[1]

Professional career

Draft and minor leagues

Hudson was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. For the remainder of the 2008 season he was assigned to the White Sox rookie-level affiliate, the Great Falls Voyagers, where he posted a W-L record of 5-4 and an ERA of 3.36 in 14 starts. He struck out 90 batters in 69 2/3 innings.

He began the 2009 minor league season at Low-A level, with the Kannapolis Intimidators. After posting a 1.23 ERA in four starts, Hudson was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash, the Sox Advanced-A team. After 8 starts and a 3.40 ERA in Winston-Salem, Hudson was once again on the move up, this time to the Double-A Birmingham Barons. Hudson's rapid rise through the White Sox minor league system continued in Birmingham, where he posted a record of 7–0, with a minuscule 1.60 ERA. After nine starts at Double-A level, Hudson was promoted to Triple-A. With the Charlotte Knights Hudson went 2–0 with an ERA of 3.00 in five starts.

Chicago White Sox

He was called up to the majors for the first time on September 3, 2009, after posting a 14–5 record and a 2.32 ERA, and striking out 166 in 147 1/3 innings at four minor league levels.^[2] In his Major League debut on September 4, 2009 he pitched two innings of scoreless relief. Hudson made three appearances out of the White Sox bullpen before taking over Gavin Floyd's spot in the rotation for the remainder of the 2009 season, after Floyd sustained a hip injury. He received his first win in his second start on September 27, 2009, allowing two earned runs over six innings at U.S. Cellular Field vs. the Detroit Tigers.

After starting the 2010 season in the minors, Hudson was called up on July 11, 2010 to replace Jake Peavy, who was out for the season with a strained right latissimus dorsi muscle.^[3]

Arizona Diamondbacks

On July 30, 2010, Hudson and minor league pitcher David Holmberg were traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Edwin Jackson.^[4] He was 7–1 with a 1.69 ERA with the Diamondbacks that season. Hudson finished the 2011 Season 16-12, with a 3.49 ERA and 169 strikeouts over 222.0 innings pitched. He also hit .277/.309/.369 and had 14 RBI and 1 home run as a batter. He helped lead the team to an NL West Division title and won the 2011 pitching Silver Slugger as the best batter at his position.

Awards and honors

• 2009 This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards "Overall Starter of the Year"^[5]
• 2011 pitchers' Silver Slugger Award

References

1. ^ Old Dominion Monarchs bio
2. ^ Daniel Hudson Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com
3. ^ Hudson replacing Peavy in Sox rotation
4. ^ White Sox get Jackson amid speculation
5. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (December 31, 2009). "Hudson stormed way to Majors, MiLBY: Sox righty made way from Class A to U.S. Cellular Field". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091223&content_id=7851720&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 

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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Date of birth	March 9, 1987
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