Nathan Adcock (baseball)

Nathan Adcock
Kansas City Royals — No. 47
Relief pitcher
Born: February 25, 1988 (1988-02-25) (age 23) Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
March 31, 2011 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics (through 2011)
Earned run average	4.62
Record	1-1
Strikeouts	36
Teams
Kansas City Royals (2011–present)

Nathan Masler Adcock (born February 25, 1988 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA) is a baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.

Before playing professionally, Adcock attended North Hardin High School. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the 2006 amateur draft and began his professional career that year.

With the AZL Mariners in 2006, Adcock went 0-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 10 games (three starts). In 2007, he went 3-11 with a 4.58 ERA in 22 games (21 starts) for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and High Desert Mavericks. He pitched for Wisconsin again in 2008, going 2-5 with a 3.72 ERA in 15 games (14 starts), striking out 82 batters in 77 1/3 innings. He began the 2009 season with High Desert, however on July 29, he was traded with Ronny Cedeno, Jeff Clement and minor leaguers Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ian Snell and Jack Wilson. He finished the year with the Lynchburg Hillcats and went 8-9 with a 5.29 ERA in 28 games (23 starts) that season. In 2010, he went 11-7 with a 3.38 ERA in 27 games (26 starts) for the Bradenton Marauders. He was taken by the Royals in the 2010 Rule 5 Draft.^[1]

Major League career

Adcock made his major league debut on March 31, 2011, which was Opening Day. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.^[2]

References

1. ^ MLB.com
2. ^ Dodd, Rustin (March 31, 2001). "Rookie pitchers are ‘dynamite’ in relief - KansasCity.com". http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/31/2767367/rookie-pitchers-are-dynamite-in.html. Retrieved April 1, 2011. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Adcock, Nathan
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Date of birth	February 25, 1988
Place of birth	Elizabethtown, Kentucky
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