- Chris Oxspring
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Chris Oxspring 
Free Agent — No. – Pitcher Born: 13 May 1977
Ipswich, AustraliaBats: Left Throws: Right Professional debut 2 September, 2005 for the San Diego Padres MLB statistics
(through 2005 season)Win–loss record 0–0 Earned run average 3.75 Strikeouts 11 KBO statistics
(through 2009 season)Win–loss record 14-15 Earned run average 3.71 Strikeouts 151 ABL statistics
(through 2011 season)Win–loss record 4-2 Earned run average 2.23 Strikeouts 71 Teams - San Diego Padres (2005) (MLB)
- Hanshin Tigers (2006) (NPB)
- LG Twins (2007–2009) (KBO)
- Sydney Blue Sox (2010) - present (ABL)
Olympic medal record Men's Baseball Silver Athens 2004 Team Competition Chris Andrew Oxspring (born 13 May 1977 in Ipswich, Australia) is an Australian right-handed pitcher currently in the Detroit Tigers organisation. He is also a player and pitching coach for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League.
Oxspring joined the Hanshin Tigers in Japan the for the 2006 season. On 15 December 2006, Oxspring signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. On 10 July 2007, his contract with the Brewers was sold to the LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Organization just one day before serving as the Pacific Coast League's starting pitcher in the 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game.
Internationally, Oxspring was a star for Australia in the 2004 Olympics, pitching 2–0 with wins both against Japan, earning him a silver medal.
Oxspring had the honour of throwing out the first official pitch of the Australian Baseball League to catcher Andrew Graham when the Blue Sox played the Canberra Cavalry on 6 November 2010. Oxspring threw six shutout innings in a game Sydney won 1-0.[1]
On 8 December 2010, while playing with the Sydney Oxspring signed a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers. At the end of the 2010-11 Australian Baseball League regular season, he led the league in innings pitched (68.2), game started (11) and strikeouts (71).[2]
In June 2011, Detroit released Oxspring after struggling for their AAA affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens conceding a 6.53 ERA over 20.2 innings. He shortly after signed with independent team the Somerset Patriots for the remainder of 2011.
References
- ^ Sydney vs Canberra Boxscore 6 November 2010 - Australian Baseball League
- ^ ABL League Pitching Leaders - Australian Baseball League
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Australia 2009 World Baseball Classic roster 5 Michael Collins | 6 James Beresford | 7 Craig Anderson | 8 Trent Oeltjen | 9 Andrew Graham | 11 Adam Bright | 12 Brad Harman | 13 Stefan Welch | 14 Chris Snelling | 15 Paul Mildren | 16 Justin Huber | 17 Brett Roneberg | 18 Mitch Dening | 19 Rich Thompson | 20 Luke Hughes | 21 Brendan Wise | 23 Travis Blackley | 25 Daniel Berg | 26 Brad Thomas | 28 Damian Moss | 29 Joel Naughton | 30 Liam Hendriks | 31 Tristan Crawford | 35 Chris Oxspring | 36 Ben Risinger | 37 Ryan Searle | 38 Joshua Hill | 40 Drew Naylor | 45 David Welch | -- Scott Mitchinson
Manager 24 Jon Deeble | Coach 33 Paul Elliot | Coach 10 Pat Kelly | Coach 27 Graeme Lloyd | Coach 2 Tony Harris | Coach 43 Philip Dale
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- San Diego Padres players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- LG Twins players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- Australian expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Australian expatriates in South Korea
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Major League Baseball players from Australia
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Olympic baseball players of Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Cook County Cheetahs players
- Lake Elsinore Storm players
- Fort Wayne Wizards players
- Mobile BayBears players
- Portland Beavers players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Olympic medalists in baseball
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