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Paul Maholm 
Starting pitcher Born: June 25, 1982
Greenwood, MississippiBats: {{{bats}}} Throws: Left MLB debut August 30, 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Career statistics
(through 2011 season)Win-loss record 53-73 Earned run average 4.36 Strikeouts 705 Teams - Pittsburgh Pirates (2005-2011)
Paul Gurner Maholm (born June 25, 1982) is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Amateur career
Maholm is a graduate of Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. He was a three-year letterman while pitching at Mississippi State University for the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team.
Professional career
Maholm was selected by the Pirates in the first round (8th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.
He made his major league debut, as a starter, on August 30, 2005 against the Milwaukee Brewers and pitched 8.0 shutout innings, earning his first career win. He finished the 2005 season, providing the Pirates with a 3-1 record in 6 games, with a 2.18 ERA.
Maholm pitched his first complete game shutout, while giving up only 3 hits in a 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros on April 24, 2007
After the 2008 season, Maholm signed a three year contract extension worth a guaranteed $14.5 million and a team option for 2012.[1]
In 2009, he hit his first major league home run off of Mets pitcher John Maine.
He finished an average 2009 with a 8-9 record, 4.44 era, 14 home runs given up, 6 hit batsmen, 60 walks, 119 strikeouts, .290 average against, a 1.44 walks and hits per innings pitched, in 194.2 innings pitched.
References
- ^ Sheldon, Mark (2009-01-30). "Pirates sign Maholm and Hinske Ace left-hander inks three-year deal with option for 2012". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090130&content_id=3785698&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- All-Star Futures Game players
- Baseball players from Mississippi
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- People from Greenwood, Mississippi
- Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball players
- Williamsport Crosscutters players
- Gulf Coast Pirates (baseball) players
- Hickory Crawdads players
- Lynchburg Hillcats players
- Altoona Curve players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Mississippi State University alumni
- American baseball pitcher, 1980s births stubs
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