- Wes Littleton
Infobox MLB player
width = 150px
name=Wes Littleton
position=Relief pitcher
team=Texas Rangers
number=58
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|9|2
birthplace=city-state|Hayward|California
debutdate=July 4
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Texas Rangers
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Wins-Loss
stat1value=5-3
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.69
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=55
teams=
*Texas Rangers (by|2006-present)Wes Avi Littleton (born
September 2 ,1982 inHayward, California ) is aright-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. Littleton, who pitches with asidearm delivery, made his major league debut onJuly 4 , mlby|2006 in a game against theToronto Blue Jays .Littleton failed to make the Rangers' big league roster to start the mlby|2007 season, and was optioned to the Triple-A
Oklahoma RedHawks , but was later called up to play in the major leagues.He was credited with saving the game between the Rangers and the
Baltimore Orioles onAugust 22 , 2007 -- a game in which Littleton pitched the final three scoreless innings in relief, after entering the game with a 14-3 lead and keeping the lead while his team scored another 16 runs. The award of a save in that situation is consistent with baseball rules. In addition, it was one of the longest outings for a save that year, and the 30 runs scored by the Rangers in the [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2007_08_22_texmlb_balmlb_1&c_id=mlb 30-3] win was the most runs scored by one team in a game since mlby|1897.External links
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