Brandon Duckworth

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Brandon Duckworth
position=Starting pitcher
team=Kansas City Royals
number=31
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1976|1|23
birthplace=city-state|Salt Lake City|Utah
debutdate=August 7
debutyear=2001
debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
statyear=August 24, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=21-31
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=5.35
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=356
teams=
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|2001-by|2003)
*Houston Astros (by|2004-by|2005)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2006-present)

Brandon J. Duckworth (born January 23, 1976 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a Major League Baseball player. A right-handed starting pitcher, Duckworth currently pitches for the Kansas City Royals.

From mlby|2001-mlby|2003, the first three years of his career, Duckworth pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, compiling a 15-18 record. While with the Phillies, Duckworth had a fan section called the "Duck Pond". On November 3, 2003, he was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with minor leaguer Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio to the Houston Astros for Billy Wagner. Spending the next two years in Houston with limited playing time, Duckworth signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates in December mlby|2005.

Without wearing a Pirates uniform in mlby|2006, he was traded by Pittsburgh to the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations. In his first two seasons with the Royals, his record was 4-10 with a 5.37 ERA.

In January mlby|2008, Duckworth was designated for assignment by the Royals to make room on the organizational roster for free agent signee Brett Tomko. He passed through waivers, and on February 1, the Royals announced that Duckworth had accepted an assignment to Triple-A Omaha.cite web | title=Notes: Duckworth heads to Triple-A | url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080201&content_id=2362260&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc ] On August 24, 2008, he was recalled by Kansas City to start; in his first game, he went 5 innings, giving up 3 earned runs, and was credited with the win.

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External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/duckwbr01.shtml Stats at BaseballReference.com]