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Chase Wright 
Free agent — No. -- Pitcher Born: February 8, 1983
Wichita Falls, TexasBats: Left Throws: Left MLB debut April 17, 2007 for the New York Yankees Career statistics
(through 2008 season)Win–Loss 2–0 Earned run average 7.20 Strikeouts 8 Teams Sebern Chase Wright (born February 8, 1983, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an American professional baseball pitcher. He bats and throws left-handed. Wright throws a low 90s 4-seam fastball, a slider, a curveball, and a changeup.
Baseball career
Wright was drafted in the third round of the 2001 Major League draft by the New York Yankees out of Iowa Park High School. After spending five seasons in the minors, he was placed on the Yankees' 40-man roster, to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He started the 2007 season in with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, where he performed well. In 2 starts, he pitched 14 innings, striking out 19, without allowing an earned run.
He was called up by the Yankees from Trenton in April 2007 when Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano were placed on the disabled list. He made his major league debut on April 17, 2007, against the Cleveland Indians. He pitched 5 innings for his first major league win. In his second start on April 22, Wright faced the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, where he became the second pitcher in major league history to give up four consecutive home runs; he surrendered home runs during the third inning to Red Sox players Manny Ramírez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek. The Red Sox went on to win the game 7–6. He was then sent back to the minors, though he was recalled in September to pitch in one game.
Wright spent the 2008 season pitching for Double-A Trenton and the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. He was designated for assignment that offseason to make room on the 40-man roster for the re-signed Andy Pettitte.[1]
On February 4, 2009, Wright was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder/catcher Eric Fryer.[2] He played the entire season with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. Wright became a minor league free agent after the season but re-signed a minor league contract with the Brewers on February 9, 2010. He pitched for Nashville for the entire 2010 season.
He was released on July 18, 2011,[3] but was resigned to a minor league contract with the Brewers just days later.[4]
References
- ^ "LHP Wright designated for assignment by Yankees." Sports Illustrated. 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Yankees send left-hander Chase Wright to Milwaukee for outfielder-catcher Eric Fryer." Sun Sentinel.
- ^ "Minor league update on local players". Wichita Falls Times-Record. http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2011/jul/18/minor-league-baseball/. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Drop costs Crew at Giants". Fond du Lac Reporter. http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20110725/FON0206/107250393/Drop-costs-Crew-Giants. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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:- 1983 births
- Living people
- New York Yankees players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Texas
- People from Wichita Falls, Texas
- Gulf Coast Yankees players
- Staten Island Yankees players
- Battle Creek Yankees players
- Charleston RiverDogs players
- Tampa Yankees players
- Trenton Thunder players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Huntsville Stars players
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