Tyler Clippard

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=Tyler Clippard
position=Starting pitcher
team=Washington Nationals
number=19
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1985|2|14
birthplace=city-state|Lexington|Kentucky
debutdate=May 20
debutyear=2007
debutteam=New York Yankees
statyear=September 11, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=4-2
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=5.79
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=26
teams=
*New York Yankees (by|2007)
*Washington Nationals (by|2008-present) Tyler Lee Clippard (born February 14, 1985 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals.

Professional career

New York Yankees

Clippard was drafted in the 9th round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees out of J. W. Mitchell High School. He played ball for the Central Florida Renegades Connie Mack team in Florida when he was drafted.

From by|2003-by|2006, in the minor leagues, he averaged 7.5 hits, 2 walks, and 10 strikeouts per 9 innings for Yankees' farm teams. [ [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:hlE-YsIA_9kJ:thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Tyler-Clippard.shtml+tyler+clippard&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us Tyler Clippard at the BaseballCube.com] ] While playing for the Trenton Thunder in 2006, Clippard threw the franchise's first no-hitter. [ [http://www.trentonthunder.com/release/zRelease.asp?pYYYYMMDD=20060821#20060821 Clippard Named E.L. Pitcher of the Week] ]

Clippard was called up from the Yankees minor league team the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on May 20, mlby|2007, and made his debut that day. It was an interleague game against the New York Mets, and he pitched 6 innings, giving up 1 run off the bat of David Wright and 3 hits. He struck out his first major league batter Jose Reyes on three pitches in the first inning. He recorded his first career hit in his second at-bat off Mets pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, a double to right center in the 6th inning. [cite news| last=Hoch| first=Bryan| title=Clippard neutralizes Mets in debut| url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070520&content_id=1976925&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy| publisher=MLB.com| date=2007-05-21| accessdate=2007-05-21]

Washington Nationals

Clippard was traded on December 4, 2007, to the Washington Nationals for relief pitcher Jonathan Albaladejo. [cite news
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first =Bryan
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title =Clippard dealt to Nats for Albaladejo
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publisher ="MLB.com"
date =December 4, 2007
url =http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071204&content_id=2317008&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
accessdate =2007-12-03 ] He pitched his first game for the Nationals on June 9, mlby|2008, after Odalis Pérez was placed on the 15-day disabled list.

References

External links

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* [http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=381&p=8&c=1&nid=2495948&yr=2006 Scouting Report]
* [http://www.centralfloridarenegades.com Central Florida Renegades]