- Lance Broadway
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name = Lance Broadway
team = Chicago White Sox
number = 41
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1983|8|20
birthplace = city-state|Bryan|Texas
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = September 7
debutyear = 2007
debutteam = Chicago White Sox
statyear = August 31, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 2-1
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 4.71
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 19
teams =
*Chicago White Sox (by|2007-present)Lance Daniel Broadway (born
August 20 ,1983 inBryan, Texas ) is aMajor League Baseball right-handed pitcher who plays for theChicago White Sox . The 6 ft 3 inch, 210 lb. righty went toGrand Prairie High School , then toDallas Baptist University andTexas Christian University . Broadway is regarded as one of the top prospects in the White Sox organization.High School and College
Broadway attended
Grand Prairie High School , where he was an all-district performer all three of his years on the varsity team. He transferred from Grand Prairie after his junior year and attended Waxahachie High. He played with former high-school All-State player Ben Hudspeth, but the team lost in the first round of the playoffs that year. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=TAPB|TECB|ENJB|TMMB|WDLB|&p_product=ACNP&p_theme=acnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=ben%20hudspeth&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(ben%20hudspeth)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no] [http://www.texashighschoolbaseballonline.com/allstate/allstate2002.htm]Broadway then went on to pitch for
Dallas Baptist University , and major in communications, where he earned all-conference honors both years he pitched for the Patriots. He threw twono-hitter s as a freshman and as a sophomore went 10-2 with a 2.82 ERA and 102strikeout s in 108 innings pitched.After two seasons with Dallas Baptist, Broadway transferred to
Texas Christian University . He went 15-1 with a 1.62 ERA and 151 strikeouts in 117 innings pitched. This remarkable season earned him both theConference USA 's pitcher of the year and male athlete of the year awards.Major League Baseball Draft (2005)
Broadway was selected 15th overall (the 4th pitcher taken in the 1st round) by the Chicago White Sox in the
2005 Major League Baseball Draft . He signed for $1,570,000.Minor Leagues
2006
Going into the season, Broadway was considered the 8th best prospect in the White Sox system. He combined to go 8-8 with a 2.75 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 160.1 innings pitched between the Double-A
Birmingham Barons and Triple-ACharlotte Knights .2007
Entering the season, Broadway went all the way up to the 3rd best prospect in the White Sox system. Broadway finished the by|2007 season at 8-9 with a 4.65 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 155.0 innings pitched.
External links
*http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jspn=Lance2520Broadway&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=473560
*http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=473560
*http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lance_Broadway
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