Joe Winkelsas

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=Joe Winkelsas
position=Pitcher
team=Free Agent
number=--
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1973|09|14
birthplace=city-state|Buffalo|New York
debutdate=April 10
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Atlanta Braves
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=0-1
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=9.82
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=4
teams=
*Atlanta Braves (by|1999)
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|2006)

Joseph "Joe" Winkelsas (born September 14, 1973 in Buffalo, New York) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher.

Winkelsas made his major-league debut on April 10, 1999 with the Atlanta Braves. He pitched one-third of an inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing four hits, a walk, and two runs. He then was sent to the minors, and remained there until 2005, when he injured his arm. He then worked as a garbage man. This helped rebuild his arm strength, so he tried out for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006. He was assigned to the Huntsville Stars, the Brewers' Double-A affiliate. On May 23, 2006, the Brewers called him up, and he made his second big-league appearance that day against the Cincinnati Reds, a scoreless third of an inning. He stayed in the big leagues with the Brewers until June 21, and he announced his retirement on July 4, 2006.

Winkelsas retired due to arm numbness following his seven-game stint for the Brewers in 2006. But he came back last year, combining to go 2-2, 3.00 in 19 outings between Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Richmond in the Atlanta chain. He had a stretch of 26 scoreless innings, with more than half of those against White Sox affiliates. So the Sox took another chance on him and put him back in Charlotte, where he pitched in 2004 and 2005.

ources

* [http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=206463 Joe Winkelsas Player Profile-MLB.com]
* [http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=mil&year=2006&month=5 Milwaukee Brewers Team Transactions-May 2006]
* [http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=mil&year=2006&month=6 Milwaukee Brewers Team Transactions-June 2006]
* [http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=mil&year=2006&month=7 Milwaukee Brewers Team Transactions-July 2006]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060523&content_id=1468286&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil "Winkelsas' rocky road leads to Majors" Adam McCalvy, May 23, 2006]