Paul Mildren (pitcher)

Infobox Athlete
playername= Paul Mildren


country= Australia
club= Northwest Arkansas Naturals
datebirth= May 3, 1984
placebirth= Adelaide, Australia
height= 6' 1"
weight= 195 lbs
updated= May 2,2008

Paul Frank Mildren (born May 3, 1984, in Adelaide, Australia) is a left handed pitcher, right handed batter for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals AA minor league team. He is 6' 1" and weighs 195 lbs.

Career Highlights

Signed by the Florida Marlins as a non-drafted free agent on February 19, 2001, he split 2002 between the Gulf Coast League Marlins [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2002&lid=GCL&tid=MRL minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 5/2/2006)] (Rk) and the New York - Penn League Jamestown Jammers [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2002&lid=NYP&tid=JAM minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 5/2/2006)] (A-). In 2003 through 2004 he was with the South Atlantic League Greensboro Bats (A). [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2003&lid=SAL&tid=GBO minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 5/2/2006)] [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2004&lid=SAL&tid=GBO minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 5/2/2006)]

In 2005 he had a stellar year, pitching in the 2005 Baseball World Cup in Holland for the Australia Team, and was awarded the Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star on June 18, 2005 while pitching for the Jupiter Hammerheads (A+). [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2005&lid=FSL&tid=JUP minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 5/2/2006)] In 2006 Paul continued his move up the Florida Marlins affiliate system to the Carolina Mudcats (AA), while also pitching for Australia again in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. [http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=470379 Florida Marlins] (retrieved 5/2/2006)] With the Carolina Mudcats he went 10-10 with a 4.14 ERA in 28 starts, led all Florida minor leagues in innings pitched, finished second in strikeouts (150), and third in wins, which led to his winning the "Willie Duke Award" as team MVP for the season. [ [http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/482689.html Raleigh Durham News & Observer] (retrieved 5/2/2006)] [ [http://www.recsport.sa.gov.au/sasi/documents/06_baseball_highlights.pdf South Australia office for Recreation and Sport] (retrieved 5/2/2006)]

This led to Paul being assigned to the Florida Marlins 40 man Roster in 2007, and being promoted again to the Pacific Coast League AAA team the Albuquerque Isotopes at the beginning of the year. He split the season between the Isotopes and the Omaha Royals when he was claimed by the Kansas City Royals for their 40 man roster, off waivers from the Florida Marlins on August 17, 2007. [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Paul%20Mildren&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=470379 Minor League baseball] (retrieved 5/2/2006)]

Paul split his season three ways in 2008 pitching relief; first for the Omaha Royals, then the inaugural season of the Texas League Northwest Arkansas Naturals [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2008&lid=TEX&tid=NWA minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 9/12/2008)] (AA), and the Wilmington Blue Rocks [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2008&lid=CAR&tid=WIL minors.baseball-reference.com] (retrieved 9/12/2008)] (A+), ending the 2008 season with a combined ERA of 6.62 over 32 games.

References

External links

* [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Paul%20Mildren&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=470379 Official Minor League Baseball stats of Paul Mildren] (retrieved 5/4/2006)
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/minorlbb/teamstats?league=PCL&team=OMAHA&type=pit ESPN] (retrieved 5/2/2006)
* [http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/1174233 Sportsline] (retrieved 5/2/2006)
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Paul-Mildren.shtml The Baseball Cube] (retrieved 5/2/2006)
* [http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=4868 RotoWorld] (retrieved 5/2/2006)