Aaron Blair
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Blair with the Braves in 2016
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| Atlanta Braves – No. 36 | |||
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Born: May 26, 1992 Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 24, 2016, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 2–7 | ||
| Earned run average | 7.59 | ||
| Strikeouts | 46 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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2015 Toronto | Team |
Aaron Daniel Blair (born May 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Blair attended Marshall University, where he played baseball for the Marshall Thundering Herd baseball team. Prior to that, he attended Spring Valley High School in Spring Valley, Nevada and played for the school's baseball team. The Houston Astros selected him in the 21st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft but decided to go to college instead. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Blair with the 36th pick of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. He was traded to the Atlanta Braves by the Diamondbacks as part of a five-player deal announced December 9, 2015.
Blair was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, by his mom, Janice, and his dad, Craig. He has an older brother Garrett.
Blair threw a no-hitter in his sophomore year at Spring Valley High School, was 7-0 his junior year and became a Nevada 1st Team All-State player his senior year while leading all Nevada 4A pitchers with 91 strikeouts in 64 innings. He had 9 complete games out of 10 starts. He added a .449 average with 7 home runs and 43 RBIs his senior year.
Though not highly recruited coming out of high school, Blair caught the eye of Marshall University while playing for the Ohio Warhawks in the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Florida during the fall of his senior year. Blair agreed to attend Marshall on a scholarship, where he would play college baseball for the Marshall Thundering Herd. As a freshman, Blair led the team in ERA with a 2.72 while being named to the Conference USA All-Freshmen team. His sophomore year Blair led the Thundering Herd pitching staff in starts (14). innings pitched ( 83 2⁄3) and strikeouts (82). During the summer between his sophomore and junior year, Blair was invited to play in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. He was named Pitcher of the Week for the first and second weeks of the season as he went on to lead the Cape Cod Baseball League in ERA with a 1.17 while going 6-0 and then adding two wins in the Cape Cod Baseball League playoffs. In an elimination game in the championship series, Blair went seven innings while allowing only two hits and striking out ten to force a final game.
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