Alex Cobb
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Cobb with the Tampa Bay Rays
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 53 | |||
| Starting pitcher | |||
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Born: October 7, 1987 Boston, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 1, 2011, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 36–25 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.44 | ||
| Strikeouts | 442 | ||
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Alexander Miller "Alex" Cobb (born October 7, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2011.
Cobb was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lived in North Reading, Massachusetts, for the first two years of his life, when his family relocated to Vero Beach, Florida, due to employment. He graduated from Vero Beach High School in 2006.
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Cobb in the fourth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft.
Cobb was called up to the majors for the first time on May 1, 2011, and he made his major league debut that day. He was optioned back to the minors after the game. On May 31, Cobb was recalled back to the majors. On June 7, Cobb earned his first major league victory while starting for the Rays. Cobb pitched for 6 1⁄3 innings and the Rays defeated the Angels 4–1. In late July, Cobb began to experience numbness and swelling in his right arm. After an August 5 start, he required surgery to repair a blood clot in his chest and remove one of his ribs, which had caused the blood clot. The two surgeries ended his 2011 season.
Cobb was invited to spring training in 2012, but sent to minor league camp to begin the season. Cobb was called up to fill in for Jeff Niemann while Niemann was injured. On August 23, 2012, Cobb pitched his first career complete game shutout against the Oakland Athletics. He did not lose in his first seven starts, and ended the season with a 3-2 record and a 3.42 ERA in nine games started at the major league level.
On May 10, 2013, Cobb struck out all four batters in one inning. He also gave up one run in that inning after the batter stole second base, third base, and was then balked home for the first time in recorded baseball.
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