Austin Adams (baseball, born 1986)
| Austin Adams | |||
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| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | |||
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 19, 1986 Montgomery, Alabama |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 12, 2014, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 2–0 | ||
| Earned run average | 6.29 | ||
| Strikeouts | 44 | ||
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Austin David Adams (born August 19, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization. He previously played for the Cleveland Indians.
Adams attended Stanhope Elmore High School in Millbrook, Alabama and played college baseball for Faulkner University. With Faulkner, he played shortstop and pitched; as a shortstop he had a .372 batting average with 29 home runs.
He was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 2009 MLB draft. He began his minor league career with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. In 17 games, he had a win-loss record of 3–1 and an earned run average (ERA) of 4.86. The following season, he pitched for the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League and the Kinston Indians of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. Adams pitched in 13 games each for the two squads, and with Kinston he had a 6–1 record and a 1.53 ERA. Between both teams, he had 112 strikeouts in 112 innings pitched.
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