Brandon Morrow
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Morrow with the Toronto Blue Jays
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| Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
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Born: July 26, 1984 Santa Rosa, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 3, 2007, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 45–43 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.16 | ||
| Strikeouts | 796 | ||
| WHIP | 1.35 | ||
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Brandon John Morrow (born July 26, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres. He can throw at a high velocity, often getting into the mid to high-90's with his fastball. On August 8, 2010, Morrow pitched a complete game one-hitter with 17 strikeouts, coming within one out of a no-hitter.
Morrow attended Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, California. As a senior, he was 9-2 with a 0.61 ERA and had 84 strikeouts in 63 innings. He earned first-team all-league, first-team All-Redwood Empire, first-team All-North Coast Section and second-team all-state honors, and competed for the California All-Stars at the 2002 Sunbelt Classic in McAlester, Oklahoma.
He was selected by the Anaheim Angels in the 40th round, 1200th overall, in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft. However, he did not sign with the Angels and decided to attend college at UC Berkeley. He majored in American studies.
He attended the University of California Berkeley. He appeared in 19 games for the Golden Bears with five starts in his freshman year, going 1-3 with a 6.07 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 30 innings. He picked up the win in relief versus the University of California Los Angeles on April 25 going one inning, surrendering one hit, and striking out two. Morrow had three strikeouts in two innings against Brigham Young University on January 30.
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