Charlie Furbush
| Charlie Furbush | |||
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Furbush pitching in 2014
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| Free Agent | |||
| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: April 11, 1986 South Portland, Maine |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 23, 2011, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 13–24 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.97 | ||
| Strikeouts | 268 | ||
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Charles Roderick Furbush (born April 11, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.
Furbush was born in South Portland, Maine and attended South Portland High School prior to playing professionally. He went on to St. Joseph's College of Maine, where he was recruited to play at Louisiana State University. While with Louisiana State in 2007, Furbush went 3–9 with a 4.95 ERA in 16 starts, striking out 88 batters in 87 innings. He was drafted by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 2007 amateur draft and began his professional career that year.
Furbush appeared in 12 games between the GCL Tigers and West Michigan Whitecaps in 2007, making 10 starts and going 6–1 with a 2.34 ERA, striking out 69 batters in 61⅔ innings. He did not pitch in 2008 due to recovery from Tommy John surgery. With the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2009, Furbush went 6–7 with a 3.96 ERA in 24 games (23 starts). He split 2010 between the Lakeland Flying Tigers, (13 starts), Erie SeaWolves (five starts) and Toledo Mud Hens (nine starts), going a combined 8–9 with a 4.25 ERA. He struck out 183 batters in 159 innings.
On May 21, 2011, Furbush was called up for the first time to replace Brad Thomas who went on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation. He made his Major League debut on May 23, 2011 after coming into relief for starter Phil Coke who appeared to hurt his ankle slipping on the wet grass after a short start of only 3⅓ innings pitched and a 1–0 Tigers deficit against the Tampa Bay Rays. Furbush issued a base on balls to the first batter he faced, Sean Rodriguez, to load the bases. He then struck out Felipe López and Kelly Shoppach to end the inning. He pitched 3⅔ innings, allowing two hits, one base on balls, and three strikeouts before being replaced by Joaquín Benoit for the start of the eighth inning. The Tigers came back to score two runs under Furbush and eventually won the game 6–3, earning Furbush a win in his first Major League game. On June 30, Furbush was moved to the starting rotation replacing Phil Coke.
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