Chris Volstad
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Volstad with the Florida Marlins
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| Chicago White Sox | |||
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: September 23, 1986 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: July 6, 2008, for the Florida Marlins | |||
| KBO: April 2, 2014, for the Doosan Bears | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 35–51 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.92 | ||
| Strikeouts | 442 | ||
| KBO statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 5–7 | ||
| Earned run average | 6.21 | ||
| Strikeouts | 32 | ||
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Christopher "Chris" Kenneth Volstad (born September 23, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. He is 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) and 230 pounds (100 kg), and is a 2005 graduate of Palm Beach Gardens High School. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies, and in the KBO League for the Doosan Bears.
Volstad was drafted with the 16th pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, the first of three first round picks for the Marlins that year.
Volstad played in amateur baseball tournaments from a young age, winning the championship in a 12-and-under travel competition for a team representing Broward and Palm Beach counties, against a team representing California's Central Valley, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. David Adams was a teammate.
Volstad graduated from Palm Beach Gardens Community High School in 2005, pitching to a 7-2 win–loss record with one save and a 0.41 earned run average (ERA) in 10 games for the school's baseball team as a senior, striking out 98 batters and walking just eight in 69 innings pitched. He led his team deep into the regional playoffs, coming up one game short of States.
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