David Carpenter (baseball, born 1985)
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Carpenter with the Atlanta Braves
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 33 | |||
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Born: July 15, 1985 Fairmont, West Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 30, 2011, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 11–11 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.66 | ||
| Strikeouts | 216 | ||
| WHIP | 1.34 | ||
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Darrell David Carpenter (born July 15, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Washington Nationals.
Carpenter attended East Fairmont High School in Fairmont, West Virginia and then West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team from 2004 to 2006. While at West Virginia University, Carpenter was a catcher. In 2004, he batted .235 in 81 at-bats, in 2005 he batted .282 in 110 at-bats and in 2006 he batted .316 with 38 RBI in 187 at-bats.
The St. Louis Cardinals selected Carpenter in the 12th round of the 2006 MLB Draft. Carpenter played for the State College Spikes in 2006, hitting .189 in 37 games. In 2007, he hit .220 for the GCL Cardinals and Batavia Muckdogs. He both caught and pitched in 2008 – he caught for the Quad Cities River Bandits and Palm Beach Cardinals (hitting .215 in 65 at-bats) and he pitched for the GCL Cardinals and Johnson City Cardinals (posting a 1.84 ERA in 15 relief appearances while striking out 17 batters in 14 2/3 innings). For the 2009 season, he converted to pitching full-time and went 5–3 with a 4.28 ERA in 52 relief appearances for the River Bandits, striking out 77 batters in 67 1/3 innings. In 2010, he began the season with the Palm Beach Cardinals.
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