David Price (baseball)
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Price with the Boston Red Sox in 2016
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| Starting pitcher | |||
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Born: August 26, 1985 Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 14, 2008, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 121–65 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.21 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,600 | ||
| WHIP | 1.14 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| World University Championship | ||
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2006 Havana | National team |
David Taylor Price (born August 26, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Price was selected first overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays and made his MLB debut in September 2008. He has also played for the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays.
Price pitched out of the bullpen during the Rays run through the 2008 playoffs. Just weeks after his first appearance in the big leagues, he earned a memorable save in Game 7 of the ALCS, helping his club reach their first World Series. Price became a full-time starting pitcher in 2009. In his second full season, he was named the American League starter for the 2010 All-Star Game and finished second in the voting for the 2010 Cy Young Award. He won his first Cy Young Award in 2012 after a tight race. The Rays traded Price to the Tigers during the 2014 season. When the Tigers fell out of the postseason race in 2015, they traded him to the Blue Jays, who won their division and advanced to the ALCS. That following off-season, the Boston Red Sox signed Price to a seven-year, $217 million contract.
David Taylor Price was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Bonnie and Debbie Price. He has two brothers. He began playing baseball in his early childhood. He grew up as an Atlanta Braves fan and idolized outfielder David Justice. He attended Cooperstown Dreams Park when he was a teenager. As a teenager, he was a standout on the Blackman High School baseball and basketball teams. In his high school career, he compiled a 0.43 earned run average (ERA) and 151 strikeouts. He was the recipient of the Rutherford County MVP Pitcher (2003 and 2004), the Co-District 7AAA Pitcher of the Year with Michael Alcorn his senior season, and the Rutherford County Male Athlete of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He played in the 2004 High School All-America Game in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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