Koda Glover | |||
---|---|---|---|
Washington Nationals – No. 30 | |||
Relief pitcher | |||
Born: Monroe, Oklahoma |
April 13, 1993 |||
|
|||
MLB debut | |||
July 20, 2016, for the Washington Nationals | |||
MLB statistics (through June 7, 2017) |
|||
Win–loss record | 2–1 | ||
Earned run average | 4.70 | ||
Saves | 8 | ||
Strikeouts | 33 | ||
Teams | |||
|
Koda James Glover (born April 13, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is of Cherokee descent, and his first name means "bear" in the Cherokee language.
Glover was born in Monroe, Oklahoma, and graduated from Heavener High School in Heavener, Oklahoma. He was a four-time all-conference pick and two-time conference player of the year, posting a 28-4 win-loss record with over 300 strikeouts. During his senior year, he had an 11-0 record with a 1.69 earned run average (ERA) and 114 strikeouts. He also was an all-conference and all-county basketball player in high school.
Glover played college baseball at Eastern Oklahoma State College and Oklahoma State University and underwent Tommy John surgery.
A career relief pitcher, Glover was selected by the Washington Nationals in the eighth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft specifically to pitch in relief. He made his professional debut that year with the Auburn Doubledays and was promoted to the Hagerstown Suns after three games.