Matt Daley | |||
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Daley with the Colorado Rockies
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Queens, New York |
June 23, 1982 |||
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MLB debut | |||
April 25, 2009, for the Colorado Rockies | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
August 5, 2014, for the New York Yankees | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 2–3 | ||
Earned run average | 4.47 | ||
Strikeouts | 98 | ||
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Matthew Thomas Daley (born June 23, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Colorado Rockies and the New York Yankees. He retired after the 2014 season and is now a professional scout for the Yankees.
Daley was born in Queens, New York and raised in Garden City, New York where he graduated from Garden City High School in 2000 after helping GCHS win the New York State Class B baseball championship. Daley attended Bucknell University. He pitched for Bucknell's baseball team, and had Tommy John surgery while in college. He was a member of Delta Upsilon. He graduated with a degree in accounting and economics.
Daley was signed as an amateur free agant by the Colorado Rockies on June 11, 2004. Daley made his Minor League debut in 2004 with the Casper Rockies. He spent 2005 with the Asheville Tourists, and split 2006 between the Modesto Nuts and the Tulsa Drillers. He spent the 2007 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers. Daley spent the 2008 season with two teams, playing for the Drillers and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, going 4-6 in 63 games in Tulsa and Colorado Springs.
He made his major league debut on April 25, 2009 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching 1 inning and getting his first strikeout. Daley went from July 8 to August 16 without letting up a single run. His 14 2⁄3 inning scoreless streak was the longest by a Rockies reliever in 2009.