Matt Garza
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Garza with the Milwaukee Brewers
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Born: November 26, 1983 Selma, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 11, 2006, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 87–97 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.03 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,301 | ||
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Matthew Scott "Matt" Garza (born November 26, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2006 with the Minnesota Twins, and has also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. With the Rays, Garza was named the American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player in 2008, and threw a no-hitter on July 26, 2010.
Born in Selma, California south of Fresno. Garza attended Washington Union High School in Easton,California where he starred in baseball and football. Garza continued with baseball at Fresno State. After struggling his first two years at Fresno State, Garza excelled in his junior season, averaging 10 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.
Garza was the 25th pick in the first round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, drafted by the Minnesota Twins.
Entering 2006, Garza was ranked as the Minnesota Twins seventh-best prospect by Baseball America. He gained attention for rising through the ranks of the Twins' minor league system, starting the season at Single-A Fort Myers and ending at the major league level, pitching with the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats and the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in between. Garza was a combined 14–4 at the three minor league levels in 2006, with a 1.99 ERA and 154 strikeouts in 135 ⅔ innings. He earned All-Star berths in the Single-A Florida State League and Double-A Eastern League. Backed by those numbers, Garza earned the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award for 2006, the second consecutive year in which a Twin won the award (in 2005, Garza's teammate Francisco Liriano was the winner). On August 8, Minnesota purchased Garza's contract, promoting him to the majors to replace the injured Liriano. Garza is one of a small number of players to advance through the minors and reach the major league level in a single season. On August 11, his major league debut, Garza allowed seven earned runs in 2 ⅔ innings to the Toronto Blue Jays. Garza earned his first win on August 23 against the Baltimore Orioles, allowing just one unearned run in six innings.
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