Paul Maholm
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Maholm with the Pittsburgh Pirates
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Born: June 25, 1982 Greenwood, Mississippi |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 30, 2005, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
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| August 1, 2014, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 77–100 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.30 | ||
| Strikeouts | 984 | ||
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Paul Gurner Maholm (pronounced Mah-HALL-uhm; born June 25, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Paul Gurner Maholm was born on June 25, 1982 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played golf at the Holly Springs Country Club as a teenager.
Maholm graduated from Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. He was a three-year letterman while pitching at Mississippi State University for the Bulldogs.
Maholm was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2003 draft.
While playing in the minor leagues in 2004, Maholm was struck in the face by a line drive. This resulted in a badly broken nose and a shattered left orbital, requiring surgery to repair the damage.
Maholm made his major league debut as a starter, on August 30, 2005 against the Milwaukee Brewers and pitched eight shutout innings, earning his first career win. Maholm compiled a 3–1 record in six games with a 2.18 ERA in the 2005 season.
In 2006, Maholm made 30 starts for the Pirates, going 8–10 with a 4.76 ERA in 176 innings. He struck out 117 while walking a career high 81 and hitting 12 batters.
Maholm pitched his first shutout, while giving up three hits in a 3–0 victory over the Houston Astros on April 24, 2007. The rest of his season went sour, finishing 10–15 in 29 starts. He minimized his walk total from the previous year, inducing just 49 walks in 177.2 innings.
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