Peter Moylan
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Moylan with the Atlanta Braves
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| Kansas City Royals | |||
| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: 2 December 1978 Perth, Australia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 12, 2006, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 24–9 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.91 | ||
| Strikeouts | 255 | ||
| WHIP | 1.31 | ||
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Peter Michael Moylan (born 2 December 1978) is an Australian professional baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers in addition to the Royals.
He features a mid ninety mile per hour fastball and throws sidearm.
Moylan began his professional career in the Minnesota Twins system. He was released in 1998 and returned to Australia, taking a job as a pharmaceutical salesman. Moylan eventually improved his pitching and began working on a comeback.
Moylan broke out while playing for the Australian team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was selected for that tournament following his strong showing in the 2006 Claxton Shield. His 96 mph fastball enabled him to strike out established major-leaguers Bobby Abreu, Marco Scutaro, Ramón Hernández and Magglio Ordóñez. Based on his performance in this tournament, Moylan was invited to participate in spring training prior to the 2006 season with the Atlanta Braves.
Moylan was signed by the Atlanta Braves in 2006 and assigned to their Triple-A Richmond club. On 11 April 2006, Moylan was called up to the Braves to replace Joey Devine in the bullpen and he made his MLB debut the following day, pitching one scoreless inning against the Philadelphia Phillies; however he was later sent back to the Richmond club. He pitched in 15 total games during three separate call-ups in 2006, with a 4.80 ERA in 15 innings.
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