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Scott Diamond

Scott Diamond
Scott Diamond on June 19, 2012.jpg
Diamond with the Minnesota Twins
SK Wyverns
Pitcher
Born: (1986-07-30) July 30, 1986 (age 30)
Guelph, Ontario
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
July 18, 2011, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Win–loss record 19–27
Earned run average 4.50
Strikeouts 161
WHIP 1.41
Teams

Scott Michael Diamond (born July 30, 1986) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays.

Diamond played college baseball at Binghamton University, for the Binghamton Bearcats under head coach Tim Sinicki. In his freshman season, 2005, he was named America East Rookie of the Year. He played three years at Binghamton before he decided to go pro. He is now a member of the Binghamton University Athletic Hall of Fame. Diamond, Mike Augliera, Lee Sosa and Murphy Smith are the most recent Binghamton pitchers to be taken in the Major League Draft and/or go pro.

He also played collegiate summer baseball in 2006 and 2007 with the Martinsville Mustangs of the Coastal Plain League (CPL). Diamond led the CPL in earned run average (ERA) in 2006, posting a 0.50 ERA in 54 13 innings pitched.

Diamond was not selected in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. He signed as an undrafted free-agent with the Atlanta Braves organization.

Diamond played for the Rome Braves and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in 2008. He was awarded Myrtle Beach Pelicans pitcher of the year award after recording a 15–3 record and a 2.89 ERA. He played for the Mississippi Braves in 2009 and 2010 before being promoted to the Gwinnett Braves during the 2010 season.


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