Scott Feldman (baseball)
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Feldman with the Houston Astros
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| Cincinnati Reds – No. 37 | |||
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Born: February 7, 1983 Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 31, 2005, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 71–77 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.39 | ||
| Strikeouts | 789 | ||
| WHIP | 1.36 | ||
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Scott Wynne Feldman (born February 7, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, and Toronto Blue Jays.
After going 25–2 in his first two years of college baseball, he was drafted in the 30th round by the Texas Rangers in 2003. Feldman had Tommy John surgery later that year. He followed it up with a minor league career in which he had a 2.70 ERA, and held batters to only 6.6 hits per 9 innings, pitching almost exclusively in relief.
After pitching out of the bullpen while bouncing back and forth between Texas and its Triple-A affiliate in 2005–07, Feldman converted to a starter in 2008. He established himself in 2009 with a breakout season for the Rangers. He was 17–8, tied for 4th in the American League in wins, and tied the major league record with 12 victories on the road.
The 6-foot-5-inch (196 cm) Feldman was big from an early age. "His second-grade teacher made a comment to my wife that it was like 'Alice in Wonderland,' because Scott was always too big for his seat", his father recalls.
As for Feldman's road to the major leagues, "The dream started off like any other kid", Feldman said. "You’d think about it as you were watching games in front of the TV, and you’d think about it playing in the neighborhood park with your friends. You always hope, but you just don’t know if it's ever going to happen."
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