Trevor Cahill | |||
---|---|---|---|
Cahill with the Oakland Athletics
|
|||
San Diego Padres – No. 38 | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Oceanside, California |
March 1, 1988 |||
|
|||
MLB debut | |||
April 7, 2009, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
|||
Win–loss record | 69–76 | ||
Earned run average | 4.05 | ||
Strikeouts | 820 | ||
Teams | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's baseball | ||
Representing United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2008 Beijing | Team |
Trevor John Cahill (March 1, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. He was named an All-Star in 2010, and finished that year 18-8 with a 2.97 ERA.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Cahill in the second round (66th overall) of the 2006 MLB draft out of Vista High School. In his first full season in minor league baseball, with the Kane County Cougars, he went 11–4 with a 2.73 earned run average, 117 strikeouts and 105 1⁄3 innings pitched over 19 starts to earn a Class A All-Star nod from Baseball America.
Cahill began 2008 with the of the California League. He went 5–4 with a 2.78 ERA and 103 strikeouts to earn a California League All star selection and a promotion to AA. He also represented America in Major League Baseball's Futures Game.
With the RockHounds, Cahill was 6–1 with a 2.19 ERA before shutting it down in order to compete with the United States national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.