Tyler Clippard

Tyler Clippard
Clippard with the Arizona Diamondbacks
New York Yankees – No. 29
Relief pitcher
Born: (1985-02-14) February 14, 1985 (age 32) Lexington, Kentucky
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 20, 2007, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics (through 2016 season)
Win–loss record	46–35
Earned run average	2.95
Strikeouts	684
Holds	183
Saves	56
WHIP	1.11
Teams
New York Yankees (2007) Washington Nationals (2008–2014) Oakland Athletics (2015) New York Mets (2015) Arizona Diamondbacks (2016) New York Yankees (2016–present)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2011, 2014)

Tyler Lee Clippard (born February 14, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

After playing baseball at J. W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida, the Yankees drafted Clippard in the ninth round of the 2003 MLB draft. He debuted with the Yankees as a starting pitcher in 2007. The Yankees traded him to the Nationals before the 2008 season, and the Nationals converted him into a relief pitcher in 2009. The Nationals traded Clippard to the Athletics before the 2015 season, who traded him to the Mets during the 2015 season. He signed as a free agent with the Diamondbacks before the 2016 season.

Clippard led the major leagues in holds in 2014. He was named to the MLB All-Star Game in 2011 and 2014, and won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award in June 2012.

Clippard was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His family moved to Florida when he was a toddler. Clippard played baseball in Little League; in eleven years, he won seven district titles, but was never able to reach the Little League World Series. He learned to pitch when he was eight years old. In 2001, he was a member of the Palm Harbor team that won the Senior League World Series.