Zach Britton
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Britton with the Baltimore Orioles
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| Baltimore Orioles – No. 53 | |||
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Born: December 22, 1987 Panorama City, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 3, 2011, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 27–21 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.24 | ||
| Strikeouts | 383 | ||
| Saves | 120 | ||
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Zachary Grant Britton (born December 22, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Britton graduated from Weatherford High School in Texas and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round of the 2006 MLB draft.
Britton, the youngest of three brothers, was raised in Santa Clarita, California. During his only year at Canyon High School, he spent two days in intensive care when he sustained fractures of the skull and clavicle and bleeding in the brain as a result of diving headfirst into concrete while attempting to catch a foul popup during baseball practice with the freshman squad. When he moved with his family to Texas, he transferred to Weatherford High School, where he was an all-state outfielder who also pitched.
Britton was offered an athletic scholarship to attend Texas A&M University. After he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round (85th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, he accepted a $200,000 signing bonus to join the ballclub.
Before the 2010 season, he was considered the Orioles third best prospect according to Baseball America. In a midseason top 25 prospect list, he was ranked the 10th best prospect in all of baseball. Prior to 2011, Baseball America had him ranked second among Orioles prospects.
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