Adam Ottavino
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Ottavino with the Colorado Rockies
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| Born: November 22, 1985 New York, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 29, 2010, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 25, 2015) |
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| Win–loss record | 8–10 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.88 | ||
| Strikeouts | 254 | ||
| Saves | 4 | ||
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Adam Robert Ottavino (born November 22, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010.
Amateur career
Ottavino was born in Manhattan, New York, but grew up in Brooklyn after his family moved there when he was young. He graduated from the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 2003.
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Ottavino in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB Draft, but he did not sign.[1]
Ottavino enrolled at Northeastern University, where he played college baseball for the Northeastern Huskies baseball team. Ottavino holds both the Northeastern career and single season records for strikeouts. In 2005, he was named America East Conference's Pitcher of the Year.[2] He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals out of Northeastern in the first round, with the 30th overall selection, of the 2006 MLB Draft.[1]
Ottavino pitched for Team Italy in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He pitched three scoreless innings against Venezuela in his lone appearance in the tournament.[3]
Professional career
On May 29, 2010, Ottavino made his major league debut for the Cardinals as a starter. He went on to appear in 5 games, 3 of them starts.
On April 3, 2012, the Colorado Rockies claimed Ottavino off of waivers.[4] He was brought back to the majors later that season, and developed into a relief pitcher.[1] Ottavino wears uniform number 0, and is the first and only pitcher in major league history to have ever done so.[5] Despite posting a 5-1 record, his ERA was close to 5 in 79 innings. In 2013, Ottavino appeared in 51 games, pitching in 78.1 innings and lowering his ERA from the previous season by 2 runs, registering an ERA of 2.64 for the Rockies. In 2014, Ottavino went 1-4 with a 3.60 ERA in a career high 75 games.
After closer LaTroy Hawkins struggled to open the 2015 season, Ottavino was named the new closer. On May 4, 2015, it was revealed that Ottavino had a partially torn UCL in his right elbow,[6] putting him down for the remainder of the 2015 season.[7]
Personal life
Ottavino's passion for Photography is represented in the social media world via his Instagram @adamottavino and Tumblr adamottavino.tumblr.com
References
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External links
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Ottavino player profile page at Scout.com
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- Pages with broken file links
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Colorado Rockies players
- State College Spikes players
- Swing of the Quad Cities players
- Palm Beach Cardinals players
- Springfield Cardinals players
- Memphis Redbirds players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Baseball players from New York
- Sportspeople from Brooklyn
- American people of Italian descent
- Northeastern Huskies baseball players
- Peoria Saguaros players
