Michael Fulmer

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Michael Fulmer
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Fulmer with the Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers – No. 32
Pitcher
Born: (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 (age 31)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 29, 2016, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
(through May 27, 2016)
Win–loss record 4–1
Earned run average 3.97
Strikeouts 36
Teams

Michael Joseph Fulmer (born March 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

2011–2015

Fulmer attended Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. As a senior he went 10–2 with a 0.72 earned run average (ERA), 127 strikeouts and also hit .436 with six home runs.[1] Fulmer was drafted by the New York Mets in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.[2][3] He made his professional debut that season with the rookie league Gulf Coast Mets which he had a 0-1 record with a 10.13 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 3 starting apperances and one out of the bullpen.

Fulmer started 21 games for the Savannah Sand Gnats in 2012.[4] He went 7–6 during the year with a 2.74 ERA and 101 strikeouts over ​108 1⁄3 innings. Prior to the 2013 season, Fulmer was ranked by Baseball America as the Mets seventh best prospect.[5] He pitched in only nine games that season between the rookie league Gulf Coast Mets and the class A advanced St. Lucie Mets due to injuries.[6] He finished the year with a 3.33 ERA and a 3-3 record with 42 strikeouts. Fulmer started 2014 with St. Lucie and finished the year with the Double-A Binghamton Mets. He started 20 games, going 6–11 with a 4.38 ERA and 87 strikeouts.

On July 31, 2015, the Mets traded Fulmer and Luis Cessa to the Detroit Tigers for Yoenis Céspedes.[7] Fulmer was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 9, 2015. He started two games for the double A Erie SeaWolves during that time and had a 2–0 record with 11 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. He led the league in strikeouts (11) and tied for the lead in wins (2) and ERA (0.00).[8] On August 28, 2015, Fulmer was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, and was named as the starting pitcher on the Eastern League All-Star team. Fulmer finished the season 10–3 with a 2.24 ERA and 125 strikeouts in 22 starts for Erie and Binghamton.[9] The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[10]

2016

On March 18, 2016, the Tigers optioned Fulmer to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.[11] Fulmer was called up and made his major league debut on April 29, 2016, against the Minnesota Twins.[12] Fulmer earned the win in his debut, allowing two earned runs over five innings and striking out four in a 9–2 Tigers victory.[13] On May 21, 2016, Fulmer had his first home start at Comerica Park in Detroit, where he gave up just one earned run and recorded 11 strikeouts over 7 innings, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 5–4. Fulmer became the first Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher to strike out 11 opposing batters in one game since Pat Underwood in 1979.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Big All-City Baseball Player of the Year: Deer Creek's Michael Fulmer becomes complete player
  2. ↑ 'Impact' arm Fulmer was Mets' target all along
  3. ↑ Deer Creek's Michael Fulmer picked by Mets
  4. ↑ Deer Creek High School grad looks at year since 2011 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft
  5. ↑ Baseball America Mets top 2013 prospects
  6. ↑ Mets’ Fulmer Appears Back On Track
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  10. ↑ Detroit Tigers add Michael Fulmer, two others to 40-man roster to protect them from Rule 5 draft
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  14. ↑ [lhttp://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/05/21/detroit-tigers-tampa-bay-rays/84720244/| Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 4: Tigers' Michael Fulmer strikes out 11 in win]

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