Jeremy Affeldt
American baseball player (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jeremy David Affeldt (/ˈæfɛlt/; born June 6, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He threw and batted left-handed and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants.
Jeremy Affeldt | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1979-06-06) June 6, 1979 (age 44) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 6, 2002, for the Kansas City Royals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 2015, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 43–46 |
Earned run average | 3.97 |
Strikeouts | 720 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Affeldt was a third-round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals in 1997 MLB draft. He made the team in 2002, and started part of the year for them. In five seasons with the Royals, Affeldt bounced back and forth between the starting rotation and the bullpen. In 2006, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies at the trade deadline, and was a member of the Rockies 2007 World Series team. After one season with the Cincinnati Reds, he signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2009, where he was a member of the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Series championship teams.