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| Brandon League | |
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 Brandon while on Rehab assignment with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats |
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| Seattle Mariners — No. -- | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: March 16, 1983 Sacramento, California |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 21, 2004 for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Career statistics (through October 4, 2009) |
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| Win–Loss | 7-10 |
| Earned run average | 4.09 |
| Strikeouts | 154 |
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Brandon Paul League (born March 16, 1983 in Sacramento, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He is married with two children. He resides in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is hapa Yonsei. His maternal great-grandparents were born and raised in Fukuoka prefecture on Kyushu Island in Japan.[1]
League is known for his strong arm, and a sinker that reaches 100 mph—usually topping out at 98 mph. League also throws a slider and a changeup. In his first four seasons, he has been used as a relief pitcher, often as a setup man.
In the offseason following League's breakout 2006, he engaged in strength conditioning, while, at the behest of the Blue Jays, did not pitch until spring training. As a result, he overdeveloped some shoulder muscles, resulting in a significant drop in the velocity of his sinker.[2] This led to being placed on the 60-day disabled list, and League was largely ineffective for the 2007 season. However, the advent of the 2008 season saw League's velocity recovered, and with it his effectiveness.
On December 22, 2009, the Blue Jays agreed to trade League to the Seattle Mariners, along with minor league outfielder Johermyn Chavez. In return, the Blue Jays received pitcher Brandon Morrow.
References
- ^ Sogi, Francis Y. (2004). Riding the Kona Wave: Memoirs of A Japanese American. New York, New York: The Cheshire Press. p. xiii, 1, 163. ISBN 0976257505.
- ^ "Notes: League headed to Syracuse". BlueJays.com. 2007-03-25. http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070325&content_id=1858813&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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