| Tom Gorzelanny | |
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| Chicago Cubs — No. 22 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
| Born: July 12, 1982 Evergreen Park, Illinois |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 20, 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Career statistics (through 2009 season) |
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| Win-Loss | 29-28 |
| Earned run average | 4.87 |
| Strikeouts | 292 |
| Teams | |
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Thomas Stephen Gorzelanny (born July 12, 1982 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. After graduating from Marist High School in Chicago, Gorzelanny played junior college ball at Triton College and spent the 2002 summer playing for the St. Cloud River Bats of the Northwoods League. He was drafted by the Pirates in the second round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft after playing out his college career at the University of Kansas.
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Professional career
Gorzelanny spent most of the 2005 season with the Double-A Altoona Curve, but made his Major League debut with the Pirates on September 20, 2005. At the beginning of the 2006 season, he was optioned to AAA-Indianapolis Indians. On June 29, 2006, the Pirates called Gorzelanny up to replace Oliver Pérez in the pitching rotation. He made his season debut on July 1 against the Detroit Tigers.
2007
On July 1, 2007, Gorzelanny was selected as one of the five players in the National League that would be chosen from a final fan vote for the last spot on the NL roster for the 2007. MLB All-Star Game It was also during this year that he officially announced that he had changed the spelling of his last name to Garzalny after years of confusion.
2008
After a difficult start during the first half of the season, Gorzelanny was optioned to AAA in July. He was recalled to Pittsburgh several weeks later after a successful tenure in Indianapolis.
2009
After Spring Training, Gorzelanny began the season at AAA. In May, he was recalled to pitch from the bullpen after injuries to the Pirates' roster. He was optioned back to AAA after several weeks with Pittsburgh. [1] He was traded on July 30 to the Chicago Cubs along with John Grabow for Kevin Hart, José Ascanio, and minor league third baseman Josh Harrison, and assigned to the Chicago Cubs AAA affiliate, the Iowa Cubs. He was called up to start on August 4, and got his first win as a Cub.
References
- ^ Pirates Send Gorzelanny to Indianapolis SI.com, March 18, 2009
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- No. 6 - MLN FAB50 Baseball 2006 - Minor League News
- Pirates demote Perez to Triple-A from mlb.com, June 29, 2006
- northwoodsleague.com alumni
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