Tyler Clippard | |||||||||||||||
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Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
Born: Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. | February 14, 1985|||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
May 20, 2007, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
August 20, 2022, for the Washington Nationals | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 56–48 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 3.16 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 956 | ||||||||||||||
Saves | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
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Tyler Lee Clippard (born February 14, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins.
After playing baseball at J. W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida, the Yankees drafted Clippard in the ninth round of the 2003 MLB draft. He debuted with the Yankees as a starting pitcher in 2007.[1] After being traded to the Washington Nationals he was named to the MLB All-Star Game in 2011 and 2014 and won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award in June 2011.[2]