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LEFT-HANDED PITCHER
Full Name: Philip James Pfeifer Throws: Left
MANAGER & STAFF Height: 6-0 Weight: 200
Bats: Left
DOB: July 15, 1992
Opening Day Age: 28
Born: Knoxville, TN
MLB Debut: None Resides: Knoxville, TN
MLB Service Time: 1.000
Acquired: Trade with Los Angeles-NL, June 30, 2016
Contract Status: Signed through 2021
PHILIP PFEIFER 2020 2018
NON-ROSTER INVITEE

• Recalled on 7/21 and placed on the 45-day
injured list with a left elbow bone contusion, • Split his second consecutive season between
Triple-A Gwinnett and Double-A Mississippi,
ending his season. posting a 2-3 record and a 5.73 ERA (35 ER/55.0
IP) in 39 games between the two clubs...Made
• Made a team-most seven relief appearances in
SEASON IN REVIEW • Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as 2017
one start.
the spring, allowing only one run, earned, in 7.1
innings...Struck out 10 and walked two.
• Played his first full season in the Atlanta
Atlanta's No. 26 prospect.
2019 organization between Mississippi and Gwinnett,
combining to go 1-5 with a 3.49 ERA (23 ER/59.1
IP) and 77 strikeouts.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT league system, combining to go 6-8 with a 2.97 • Ranked in the Top 10 among Atlanta prospects
• Pitched across three levels of Atlanta’s minor
(min. 60.0 IP) in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (3rd,
ERA (44 ER/133.1 IP) in 30 games (18 starts)
11.7) and saves (T9th, 4).
between High-A Florida, Double-A Mississippi
• Pitched to a 7.36 ERA over his first 12 outings
and Triple-A Gwinnett.
• Opened the year in Mississippi’s bullpen, and
a .176 opponents’ batting average over his final
went 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA (6 ER/11.0 IP) in seven before posting a 1.76 ERA with 45 strikeouts and
29 appearances.
games. Was moved to Florida and pitched most 2016
of the remainder of the year in the rotation.
BRAVES HISTORY • On the season, went 3-7 with a 2.70 ERA • Split his second pro campaign between four
(32 ER/106.2 IP) in 18 starts, and 3-1 with
teams and a pair of organizations, combining
a 4.05 ERA (12 ER/26.2 IP) in 12 relief
appearances.
strikeouts between Great Lakes (A) and Rancho
• Struck out 17 batters on 7/18 vs. Palm Beach, to go 4-1 with a 3.02 ERA (16 ER/47.2 IP) and 60
tied for the most in a single game in the minors Cucamonga (A+) of the Dodgers system and
Carolina (A+) and Mississippi (AA) of the Braves.
on the season…Tossed 8.0 scoreless innings and • Fanned 60 batters over 47.2 innings, striking out
allowed just three hits.
OPPONENTS • Tied Cincinnati’s Randy Wynne, who 2015
11.3 hitters per 9.0 frames.
struck out 17 for rookie-level Greeneville
on 8/20.
• Fanned 159 batters on the season, second most • Appeared in one game after being drafted by Los
among Atlanta farmhands…Only Ian Anderson Angeles (NL) in the third round of the 2015 First-
(172) had more. Year Player Draft.
MISCELLANEOUS • Atlanta added him to the 40-man roster on 11/19.
• Ranked fourth among Atlanta prospects
with 133.1 innings pitched on the season.
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