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JOSH TOMLIN
FRONT OFFICE • Is 4-3 with a 4.08 ERA in six starts and 62 • Has six different stings on the injured list.
relief appearances in two seasons with
• Underwent right elbow surgery on August
Atlanta.
Yocum and has had seven different stings
• Among all active pitchers in the majors with at 22, 2012 in Anaheim, Calif. by Dr. Lewis
least 500.0 innings pitched, ranks first with just on the IL.
1.31 walks per 9.0 innings in his career since minor league notes
making his debut in 2010...In 1017.2 innings has
MANAGER & STAFF walked 148 batters. • Was a four-time minor league All-Star...Received
• It is also the lowest among any major
mid-season honors in 2006 with Mahoning
league pitcher with at least 800.0 innings
Valley (SS), 2007 with Lake County (A), 2008 with
Kinston (High-A), and 2010 with Columbus (AAA).
since 2000…Brad Radke is closest (1.36).
• His 76.1 innings in relief in 2019 were the fifth • In 2009 with Double-A Akron, led the Eastern
most in the National League...He also made a League in wins (14) and was second in strikeouts
3.0-inning start on September 25 at Kansas City. (125) and WHIP (1.21).
JOSH TOMLIN relief appearances, the second most such amateur
• Pitched at least 2.0 innings in 20 of his 50
outings in the N.L., one off the total of
• Played two years at Angelina JC in Lufkin, Texas,
Miami's Wei-Yin Chen (21).
from 2004-05...Pitched at Texas Tech in 2006.
• Recorded the first two saves of his big league • Graduated in 2003 from Whitehouse (TX) High
career...First on June 9, 2019 at Miami (1.0 IP, School where he played football and baseball…
1 H, 2 K) and then again on July 31, 2019 at • Also played infield in high school and
SEASON IN REVIEW • Since making his major league debut in 2010, has transactions
Washington (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB).
college... Hit .351 at Angelina in 2005.
walked just 1.31 batters per 9.0 innings, by far the
fewest among all active pitchers (min. 500.0IP)...
• Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 19th
It is also the lowest among any major league
pitcher with at least 800.0 innings since 2000 round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft...Signed
by Mike Daly.
Brad Radke is closest (1.36). • On Cleveland’s disabled list (strained right elbow)
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT career-high 11 strikeouts on June 28, 2014 at • On Cleveland’s disabled list (strained right wrist),
• Tossed a one-hit shutout with no walks and a
from August 25 to the end of the 2011 season...
Transferred to the 60-day DL on September 25.
Seattle...Only hit was a fifth-inning single by Kyle
Seager.
from May 8 to May 27, 2012.
• Has pitched five career complete games.
• Led the majors in fewest walks per 9.0 innings in
from August 13 to end of the 2012 season...
2011 (1.14) and 2016 (1.03). • On Cleveland’s disabled list (right elbow injury)
Transferred to the 60-day DL on September 9.
• Was the first pitcher in the live-ball era with at • On Cleveland’s 60-day disabled list (recovery
BRAVES HISTORY career appearances…Matt Harvey was the second • On Cleveland’s disabled list (recovering from
least 5.0 innings pitched in each of his first 37
from “Tommy John” surgery) from February 18 to
August 24, 2013
pitcher to reach the mark and the two remain
the only pitchers in the live-ball era to begin their
careers with 37 consecutive outings of at least right shoulder surgery) from March 29 to July 31,
2015...Transferred to the 60-day DL on April 10.
5.0 innings pitched.
• On Cleveland’s disabled list (strained left
• Made four starts in 10 postseason appearances hamstring) from July 31 to August 31, 2017.
and is 3-1 with a 4.00 ERA. • On Cleveland’s disabled list (strained right
OPPONENTS • Pitched in the postseason in 2016, for the • Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers to a minor-
hamstring) from July 10 to August 22, 2018.
entirety of the Indians' run to the World
Series, and again in Cleveland's Division
Series in 2017. league contract on February 7, 2019.
• Signed by the Atlanta Braves to a minor-league
• In 2019, appeared in two games, both
contract on March 20, 2019.
in relief, tossing 3.2 scoreless innings... • Signed by the Atlanta Braves to a minor-league
Allowed two hits and no walks, while
MISCELLANEOUS 222 striking out two. • Signed by the Atlanta Braves to a major-league
contract on February 12, 2020.
contract on November 11, 2020.
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