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Brian Edmondson
Brian Christopher Edmondson (born January 29, 1973) is an American former Professional baseball pitcher. He was a third-round selection of the Detroit Tigers in the 1991 amateur draft. Soon after that, the rookie-level Bristol Pirates, Bristol Tigers would welcome him to the Appalachian League and see him go 4–4 over 12 starts, with a 4.57 ERA. He was promoted to the single-A Fayetteville Generals in the South Atlantic League the following season. He would go 10–6 with a 3.37 ERA, starting in 27 of his 28 appearances and racking up a 1.37 WHIP. In 1993, Edmondson joined the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Lakeland Tigers in the high-A Florida State League, and went 8–5, 2.99 over 19 starts with a 1.38 WHIP. He moved up to the double-A level London Tigers near the end of the season in the Eastern League (1938–present), Eastern League, where he had less success, going 0–4 over five starts with a 6.26 ERA and a 1.87 WHIP. In 1994, Edmondson joined the Trenton Tigers (baseball), T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Relief Pitcher
In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed because of fatigue (medical), fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection (sports), ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. Relief pitchers are further divided informally into various roles, such as Closer (baseball), closers, setup men, middle relief pitchers, left-handed specialist, left/right-handed specialists, and long relievers. Whereas starting pitchers usually pitch count, throw so many pitches in a single game that they must rest several days before pitching in another, relief pitchers are expected to be more flexible and typically pitch in more games with a shorter time period between pitching appearances but with fewer innings pitched per appearance. A team's staff of relievers is normally referred to Metonymy, metonymically as a team's bullpen, which refers to the area where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
