Thomas Harrington (baseball)
Thomas Hinson Harrington (born July 12, 2001) is an American baseball pitcher who plays in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He played college baseball for the Campbell Fighting Camels baseball, Campbell Fighting Camels. Amateur career Harrington grew up in Sanford, North Carolina and attended Southern Lee High School. He went 4–0 with a 0.32 ERA and 54 strikeouts over innings pitched as a junior. Harrington made one start before his senior season was canceled due to COVID-19. Harrington was also the starting quarterback on Southern Lee's football team. Harrington joined the Campbell baseball team as a walk-on. He made 16 appearances with 14 starts as a freshman and was named the Big South Conference Freshman of the Year after going 6–3 with a 3.45 ERA. He was named the Big South Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore. Professional career The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Harrington 36th overall in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Pirates on July 22, 2022 ...
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Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League(and later the National League) and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. The Japanese Central Le ...
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