Andrew Scott Baldwin (born October 20, 1982) is a former professional

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pitcher. He was originally drafted by the

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in the fifth Round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. Baldwin's uncle,

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, was a relief pitcher for the

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Amateur career

High school

Baldwin graduated from

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in 2000.

College

Baldwin attended

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and later transferred to

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

. At OSU he had an 8–6 record. He was drafted in 2004 by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Professional career

Philadelphia Phillies

He began his career with the Class-A Short Season

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. There he compiled a 4–6 record with a 5.17 ERA in 15 starts. At the end of the season he went on to pitch in Florida Instructional League. In 2005 Baldwin spent entire season with Class A

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, where he led the

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in innings pitched. He was named the Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week twice. He finished the season with a 5-12 record with a 4.77 ERA in 27 starts. Baldwin began the season with the Class A

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where he made seven starts out of the bullpen before moving to the starting rotation on April 27.

Seattle Mariners

On August 20, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners with teammate Andrew Barb for the left-hander

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. He was then assigned to the Class-A

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. His combined record was 10–9 with a 3.69 ERA. He spent the entire season with the Double-A

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where he led the Southern League with 166.0 innings pitched. He was 5-12 with a 4.23 ERA. Baldwin finished third among all Mariners farmhands with 115 strikeouts and 8th in ERA. Dubbed "King of the Hill" by his teammates, Baldwin spent the entire season with the Triple-A

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. He led all Mariners minor leaguers with 10 wins, while also setting a career-high. He finished with a record of 10–5 with a 4.75 ERA. In Baldwin spent the entire season with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers of the

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. He went 6-11 with 103

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and a 4.51 ERA in 31 games, 21 starts. On August 10 he was named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week after he threw a

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against the Round Rock on August 5. He signed minor league contract with Minnesota Twins for 2011 season on 12/15/2010. In 2012, he played in Mexico, with

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and

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. He started the 2013 season with

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, in Italy, but he was waived after 4 played games.

References

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