Matthew David Bischoff (born May 21, 1987) is a minor league baseball

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who is a free agent. Bischoff, a

, bats and throws right-handed. He stands at and weighs . Bischoff attended New Haven High School where he set a school career record in

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and strikeouts. He then enrolled at

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where he played baseball for four years (2007–2010). He was named the

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in 2007. Bischoff holds the career and single season strikeouts record for Purdue's baseball team. From Purdue, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners during the

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. He made his professional baseball debut at the rookie level with the Pulaski Mariners that year.

Early life

Bischoff attended New Haven High School, where he was a four-year letterman. During his

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season, he compiled a

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of 3–2 with a 3.20

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(ERA), nine saves, and 63 strikeouts. In his

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campaign, Bischoff went 9–1 with a 1.20 ERA, and 120 strikeouts. His strikeout total broke a school record. He was named to the all-conference team after the season. Bischoff went 11–2 with a 0.70 ERA, and 137 strikeouts during his junior season. He broke the school's strikeout record, which he set the season before. He was a first team all-conference, first team all-area, and first team all-state member that season. In his

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year, Bischoff went 12–3 with 133 strikeouts. After the season, the '' Fort Wayne News-Sentinel'' named Bischoff as the male athlete of the year. He holds the school record in career

(35), and strikeouts (453). Bischoff also played

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, and

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while in high school. For all four of his years on the school's baseball team, his father, Dave Bischoff, was his

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College career

Bischoff attended

from 2007 to 2010. In his freshman season, he compiled a record of 3–2 with a 2.85 ERA, one

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, one

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, two saves, and 61 strikeouts in 14 games, six starts. That season, he was named the

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Freshman of the Year. Bischoff was also named a '' Collegiate Baseball Newspaper'' Freshman All-American, and a second team All-Big Ten selection. During his sophomore season, Bischoff went 6–3 with a 3.96 ERA, and 55 strikeouts in 14 games, all starts. He was a first team All-Big Ten selection that year. After the season, Bischoff was drafted by the

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in the 47 round of the

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. In his junior campaign, Bischoff compiled a 4–5 record with a 5.54 ERA, three complete games, and 80 strikeouts in 14 games, all starts. He was a third team All-Big Ten selection that season. In his final season at Purdue, Bischoff compiled a 10–2 record with a 3.22 ERA, two complete games, and 95 strikeouts in 13 games, all starts. Bischoff was selected in the 20 round of the

by the

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. Bischoff currently holds the Purdue career record for strikeouts with 291. His 2010 strikeouts total is also a school single-season record. He was also the first player in school history to win All-Big Ten honors all four years.

Professional career

After signing with the Seattle Mariners in 2010, Bischoff was assigned to the rookie-level Pulaski Mariners. ''

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'' described Bischoff as doing an "excellent job of competing with average

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". That season, he compiled a 4–4 record with a 3.30 ERA, five saves, and 45 strikeouts in 17 games, all in

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. Bischoff was promoted to the Class-A Clinton LumberKings during their

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run in the

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playoffs.

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