Pete Graham Woodworth (born July 29, 1988) is an American professional baseball

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. He is the

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for the

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(MLB).

Career

Woodworth attended

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. Woodworth attended the

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for one year, before transferring to Florida Gulf Coast University. He played four years of

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for FGC and graduated with a bachelor's degree in History. Woodworth went undrafted in the

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, and signed a free agent contract with the

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. He spent his only professional season playing for the

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in 2010. Woodworth returned to Florida Gulf Coast as a volunteer assistant coach for the team from August 2011 until February 2012. He then rejoined the Tampa Bay organization as an area scout. He then served as the pitching coach for

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in 2014. Woodworth returned to Florida Gulf Coast and served as their pitching coach in 2015 and 2016. Woodworth was hired by the

organization on June 22, 2016, to be the pitching coach for the Clinton LumberKings for the remainder of that season. He served as the Modesto Nuts pitching coach for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He was the Arkansas Travelers pitching coach in 2019. He was named the 2019

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Coach of the Year. On November 7, 2019, Woodworth was named the pitching coach for the

References

External links

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles bio
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