Philip Joseph Barzilla (born January 25, 1979) is an American former
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
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 ...
who played for the
Houston Astros in .
Amateur career
A native of
Houston, Texas, Barzilla attended
Dulles High School (
Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the metropolitan area. Located about southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around ...
),
Alvin Community College (
Alvin, Texas), and
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...
. In 2000, he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Falmouth Commodores
The Falmouth Commodores are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Commodores play their home games at Arnie Alle ...
of the
Cape Cod Baseball League.
Barzilla was selected by the
Houston Astros in the 4th round of the
2001 MLB Draft
The 2001 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 5 and 6.
First round selections
Supplemental First Round Selections
Compensation Picks
Background
On June 1, 2001, Rolando Viera, a Cuban ba ...
.
Professional career
Barzilla made his only major league appearance on June 11, 2006 for the Astros against the
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves were founded in Bos ...
, and faced only two batters.
Brian Jordan
Brian O'Neal Jordan (born March 29, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and National Football League safety. In the NFL, he played for the Atlanta Falcons, while he played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Los An ...
singled off Barzilla before
Todd Pratt
Todd Alan Pratt (born February 9, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher, playing from 1992 to 2006 and is the current manager for the Jupiter Hammerheads. He primarily served as a back-up catcher for most of his career.
...
flew to center field to end the inning. Barzilla's 1/3rd of an inning is the second shortest career of an Astros pitcher after
Larry Yount
Lawrence King Yount (born February 15, 1950) is a former professional baseball player. Yount (whose younger brother is Hall of Famer Robin Yount) shares the unique distinction of being one of two pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) history t ...
's appearance in which he was injured whilst warming up on the mound and never threw a pitch.
In 2011, Barzilla played for the
Brother Elephants
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...
of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League
The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 20 ...
.
References
External links
CPBL
1979 births
Living people
American people of Italian descent
American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
Brother Elephants players
Baseball players from Houston
Corpus Christi Hooks players
Falmouth Commodores players
Houston Astros players
Lexington Legends players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mexican League baseball pitchers
New Orleans Zephyrs players
Pittsfield Astros players
Rice Owls baseball players
Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players
Round Rock Express players
Salem Avalanche players
San Antonio Missions players
Tacoma Rainiers players
2006 World Baseball Classic players
Caribes de Anzoátegui players
Tigres del Licey players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
Surprise Scorpions players
Scottsdale Scorpions players
Dulles High School (Sugar Land, Texas) alumni
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