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Win–loss record
  
20-27

Role
  
Baseball player

Earned run average
  
3.74

Weight
  
100 kg


Strikeouts
  
350

Salary
  
1 million USD (2015)

Name
  
Burke Badenhop

Position
  
Pitcher

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Education
  
Bowling Green State University

Number
  
25 (Cincinnati Reds / Pitcher, Pitcher)

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Burke Heinrich Badenhop (born February 8, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. Badenhop played college baseball at Bowling Green State University.

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Early ball

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Badenhop played high school baseball at Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio under coach Dave Hall. In college, he was a team member of the Bowling Green Falcons at Bowling Green State University.

Detroit Tigers

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Badenhop was originally drafted by the Detroit Tigers.

Florida/Miami Marlins

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On December 5, 2007, he was traded to the Florida Marlins (along with Cameron Maybin; Andrew Miller; Eulogio De La Cruz; Mike Rabelo and minor league player, Dallas Trahern) for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. On April 9, 2008, Badenhop made his major league debut against the Washington Nationals. He had a 1-2-3 inning, which included striking out Rob Mackowiak. Badenhop made his first major league pitching start on April 13, 2008, against the Houston Astros.

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Badenhop is known by teammates as "The Hopper", a nickname given to him by Marlins manager Fredi González.

DuringMay 16, 2011, Badenhop was a part of one of the more bizarre games in the team's history against the New York Mets, which ended following Badenhop's game-winning RBI single—just his second career hit. It was the first time that a relief pitcher had given his team the game-winning hit since Micah Owings did it in a 2008 game playing for the Cincinnati Reds.

Tampa Bay Rays

On December 12, 2011 he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jake Jefferies. Badenhop was used during the 2012 season as a long-relief pitcher and as a ground-ball specialist because of his sinker.

Milwaukee Brewers

On December 1, 2012, Badenhop was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Raúl Mondesí, Jr. On January 18, 2013, the Brewers announced they had avoided arbitration with Badenhop, signing him to a one-year contract worth $1.55 million.

Boston Red Sox

On November 22, 2013, Badenhop was traded to the Boston Red Sox for LHP prospect Luis Ortega.

Cincinnati Reds

On February 7, 2015, Badenhop signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds that included a $4 million option for a second year with a $1.5 million buyout.

Texas Rangers

On April 6, 2016, Badenhop signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. He was released on April 19, 2016.


Former big league reliever Burke Badenhop is joining the Diamondbacks in an interesting new baseball operations position, as Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic tweets. In his new role, Piecoro writes, Badenhop will perform “acquisition-based pitching analysis/sports science work.”

Author

Badenhop is co-author of the book "Financial Planning For Your First Job", published by Coventry House Publishing, where he draws from his business background at Bowling Green State University.

References

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