Win–loss record 10-10 Role Baseball pitcher Bats Right-handed Name David Hale Career start 2009 | Strikeouts 119 Weight 95 kg Earned run average 4.38 Height 1.88 m Salary 338,866 USD (2015) | |
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Current team Colorado Rockies (#61 / Pitcher) Profiles | ||
David E. Hale (born September 27, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He previously pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies.
Contents
- Early career
- Atlanta Braves
- Colorado Rockies
- Baltimore Orioles
- Second stint with Braves
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Personal life
- References
Early career
Hale played baseball at The Walker School in Marietta, Georgia, before enrolling at Princeton University and playing college baseball for the Princeton Tigers baseball team.
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves selected Hale in the third round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. The Braves added him to their 40-man roster after the 2012 season.
Hale was recalled from the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves on September 5, 2013. He made his major league debut on September 13, pitching five innings and recording nine strikeouts, breaking the franchise record for strikeouts in a debut. In the debut, he opposed the Princeton's Will Venable who struck out leading off the game for the San Diego Padres. This was the second matchup between a Princeton pitcher and a Princeton batter in major league history. Hale made the Braves' NLDS roster in 2013. He only appeared in one game as a reliever.
Hale spent the majority of the 2014 season in the Braves bullpen after beginning the season as a starter. He started 6 games before shifting to the bullpen, where he ended up appearing in 39 games. Overall, Hale finished the 2014 season with 45 appearances and a 4-5 record with a 3.30 ERA in 87.1 innings.
Colorado Rockies
Following the 2014 season, the Braves traded Hale and Gus Schlosser to the Colorado Rockies for minor league catchers Jose Briceno and Chris O'Dowd.
Hale would spend time in the minors in 2015 but would be recalled by Colorado from the Albuquerque Isotopes on June 2.
On April 22, 2016, Hale was designated for assignment by the Rockies.
Baltimore Orioles
On April 25, 2016, Hale was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles and assigned to Triple-A. He became a free agent after the season.
Second stint with Braves
Hale signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves for the 2017 season. He was released in March 2017.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Hale signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in April 2017. He appeared in 15 games (14 starts) in the Dodgers farm system between the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers and Double-A Tulsa Drillers and was 5–4 with a 4.74 ERA.
Personal life
Hale was drafted following his junior year at Princeton, but attended courses during the baseball off-season and graduated with a degree in economics. He married his high school girlfriend on November 14, 2015.