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Jonathan Stiever
Jonathan Stiever (born May 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. He played college baseball at Indiana University and was selected by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2020. Amateur career Stiever attended Cedarburg High School in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where he played football and baseball, earning All-State honors in both sports for his senior year. In 2015, his senior baseball season, he went 7–1 with a 1.90 ERA. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Indiana University where he played college baseball. In 2016, Stiever's freshman year at Indiana, he made 18 appearances (four starts), going 1–1 with a 2.47 ERA while striking out thirty over forty innings of work. That summer, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the Vermont Mountaineers. As a sophomore at Indiana in 2017, he st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League(and later the National League) and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. The Japanese Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Mountaineers
The Vermont Mountaineers are a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball team based in Montpelier, Vermont. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Montpelier Recreation Field. History In 2001, local citizens formed "Green Mountain Community Baseball", an organization formed in hopes of attracting an NECBL franchise to Montpelier, Vermont. In September of the following year the NECBL voted to expand to far-away Vermont, and to award a franchise to the group. The team's name, the Vermont Mountaineers, was chosen from more than 300 fan entries. John Russo has been the team's Manager (baseball), manager since 2004 and has held some role with the team since its arrival in the league. General manager (baseball), General Manager Brian Gallagher spear-headed organizing the franchise and led the team since its inception. The team's first game was on June 7, 2003, an 8-5 loss to the Manchester Silkworms. The game's attendanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
