Tyson Colby Brummett (August 15, 1984July 3, 2020) was an American

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who played one game in

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(MLB). He played for the

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on October 3, 2012. He batted and threw

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and served primarily as a

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. Brummett was drafted by the Phillies in 2007 and played for five of their minor league affiliates until 2012, when the organization promoted him to the major leagues. After the season ended, he was claimed off waivers by the

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. He subsequently signed with the

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as a free agent in 2014, and was released in August of that same year, having not played a major league game with either team. He died six years later when the plane he was piloting crashed in

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Early life

Brummett was born in

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, on August 15, 1984. He attended Spanish Fork High School in

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. After Brummett graduated, the

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selected him in the 35th round of the

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. Brummett chose not to sign, instead enrolling at

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. The Giants again selected Brummett, this time in the 38th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted to transfer to the

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(UCLA), where he played

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for the

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. The Phillies selected Brummett out of UCLA in the seventh round of the

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. This time, he signed for the organization on June 15, 2007.

Professional career

Minor leagues

Brummett spent 2007 and 2008 in the lower levels of the Phillies' farm system before being promoted to the Double-A

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in 2008. He split his time in the years between 2009 and 2012 between the Single-A

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, Reading, and the Triple-A

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, posting a 14–30

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over 121 games, including 30 starts.

Philadelphia Phillies

Brummett's contract was purchased by the

on September 30, 2012, four games prior to the season's conclusion. One month after last pitching in a game, Brummett had returned home to Utah to ready himself for winter baseball. Brummett made his major league debut as the Phillies' last pitcher of the last game of the season. It was October 3, a 5–1 loss at Washington. Brummett entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning in relief of

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with one out and the bases empty. After giving up consecutive singles to the first two batters he faced, he struck out

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and pinch hitter Chad Tracy to end the inning.

Toronto Blue Jays

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The

claimed Brummett off waivers from the Phillies on October 18, 2012. He was

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on October 23 to make room for David Herndon on their

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. According to the Jays transaction page, Brummett was assigned outright to their Triple-A affiliate

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on October 26. On February 17, The Blue Jays invited Brummett to spring training as a non roster invitee. Tyson_Brummett_in_2013_Blue_Jays_spring_training

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Brummett started the 2013 season with the Double-A

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, and was called up to the Triple-A

on April 7. Four days later, Brummett was sent back to the Fisher Cats.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Brummet signed a minor league deal with the

in February 2014 and was assigned to the AA

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, where he was selected to the mid-season Southern League all-star team. He finished the season with a 4–5 record and 2.79 ERA in 13 starts for the Lookouts. He was released on August 11, 2014.

Tiburones de La Guaira

Brummett spent the 2011 and 2012 offseasons playing for the

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of the

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. In 2011, Brummett went 1–0 with a 1.59 ERA in 3 starts during the regular season. He helped lead the Tiburones to the League Championship series where they would eventually win the Championship. In 2012, Brummett went 4–1 with a 3.79 ERA in 11 games started. In 57 innings pitched, he had 27 strikeouts while allowing 19 walks.

Post-playing career and death

After retiring from baseball, Brummett became a pilot and

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. During the

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, he participated in Goggles for Docs, a nonprofit grassroots drive that amassed ski or snowboard goggles to give to health care workers. Brummett was killed in an airplane crash in the mountains north of

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, on July 3, 2020, at the age of 35. According to the local sheriff's office, Brummett and three passengers died in the crash.

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