American baseball player (born 1972)
Baseball player
John Wasdin
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Wasdin with the Saitama Seibu Lions
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1972-08-05
)
August 5, 1972
(age 51)
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
August 24, 1995, for the Oakland Athletics
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NPB:
April 3, 2002, for the Yomiuri Giants
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MLB:
July 7, 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
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NPB:
August 13, 2009, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
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Win?loss record
| 39?39
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Earned run average
| 5.28
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Strikeouts
| 527
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Win?loss record
| 3?7
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Earned run average
| 5.00
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Strikeouts
| 55
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John Truman Wasdin
(born August 5, 1972) is an American former professional
baseball
pitcher
who played in
Major League Baseball
(MLB) from 1995 to 2007, and also played in
Nippon Professional Baseball
(NPB).
Wasdin made his MLB debut in 1995 with the
Oakland Athletics
. He also played in MLB for the
Boston Red Sox
,
Colorado Rockies
,
Baltimore Orioles
,
Toronto Blue Jays
,
Texas Rangers
, and
Pittsburgh Pirates
. He played in NPB for the
Yomiuri Giants
in 2002 and for the
Saitama Seibu Lions
in 2009, his final season.
Early years
[
edit
]
Wasdin was born in
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
, but raised in
Tallahassee, Florida
. He graduated from
Amos P. Godby High School
in Tallahassee. He was drafted by the
New York Yankees
in the 41st round of the
1990 MLB draft
, but elected to attend
Florida State University
. In 1992, he played
collegiate summer baseball
with the
Hyannis Mets
of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
.
[1]
He was selected by the
Oakland Athletics
in the
1993 MLB draft
with the 25th overall pick.
[2]
Professional career
[
edit
]
Wasdin began his career in 1993 playing for the Rookie League
Arizona League Athletics
, Class A
Madison Muskies
, and Class A-Advanced
Modesto A's
. He played at Modesto and with the Double-A
Huntsville Stars
in 1994. He began the 1995 season with the Triple-A
Edmonton Trappers
, but was called up to the
Oakland Athletics
to make his major league debut on August 24. He appeared in five games (two starts) by the season's end. He began the 1996 season at Triple-A, but was recalled to Oakland where he pitched for the rest of the season.
[3]
On January 27, 1997, Wasdin was traded to the
Boston Red Sox
for
Jose Canseco
and cash considerations. He played the entire 1997 season for Boston and appeared in a major league career-high 53 games earning a 4?6 record with a 4.40
earned run average
.
[2]
He played most of the 1998 to 2000 seasons with Boston but also spent time with the Triple-A
Pawtucket Red Sox
.
[3]
During his Red Sox career, Wasdin earned the ignominious nickname "Way back Wasdin" for giving up a lot of
home runs
.
[4]
The Red Sox traded Wasdin along with Jeff Taglienti,
Jeff Frye
, and
Brian Rose
to the
Colorado Rockies
in exchange for
Rolando Arrojo
,
Rich Croushore
,
Mike Lansing
, and cash on July 27, 2000. He played the remainder of the season with the Rockies. Colorado released him on June 5, 2001, after beginning the season 2?1 with a 7.03 ERA. Nearly a week later, he was signed by the
Baltimore Orioles
. He appeared in 26 games with the Orioles and 5 with their Triple-A
Rochester Red Wings
. After the season, he was traded to the
Philadelphia Phillies
for
Chris Brock
. Instead of playing for the Phillies, Wasdin elected to become a free agent and signed for the 2002 season with the
Yomiuri Giants
of Japan's
Central League
.
[3]
In December 2002, he signed with the
Pittsburgh Pirates
. In 2003, he played 18 games for the Triple-A
Nashville Sounds
. On April 7, 2003, his first start of the season, Wasdin pitched a
perfect game
for the Sounds against the
Albuquerque Isotopes
at
Herschel Greer Stadium
in
Nashville, Tennessee
.
[5]
In all, Wasdin struck out 15 batters.
[6]
Five
ground outs
and seven
fly outs
accounted for his other outs in the game.
[7]
This was the sixth perfect game and second nine-inning perfect game in the history of the
Pacific Coast League
, which was established in 1903.
[8]
He was also selected for the 2003
Triple-A All-Star Game
, but was unable to participate after being traded to the
Toronto Blue Jays
for
Rich Thompson
on July 8.
[9]
He appeared in 23 games for the Blue Jays before being sent to the Triple-A
Syracuse SkyChiefs
for the rest of the season.
[3]
Wasdin signed with the
Texas Rangers
for the 2004 season. He went back and forth between Texas and their Triple-A
Oklahoma Redhawks
from 2004 to 2006. On August 1, 2006, he was
designated for assignment
and was placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of granting him his release on August 3. Wasdin was signed to a minor league contract by the
Pittsburgh Pirates
during the 2006 winter meetings and made the team during the last week of
spring training
in 2007. He also spent time with the Triple-A
Indianapolis Indians
that year. On November 19, 2007, he signed a minor league the
St. Louis Cardinals
, and spent the entire 2008 season playing for the Triple-A
Memphis Redbirds
. He played the 2009 season for the
Saitama Seibu Lions
of Japan's
Pacific League
.
Coaching
[
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After retiring from playing, Wasdin was hired in 2010 as the high school baseball coach at
University Christian School
in
Jacksonville, Florida
.
[10]
In 2011, the Oakland Athletics hired him to be the pitching coach for the
Vermont Lake Monsters
, their
New York?Penn League
Class A-Short Season affiliate. In 2012, he advanced to the
Burlington Bees
(Class A
Midwest League
). That season he was moved up to the
Midland RockHounds
(Double-A
Texas League
) where he served as pitching coach through 2016. He left the Athletics organization to become the minor league pitching coordinator for the
Baltimore Orioles
in January 2017.
[11]
Wasdin was promoted to bullpen coach on first-year Orioles manager
Brandon Hyde
's staff two years later in January 2019.
[12]
He was not retained by the ballclub following the
2019 season
.
[13]
Pitches
[
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Wasdin's pitches were tracked by
PITCHf/x
during a game on April 20, 2007. The data from that game shows him throwing a
four-seam fastball
and
sinker
at 90?91 mph, a
curveball
at 79 mph, and a
changeup
at 81.
[14]
References
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]
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"Major League Baseball Players from the Cape Cod League"
(PDF)
. capecodbaseball.org
. Retrieved
September 25,
2019
.
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a
b
"John Wasdin Statistics and History"
.
Baseball-Reference
. Sports Reference
. Retrieved
April 9,
2015
.
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a
b
c
d
"John Wasdin Minor League Statistics and History"
.
Baseball-Reference
. Sports Reference
. Retrieved
April 9,
2015
.
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The Red Sox Fan Handbook
. Rounder Books. March 2005. p. 265.
ISBN
9781579401108
.
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"Wasdin Perfect Game"
.
Nashville Sounds
. Minor League Baseball
. Retrieved
April 9,
2015
.
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"Wasdin Tosses Perfect Game"
.
Baseball America
. April 7, 2003. Archived from
the original
on April 9, 2015
. Retrieved
April 9,
2015
.
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"Albuquerque Isotopes at Nashville Sounds - April 7, 2003 at Nashville, Tenn"
(PDF)
. Minor League Baseball. April 7, 2003. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on March 4, 2016
. Retrieved
April 9,
2015
.
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"Pacific Coast League No-hit Games"
.
Pacific Coast League
. Minor League Baseball
. Retrieved
April 9,
2015
.
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"John Wasdin To Start Against Sounds On Saturday"
.
Our Sports Central
. April 21, 2004
. Retrieved
October 23,
2018
.
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"Former big-leaguer John Wasdin is new baseball coach at University Christian"
. The Florida-Times Union. July 19, 2010
. Retrieved
January 5,
2017
.
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"A's add Don Schulze to Midland coaching staff"
.
MLB.com
. January 4, 2017. Archived from
the original
on January 5, 2017
. Retrieved
January 4,
2017
.
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"Orioles hire Long as hitting coach, Brocail for pitchers,"
The Associated Press
(AP), Thursday, January 24, 2019.
Retrieved October 4, 2019
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Kubatko, Roch. "Orioles decline to renew contract of bullpen coach John Wasdin," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Friday, October 4, 2019.
Retrieved October 4, 2019
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"BrooksBaseball.net: PITCHf/x Tool"
. Brooks Baseball
. Retrieved
March 6,
2014
.
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