Josh Outman

Josh Outman
Colorado Rockies – No. 88
Pitcher
Born: (1984-09-14) September 14, 1984 St. Louis, Missouri
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 2, 2008 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics (through May 19, 2013)
Win-loss record	10–11
Earned run average	4.74
Strikeouts	163
Teams
Oakland Athletics (2008–2009, 2011) Colorado Rockies (2012–present)

Josh Outman

Medal record
Men’s baseball
Competitor for United States
Baseball World Cup
Gold	2007 Tianmu	National team

Joshua S. "Josh" Outman (born September 14, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.

Early life

Outman pitched for Forest Park Community College in Saint Louis, before transferring to the University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University). While playing for the UCM Mules he posted a 10–2 record and helped the Mules finish third in the NCAA Division II World Series. Outman was one of five Mules drafted in the 2005 Amateur Baseball Draft.

Baseball career

Philadelphia Phillies

Outman was a prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, and was named the 12th-best prospect in the Phillies organization in 2007.

Oakland Athletics

On July 17, 2008, Outman was traded, along with fellow prospects Adrian Cardenas and Matthew Spencer, to the Oakland Athletics for starting pitcher Joe Blanton.

Outman was called up to the majors for the first time on September 2, 2008, and pitched two scoreless innings that night against the Kansas City Royals, striking out two. Outman's performance in the 2009 season gave him the fan nickname "Out-Man", because of his ability to get the easy outs^{[citation needed]}. Outman's brother, Zachary, was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays, in the 28th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, out of Saint Louis University.

After a successful first half of the 2009 season starting 12 games for the Athletics. Outman was placed on the disabled list with an injury to his pitching elbow. Outman underwent Tommy John surgery, ending his season on June 30.

Outman, recovering from surgery, missed the entire 2010 season.

In 2011, Outman pitched 58.1 innings (starting 9 games), with a 3–5 record, 35 strikeouts and 3.70 ERA.

Colorado Rockies

On January 16, 2012, Outman, along with pitcher Guillermo Moscoso, was traded to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Seth Smith.

Pitching style

Outman throws five pitches, relying most heavily on a four-seam fastball at 93–96 mph. He also throws a two-seamer (90–95), a slider (80–83), a changeup (78–83), and a curveball (low-to-mid 70s). His changeup is not thrown to left-handed hitters, but is a common pitch against right-handers. He uses his slider a great deal against lefties, but typically uses it against righties only in 2-strike counts. Throughout his career, the slider has been his best swing-and-miss pitch, with a whiff rate of 46% through June 2012.

Uniform

Outman is known for wearing old-school socks and high stirrups. The stirrups were inspired by wearing powder-blue throwback uniforms during his time with the Philadelphia Phillies and he thought it was a better combination.^{[citation needed]}

During the 2011 season with Oakland, Outman's jersey preference was the alternate gold jersey, stating that he hasn't won in the home white jerseys.^{[citation needed]}

Outman wears number 88 after previously wearing number 55 prior to the signing of Hideki Matsui and that number 8 (the number he wore in college and in the minors) was already taken, he decided to double up on number 8, thus getting number 88. Following his trade to the Colorado Rockies, he will continue to wear number 88 as number 8 and 55 have already been taken by Charlie Blackmon and Ramon Hernandez, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)