Adrian Sampson
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| Born: October 7, 1991 Seattle, Washington |
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Adrian David Sampson (born October 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.
Career
Sampson attended Skyline High School in Sammamish, Washington. In July 2009, Sampson had Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss his senior season.[1] After not receiving any college baseball scholarships, Sampson attended Bellevue College. After going 4–2 with a 2.36 earned run average (ERA), Sampson was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 16th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He did not sign with the Marlins and returned to Bellevue. In 2012, he went 13–0 with a 1.36 ERA and 107 strikeouts.[3]
Sampson was then drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the Pirates.[4] He made his professional debut that season with the State College Spikes. He started nine of 11 games and had a 2.95 ERA. Sampson played the 2013 season with the Bradenton Marauders, finishing with a 5.14 ERA in 140 innings.[5] He started the 2014 season with the Altoona Curve.[6][7] In July he was selected to play in the Eastern League All-Star Game, but was forced to sit out the game by the Pirates.[8] In August he was promoted to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians after posting a 2.55 ERA with Altoona. Overall he went 11–6 with a 2.96 ERA and 109 strikeouts.
On July 31, 2015, Sampson was traded to the Seattle Mariners for J. A. Happ.[9]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Redmond, Washington
- Baseball players from Washington (state)
- Baseball pitchers
- State College Spikes players
- Bradenton Marauders players
- Altoona Curve players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Bellevue Bulldogs baseball players
- Scottsdale Scorpions players
- Minor league baseball players
