Matt Albers

Matt Albers
Boston Red Sox — No. 32
Relief pitcher
Born: January 20, 1983 (1983-01-20) (age 28) Houston, Texas
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 25, 2006 for the Houston Astros
Career statistics (through 2011)
Win-Loss	19-29
Earned run average	5.04
Strikeouts	274
Teams
Houston Astros (2006–2007) Baltimore Orioles (2008–2010) Boston Red Sox (2011–present)

Albers pitching for the Baltimore Orioles in 2009.

Matthew James Albers (born January 20, 1983, in Houston, Texas) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.

Biography

High school

In 2001, Albers graduated William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas. That year, in the 2001 MLB Draft, the Astros took him in the 23rd round.

Minor leagues

Albers worked his way up through the minor leagues and started 2006 at Double-A Corpus Christi, where he went 10–2 with an 2.17 ERA.

Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

In late July of that year, the Astros called him up to the Major Leagues. Albers pitched a few games in relief, then made his first Major League start against the San Diego Padres on August 3, 2006.

When Albers was sent back down shortly after the San Diego start, it was to AAA Round Rock. Albers returned to the Majors when rosters expanded on September 1.

In 2006, Albers was named Texas League Pitcher of the Year.

Albers got his first Major League win on May 5, 2007 against the Cardinals when he pitched seven and a third innings without giving up a run.

In 2008 he underwent scoliosis correction surgery to correct a 50 degree curve in his spine.

Baltimore Orioles

Albers was traded to the Baltimore Orioles on December 12, 2007 as part of the Miguel Tejada trade. In the middle of the 2008 season he was placed on the sixty day disabled list.^[1]

Boston Red Sox

On December 16, 2010, Albers signed a one year contract with the Red Sox.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Tejada traded to Astros, Orioles to receive five players for former AL MVP". SI.com. 2007-12-12. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071214160439/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/12/12/tejada.trade.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
2. ^ Abraham, Peter (December 16, 2010). "Red Sox sign Albers". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2010/12/red_sox_sign_al.html. 

External links

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

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Name	Albers, Matt
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Date of birth	January 20, 1983
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
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