Vinnie Chulk
| Vinnie Chulk | |||
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| Relief pitcher | |||
| Born: December 19, 1978 Miami, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 2003, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 18, 2012, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 8–15 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.51 | ||
| Strikeouts | 199 | ||
| Teams | |||
Charles Vincent "Vinnie" Chulk (born December 19, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He is of Cuban heritage.
Early life
Chulk played baseball at the Perrine Khoury League throughout much of his childhood, and graduated in 1996 from Miami Palmetto Senior High School. That year, he was named MVP and received Best Pitcher Award. He defeated the Southridge Spartans during the playoffs in 1996, the team that had cut him the year prior. He attended St. Thomas University in Miami, where he graduated in 2000, majoring in Sports Management. Chulk played college baseball and received Best Pitcher Award of the Sun Conference in 1998, 1999, 2000 and the Regional Pitcher of the Year Award in his senior year.
Professional career
Before Chulk was traded to the San Francisco Giants in the National League, he played for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League from 2003 to 2006. On July 21, 2006, he was traded by Toronto to San Francisco with Shea Hillenbrand in exchange for reliever Jeremy Accardo. He was designated for assignment by the Giants on June 24, 2008. He became a free agent at the end of the season.
Chulk signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians on January 15, 2009. The Indians purchased his contract and added him to the roster on April 11. On May 15, Chulk cleared waivers and accepted a minor league assignment to Triple-A affiliate Columbus Clippers. In October 2009 Chulk was granted free agency.
He was signed to a minor league contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates on December 7, 2009.
On July 22, 2010, Chulk's rights were sold to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan.
He signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics on December 15, 2010 and has spent the 2011 season pitching for the Sacramento River Cats.
For the 2012 season, Chulk played in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. On April 28, after going 0-0 with a 3.18 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 11.1 innings, the Brewers purchased his contract from Triple-A Nashville.[1][2] Chulk was designated for assignment by Milwaukee on May 19, 2012.[3] Following the season, he became a free agent.[4]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- SI.com
- The Star
- Yahoo Sports
- Minor League Splits and Situational Stats
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1978 births
- Living people
- St. Thomas Bobcats baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Medicine Hat Blue Jays players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Syracuse SkyChiefs players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- Columbus Clippers players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Arizona League Brewers players
- Sportspeople from Miami, Florida
- Baseball players from Florida
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- American sportspeople of Cuban descent
