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082 X-Ray RePORT 2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE 40-MAN ROSTER › JeRemy Hellickson RIGHT-HANdEd PITCHER JeReMy heLLICKsON 58 Jeremy robert hellickson BATS Right ÊÊJeremy is the only Iowa-born player in Rays history and one of six who appeared in the majors in 2011, along with Casey Blake, Jerry Hairston Jr., Joel Hanrahan, Ryan Sweeney and Tony Watson. ÊÊLast June he was featured as a bobblehead giveaway at a Triple-A Iowa Cubs game, depicted wearing his baseball uniform from Hoover High School in Des Moines. ÊÊThis past offseason he was chosen by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA as the winner of the Dick Siebert Award given to the Upper Midwest Player of the Year...this broke a streak of three straight awards by Twins catcher Joe Mauer. ÊÊHas two Yorkies named Jeter and Marley... Marley, a puppy, was a gift he received this past Christmas...Jeter is 7 years old and was named after one of his favorite players growing up. 2011 seasON ÊÊNamed the AL winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award as voted on by the BBWAA...was listed first on 17 of the 28 ballots submitted by two writers in each league city, second on five and third on two to amass 102 points, based on the 5-3-1 tabulation system. ÊÊBecame just the second starting pitcher to win the AL award in the past 30 seasons joining DET Justin Verlander in 2006…was the 2nd Ray to win the award in the last 4 years, joining Evan Longoria (2008)…is just the 2nd Iowaborn player to win the AL or NL award joining THROWS Right HEIGHT 6'1" WEIGHT 190 MaJor lEaguE sErVICE 1 year, 45 days oPENINg Day agE 24 borN 4/8/87 in des Moines, IA rEsIDEs des Moines, IA CoNtraCt status Signed through 2012 aCQuIrED Selected in the fourth round of the 2005 June draft sIgNINg sCout Tom Couston (Rays) 1968 AL winner Stan Bahnsen…also named Baseball America’s Major League Rookie of the Year and named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team. ÊÊLed all major league rookies in ERA (2.90), innings pitched (189), opp avg. (.210), games started (29) and quality starts (20)…was 2nd in wins with 13, tied with Jeff Niemann (2009) for the 2nd most ever by a Rays rookie…fell one shy of Rolando Arrojo (1998). a.L. rooKie oF tHe Year VotinG 1sT 2nd 3Rd PoinTs Jeremy Hellickson, TB 17 5 2 102 Mark Trumbo, LAA 5 11 5 63 Eric Hosmer, KC 4 4 6 38 Ivan Nova, NYY 1 5 10 30 Michael Pineda, SEA - 3 2 11 Dustin Ackley, SEA 1 - 1 6 desmond Jennings, TB - - 1 1 Jordan Walden, LAA - - 1 1 LoWest oPP aVG., a.L. rooKies, Last 50 Years Al Downing, NYY, 1963 .184 (114-620) Jim Bibby, TEX, 1973 .192 (121-630) Wally Bunker, BAL, 1964 .207 (161-766) Jeremy Hellickson, TB, 2011 .210 (146-695) Tom Gordon, KC, 1989 .210 (122-582) ÊÊHis 2.95 ERA ranked 8th overall in the AL…the last AL rookie to finish with a lower ERA (min. 162 IP) was KC Kevin Appier in 1990 (2.76). ÊÊHis .210 opp avg. was 3rd lowest in the majors behind 2011 Cy Young winners DET Justin Verlander (.192) and LAD Clayton Kershaw (.207)…it was the lowest by a rookie since CHC
Kerry Wood (.196) in 1998 and the lowest by an AL rookie since KC Tom Gordon (also .210) in 1989. ÊÊIn the modern era (since 1900), only five AL rookies who qualified for the ERA title finished with an ERA and opp avg. as low as Hellickson’s: NYY Russ Ford (1910), WAS Mickey Haefner (1943), CLE Herb Score (1955), NYY Al Downing (1963) and BAL Wally Bunker (1964). ÊÊThe Rays scored a total of 9 runs in his 10 losses and were shut out 5 times…only one major league starter was shut out more in 2011: LAA Tyler Chatwood (6). ÊÊWent undefeated in September (2-0) with a 2.67 ERA (33.2-IP, 10-ER) in 5 starts vs. AL East opponents...Rays were 4-1 in those starts...the only loss came on Sep 21 at NYY (Game 2)... Hellickson went 7 innings allowing only 2 hits and 2 runs and left with the scored tied 2-2... Yankees won, 4-2, but CC Sabathia was denied his 20th win. ÊÊAllowed 3 earned runs or less in 26 of 29 starts. ÊÊPitched 7 or more innings 14 times, tops among all major league rookies...had 2 of the 3 complete games by AL rookies in 2011, both 4-hitters at home against BAL Jeremy Guthrie...on May 13 tossed his first career shutout and on Sep 4 he won 8-1. ÊÊAveraged 19.6 outs per start…the last AL rookie to finish a season with a higher average (min. 25 starts) was MIL Steve Sparks in 1995 (20.3)...his 189 IP were most by an AL rookie in three years. ÊÊIn May was named the AL Pitcher of the Month and AL Rookie of the Month after going 4-1 with a 1.36 ERA (33-IP, 5-ER) in 5 starts...since the Rookie of the Month awards began in 2001, he became the third player (first in AL) to win dual awards for the same month, along with MIL Ryan Braun (July 2007) and FLA Dontrelle Willis (June 2003)...was the second Rays pitcher to be named AL Rookie of the Month, joining Wade Davis (July 2010). ÊÊBeat the Red Sox twice at Fenway Park, on April 11 and Sep 15...is one of only three rookies in the last 35 years to do so along with 2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE 40-MAN ROSTER › JeRemy Hellickson 083 BAL Rodrigo Lopez (3 in 2002) and OAK Brett Anderson (2 in 2009). ÊÊHad a club-record streak of 24 scoreless innings at Tropicana Field between April 22– June 15. ÊÊWon 10 of his first 15 starts as a Ray, spanning 2010-11, the first in club history to do so... was one of five active pitchers who won 10 of their first 15 career starts, along with Francisco Liriano, Jered Weaver, Chuck James, and Brett Tomko. ÊÊPOSTSEASON: Started and lost Game 4 of the ALDS vs. Texas, 4-3...worked 4 innings and allowed 4 hits and 3 runs, all coming on solo home runs to Ian Kinsler and Adrian Beltre (2). CaReeR hIghLIghTs ÊÊIn 2010 earned a virtual clean sweep of minor league awards…was named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America and USA Today, Minor League Pitcher of the Year by Sporting News and International League Most Valuable Pitcher…after the season, was named a postseason International League All-Star, BA Minor League All-Star and a Topps Triple-A All- Star…also named Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the Rays system for a second straight year, the first pitcher to win the honor twice. ÊÊMade 4 starts over two stints for the Rays in August, and joined the bullpen on Sep 1 during his third stint…spent the rest of the season with Triple-A Durham. ÊÊMade his major league debut on Aug 2 vs. MIN and beat Carl Pavano, 4-2, to become the sixth Rays starter to win his big league debut…totaled 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 6 SO…tied the club record for fewest hits allowed and most IP by a “He has tremendous ability and skill and he has this wonderful pulse about him that permits him to be as good as he is at this early age.” — manager Joe maddon starting pitcher in his ML debut…was optioned to Durham after the game. ÊÊRetired the first 10 batters he faced, the first in Rays history to do so...ended Minnesota’s 8-game winning streak, the first pitcher to do this in his debut since 1974, when Montreal’s 8-gamer was snapped by NYM Randy Sterling— the only victory of his 3-game career. ÊÊBecame the first pitcher since 1920 to pitch 6-plus innings allowing 3 hits or fewer in each of his first 3 major league apps…in those 3 ORGANIZATION COACHES & STAFF 40-MAN ROSTER NON-ROSTER INVITES RECORDS & HISTORY YEARLY SUMMARIES OPPONENTS MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION TROPICANA FIELD & MISC. Jeremy Hellickson
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