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Joey devine 33
RiGHT-HAnDED PiTCHER
Height/Weight: 6-0 / 235 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
Birthdate: September 19, 1983 Opening Day Age: 27
Birthplace/Resides: Junction City, Kansas / Roswell, Georgia
Major League Service: 3 years, 171 days
Obtained: Acquired from the Atlanta Braves with Jamie Richmond for
Mark Kotsay and cash considerations, January 14, 2008
Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through 2011.
CAREER HiGHLiGHTS
Missed the entire 2009 and 2010 seasons after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery…was acquired by
the A’s from Atlanta prior to the 2008 season in the Mark Kotsay trade and posted a 0.59 ERA in 42 appearances
with Oakland…since the earned run became an official stat, his ERA was the lowest in Major
League history among pitchers with 25 or more innings pitched…was Atlanta’s first round selection in
the 2005 draft and spent parts of each of his three professional seasons in the majors with the Braves,
compiling a 6.86 ERA in 25 appearances…made his Major League debut Aug. 20, 2005, less than three
months after being drafted…also pitched in the NLDS that year against Houston…made 97 career minor
league appearances, including four starts, and was 9-9 with 26 saves, a 2.86 ERA and a .202 opponents
batting average…had 170 strikeouts in 116.1 innings, an average of 13.16 per nine innings.
2010 HiGHLiGHTS
Missed the entire season for the second consecutive year as he continued his rehab from “Tommy John”
surgery on his right elbow April 21, 2009…was one of three Oakland pitchers to miss the entire 2010
season due to “Tommy John” surgery along with Josh Outman and John Meloan.
CAREER
2009— Had “Tommy John” surgery on his right elbow and missed the entire season…made two Spring
Training appearances Feb. 26 and March 4 before he was sidelined with right elbow inflammation…
returned to make one final spring outing March 27 but began the season on the 60-day disabled list…
Dr. James Andrews performed reconstructive surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow
April 21…was one of three A’s pitchers to have “Tommy John” surgery in 2009, along with Dan Giese
(June 9) and Josh Outman (June 30).
2008—The rookie reliever was acquired from Atlanta in the Mark Kotsay trade and posted a 0.59 ERA
in 42 relief appearances with the A’s…since the earned run became an official stat (1912 in NL, 1913 in
AL), his ERA was the lowest in Major League history among pitchers with 25 or more innings pitched…
did not allow a home run in 45.2 innings pitched, which set an Oakland record for most innings pitched
in a season without a home run…topped the previous mark of 38.2 innings by Vida Blue in 1970…his
innings without a home run were second most among American League relievers in 2008 (Jim Johnson,
BAL 68.2 ip)…now has a 61-game, 60.0-inning, 241-batter homerless streak…allowed his last home
run April 7, 2006 at San Francisco (Moises Alou)…allowed a .150 opponents batting average, which
ranked second lowest among AL relievers (Grant Balfour, TB .143)…it was also second lowest in Oakland
history to Jim Roland’s .134 in 1970…allowed just three extra base hits, all doubles, and his .170
opponents slugging percentage was the lowest by a ML reliever since 1953…issued 15 walks for a
.225 on-base percentage, which was second lowest among AL relievers in 2008 and third lowest among
relievers in Oakland history…struck out 49 batters for a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.27, which was 10 th
best among AL relievers…now has 69 strikeouts in 65.1 career innings (9.51 per nine innings)…first
batters faced were 6 for 40 (.150) with a walk, a sacrifice fly (.167 on-base percentage) and no extra base
hits (.150 slugging percentage)…the on-base percentage was the lowest among ML relievers, the slugging
percentage was third lowest in the AL and the batting average was fifth lowest…now has a .158 (9
for 57) average against first batters in his career…allowed 7 of 22 (31.8%) inherited runners to score…
compiled a 6-1 record and tied for sixth among AL relievers in wins…was on the disabled list from May
26 to Aug. 1 with a right elbow inflammation…had a 1.23 ERA and .198 opponents batting average in
18 outings when he went on the DL and then did not allow an earned run while holding the opposition
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