Hunter Reid Gaddis (born April 9, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
| Hunter Gaddis | |
|---|---|
 Gaddis with the Cleveland Guardians in 2024 | |
| Cleveland Guardians – No. 33 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 9, 1998 Canton, Georgia, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 5, 2022, for the Cleveland Guardians | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 8–6 |
| Earned run average | 3.56 |
| Strikeouts | 95 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Amateur career
editGaddis attended Sequoyah High School in Canton, Georgia,[1] and enrolled at Georgia State University to play college baseball for the Georgia State Panthers. As a sophomore, he was named second team All-Sun Belt Conference after he went 9–4 with a 2.95 earned run average (ERA) with 98 strikeouts.[2] In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] Gaddis repeated as a second team All-Sun Belt selection as a junior despite a 1–7 record and led the conference with 112 strikeouts.[4]
Professional career
editThe Cleveland Indians selected Gaddis in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[5] After signing with the team he was initially assigned to the Arizona League Indians before being promoted to the Class A Short-Season Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Gaddis did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He spent the 2021 season with the High-A Lake County Captains and went 4–11 with a 4.16 ERA and 127 strikeouts in 97+1⁄3 innings pitched.[6] Gaddis was assigned to the Double-A Akron RubberDucks at the start of the 2022 season.[7]
On August 5, 2022, the Cleveland Guardians selected Gaddis' contract from the Triple-A Columbus Clippers.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Sequoyah alum Hunter Gaddis takes charge as early-season ace for Georgia State".
- ^ "Georgia State baseball merges youth, experience this season". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 14, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "Hunter Gaddis". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Meisel, Zack (June 10, 2019). "Meisel's Musings: Roberto Pérez's renaissance, trade-deadline planning and Brad Hand's perfection". The Athletic. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "Indians draft two more shortstops, college pitchers on Day 2 of draft". The News-Herald. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ Paquette, Todd (March 14, 2022). "Cleveland Baseball Insider's 2022 Top 50 Guardians Prospects: No. 41-50". SI.com. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "Hunter Gaddis helps Akron Rubberducks beat Harrisburg Senators". Akron Beacon Journal. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Noga, Joe (August 5, 2022). "Guardians to promote Hunter Gaddis; right-hander will start Friday's game vs. Houston". Cleveland.com. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet