George Kirby (baseball)
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George Joseph Kirby (born February 8, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.
Career[edit]
Kirby graduated from Rye High School in Rye, New York, where he played baseball. As a senior, he went 6-0 with a 0.32 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 43 1⁄3 innings.[1] He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 32nd round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft,[2] but did not sign and instead chose to attend Elon University to play college baseball for the Elon Phoenix.
As a freshman at Elon in 2017, Kirby appeared in 16 games (five starts) and pitched to a 1-3 record with a 4.84 ERA, striking out 55 batters in 61 1⁄3 innings.[3] He was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team.[4] In 2018, as a sophomore, Kirby appeared and started in 15 games, going 10-3 with a 2.89 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 90 1⁄3 innings.[5] He earned a spot on the All-CAA Second Team.[6] After the season, Kirby played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Harwich Mariners where he posted a 1.38 ERA in 13 innings.[7] Prior to the 2019 season, Kirby was named a preseason All-American by both Baseball America[8] and Perfect Game.[9] He was named the 2019 CAA Pitcher of the Year[10] after going 8-2 with a 2.75 ERA in 14 starts, striking out 107 batters and walking only six in 88 1⁄3 innings.[11]
Considered to be one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Kirby was drafted by the Seattle Mariners with the 20th overall pick.[12] He signed with Seattle for $3.24 million.[13] After signing, he was assigned to the Everett AquaSox,[14][15] with whom he spent all of the 2019 season. Over nine games (eight starts), Kirby compiled a 2.35 ERA, striking out 25 over 23 innings.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rye's George Kirby 'anxious' heading into MLB draft". lohud.com. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "RYE'S KIRBY DRAFTED BY NY METS IN 32ND ROUND". MyRye.com. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "George Kirby could be Elon's highest-ever draft pick". The 3rd Man In. 2019-02-11. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "UNCW'S GOLDEN HEADLINES ALL-CAA BASEBALL TEAM". caasports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Kyle Brnovich, George Kirby Are Attracting MLB Scouts' Attention At Elon". Baseball America. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "MCCONNELL, ROONEY HEADLINE 2018 ALL-CAA BASEBALL TEAM". caasports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "2018 Cape Cod League Top Prospects 41-50". Baseball America. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Wallner, Ginn, Caracci earn preseason All-American honors from Baseball America". WTVA. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Elon's Kirby, Kennedy collect major CAA baseball honors". The Times-News. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Baseball: Rye's George Kirby ready for life-changing 2019 MLB draft". lohud.com. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ↑ "MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ↑ "MLB Draft Tracker".
- ↑ "Top draftees, prospects begin short-season play".
- ↑ "M's top pick Kirby slated to start pitching for AquaSox in July". 2019-06-22.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
- Elon Phoenix bio
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