Andy Van Hekken
| Andy Van Hekken | |||||||||||||||
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| Starting pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: July 31, 1979 Holland, Michigan | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 3, 2002, for the Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||
| CPBL: August 21, 2007, for the Macoto Cobras | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: April 13, 2012, for the Nexen Heroes | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: March 27, 2016, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 27, 2002, for the Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: July 8, 2016, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: September 29, 2017, for the Nexen Heroes | |||||||||||||||
| CPBL: October 14, 2018, for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 73–42 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.56 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 860 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 0–4 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 6.31 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| CPBL statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 4–6 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.24 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 46 | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew William Van Hekken (born July 31, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Early years
He attended Lakeview Elementary School and later Holland High School in Michigan.
Professional career
Van Hekken was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round of the 1998 MLB draft.
In 1999, he was traded to the
Cleveland Indians. As of March 2017, he was the last Major League pitcher to pitch a complete-game shutout in his debut.[1]
In 5 starts for the Tigers, he sported an ERA of 3.00 in 30 innings pitched, he had the same amount of strikeouts (5) as starts (5). He finished with a 1.5 K/9. He would never be called up to the Majors again in his career.
After becoming a free agent in 2004, Van Hekken has bounced around multiple organizations. From 2005 to 2011 he has pitched for
Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals and the Houston Astros
. With Houston, he remained with them from 2008 to 2011, pitching no higher than Triple-A.
Van Hekken signed a one-year contract for the 2014 season with the
Nexen Heroes
for the remainder of the 2016 season and the 2017 season. He became a free agent following the 2017 season.
On April 17, 2018, Van Hekken signed with the
Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League
.
Van Hekken retired following the 2018 season.[3]
References
- ^ Morosi, Jon Paul (March 30, 2017). "Andy Van Hekken still pitching at age 37". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ Andy Van Hekken relishes summer of 2000 with West Michigan Whitecaps, joining team's Hall of Fame – News Holland Sentinel Holland, Michigan
- Booth Newspapers. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- Holland native Andy Van Hekken honored to join Whitecaps Hall of Fame | MLive.com
- Andy Van Hekken…3148 Days and Counting – Ultimate Astros
External links
- Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization
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