Joe Beimel
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| Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 97 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| April 8, 2001 for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through March 3, 2007) |
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| Wins | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 188 |
| Earned run average | 4.71 |
| Former teams | |
Joseph Ronald Beimel (born April 19, 1977) is a relief pitcher for the Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers.
[edit] High school/college years
Beimel attended St. Mary's Area High School and was a letterman in football, wrestling, basketball, and baseball. He played two seasons of junior college baseball at Allegany College of Maryland in Cumberland, Maryland and one season at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers after his freshman year in college and by the Pirates after his junior year. He is the fifth Major League Baseball player to come out of the Allegany College of Maryland program. The four other Allegany Trojans to make the big leagues were John Kruk, Stan Belinda, Steve Kline and Scott Seabol.
[edit] Trivia
- In the 2006 season, he wore #97 for the Dodgers, which is the highest number ever used by the Dodgers in its history. The number represents the year of his first child's birth.
- Before the 2006 divisional series between the Dodgers and Mets began, Beimel cut his hand on glass at a bar in New York. At first he claimed that it happened in his hotel room, before divulging the truth after the Dodgers lost to the Mets three games to none. [1]
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- Official profile at mlb.com - career statistics and analysis
- Beimel apologizes to Dodgers teammates
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