Andrew Painter (baseball)
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| Born: April 10, 2003 Pompano Beach, Florida | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew Patrick Painter (born April 10, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
Amateur career[]
Painter attended Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[1] He committed to the University of Florida during his freshman year in 2018.[2] The summer after his freshman year, he played for the USA Baseball 15U National Team in Panama where he earned a Gold Medal and was named to the All-World team.[3][4] As a sophomore in 2019, he went 7-2 with a 1.43 ERA over 53+2⁄3 innings, leading Calvary Christian to the 4A state championship game.[5][6] That summer, he was named to the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field, being one of two juniors selected.[7] In 2020, his junior year, he gave up one run and struck out 33 batters over 15 innings before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Painter finished his senior season in 2021 with a 6-1 record and a 0.38 ERA while striking out 93 batters over 47 innings.[9] He was named the 2021 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year.[10]
Professional career[]
Painter was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round with the 13th overall selection of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[11] He signed with the Phillies for a bonus of $3.9 million.[12] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Phillies with whom he threw six scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts for the season.[13]
References[]
- ^ Villa, Walter. "Calvary Christian Emerges As South Florida Baseball Factory". www.baseballamerica.com.
- ^ "Perfect Game All-American Andrew Painter talks decision to sign with the Florida Gators". florida.rivals.com.
- ^ "CCA Sophomore Andrew Painter Named to All-World Baseball Team". Calvary Christian Academy. September 21, 2018.
- ^ "2019 Under Armour All-America Road to Wrigley – Andrew Painter". Baseball Factory. July 8, 2019.
- ^ https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-broward/article230560184.html[bare URL]
- ^ Lichtenstein, Mike Stocker, John McCall, Steve Svekis, Adam. "2019 All-County: Broward 6A-1A baseball: First team". sun-sentinel.com.
- ^ "2019 Under Armour All America Game Roster Preview". Prospects Live.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Adam. "Calvary Christian one of two schools in U.S. to have two players on Baseball America's preseason All-American team". sun-sentinel.com.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Adam. "Broward 5A-1A co-baseball players of the year: Irv Carter and Andrew Painter, Calvary Christian seniors". sun-sentinel.com.
- ^ "Calvary Christian pitcher Andrew Painter named Gatorade Florida Player of the Year".
- ^ "Phillies pick high school pitcher Andrew Painter in first round".
- ^ "Phillies sign first-round pick Andrew Painter and their first 11 selections in the MLB draft".
- ^ "Phillies notes: Touching base on Abel, Painter, Bohm, Alvarado, Eflin and Moore".
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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