Zac Reininger
| Zac Reininger | |
|---|---|
 Reininger with the Tigers in 2019 | |
| Free agent | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 28, 1993 San Antonio, Texas | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 27, 2017, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics (through 2019 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 1–3 |
| Earned run average | 8.08 |
| Strikeouts | 40 |
| Teams | |
Zachary Ryan Reininger (born January 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers.
Career[]
Reininger attended Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas.
Detroit Tigers[]
Reininger attended Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round (246th overall) of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.[1][2] In 2015, Reininger suffered an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. As a result, Reininger missed the second half of the year in 2015 and the vast majority of the entire 2016 season.[3]
On August 23, 2017, the Detroit Tigers announced the addition of Reininger to their 40-man roster and his subsequent call-up to the active roster effective the next day.[4] At the time of his call-up, Reininger was pitching for Tigers' Triple-A affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens, where he had a 1–0 record, 1.59 ERA, and held opponents to a .179 average in 11+1⁄3 innings of work. He made his Major League debut on August 27, 2017, where he struck out a man and gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in an inning of work. Reininger was again called up on May 8, 2018, to fill in for injured players.[5] He made 18 appearances for the Tigers 2018, recording an ERA of 7.59 in 21+1⁄3 innings. At Toledo in 2018, he went 5–1 with a 2.63 ERA in 51+1⁄3 innings. Reininger was outrighted off the Tigers roster on October 23, 2019.[6] He became a minor league free agent on November 7, 2019.[7]
Oakland Athletics[]
On April 1, 2020, Reininger signed a minor league deal with the Oakland Athletics. He resigned on a minor league deal on November 2, 2020.
References[]
- ^ Allard, Marc. "Connecticut's Zac Reininger flying under the radar". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ "Reininger joins Tigers' pitching-rich Draft". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ "Erie's big arms provide hope for Tigers' future". Detroit News. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ PR, Tigers (2017-08-23). "The Tigers optioned LHP Chad Bell to Toledo (AAA). RHP Zac Reininger will have his contract selected from Toledo prior to Thursday's game". @DetroitTigersPR. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ "Jordan Zimmermann and Alex Wilson hit DL". MLB.com. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ Dylan A. Chase (October 24, 2019). "Quick Hits: Mets, Tigers, Kieboom, Bettis". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ Woodbery, Evan (2019-11-07). "Tigers' minor-league free agents include 5 who played in Detroit in 2019". mlive. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Zac Reininger on Twitter
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