Tanner Bibee
| Tanner Bibee | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Bibee with the Cleveland Guardians in 2023 | |
| Cleveland Guardians – No. 28 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 5, 1999 Mission Viejo, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 26, 2023, for the Cleveland Guardians | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 22–12 |
| Earned run average | 3.25 |
| Strikeouts | 328 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tanner Hayes Bibee (/ˈbaɪbiː/ BY-bee;[1] born March 5, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Amateur career
[edit]Bibee attended Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California and California State University, Fullerton, where he played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans.[2][3] In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4] Bibee was eligible for the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft, but went undrafted and returned to Fullerton for his senior year.
Professional career
[edit]The Cleveland Guardians selected Bibee in the fifth round of the 2021 MLB Draft.[5] He made his professional debut in 2022 with the Lake County Captains.[6] Splitting the year between Lake County and the Double-A Akron RubberDucks, Bibee worked to a combined 8-2 record and 2.17 ERA with 167 strikeouts in 1322⁄3 innings pitched across 25 starts. He began the 2023 season with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, posting a 2-0 record and 1.76 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 3 starts.[7]
On April 26, 2023, Bibee was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[8] He made his major league debut the same day as the starting pitcher against the Colorado Rockies. In his debut, Bibee became the first Cleveland pitcher in the live-ball era (1920-present) to record at least five consecutive strikeouts in a Major League debut. He ended the game with a final line of 52⁄3 innings pitched with 8 strikeouts and 1 earned run while recording his first career win.[9] In 25 starts for Cleveland, Bibee posted a 10–4 record and 2.98 ERA with 141 strikeouts in 142.0 innings of work.[10] On September 24, it was announced that Bibee would miss the remainder of the year with right hip inflammation, and was subsequently placed on the 60–day injured list.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Sheehan, Bill. "Feature: As MLB draft nears, Fullerton’s Big West Scholar Athlete Tanner Bibee Finds Himself at Crossroads," California State University, Fullerton Athletics, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "Competitive fire fuels Mission Viejo's Tanner Bibee". April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Thrown a curve, Tanner Bibee turns his focus to the Major Leagues". March 31, 2020.
- ^ "#36 Tanner Bibee". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "CSUF pitcher drafted by the Cleveland Guardians".
- ^ "Captains starting pitcher Tanner Bibee hit twice in 3–1 loss to Lansing". April 27, 2022.
- ^ "Tanner Bibee College, Amateur, & Minor League Statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ Adams, Steve (April 26, 2023). "Guardians Promote Tanner Bibee, Designate Konnor Pilkington For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors.
- ^ "Guardians prospect Bibee makes historic debut". mlb.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Guardians' Tanner Bibee: Season may be over". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ "Guardians' Tanner Bibee: Shifts to 60-day IL". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Akron RubberDucks players
- Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball players
- Cleveland Guardians players
- Columbus Clippers players
- Lake County Captains players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Mission Viejo, California
- Baseball players from Orange County, California
- Wareham Gatemen players
- Mission Viejo High School alumni