Bobby Wahl
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| Bobby Wahl | |||||||||||||||
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 Wahl with the Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born: March 21, 1992 Springfield, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 3, 2017, for the Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||||
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| July 28, 2020, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||||||||||||||
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| Win–loss record | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 7.63 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Robert Martin Wahl (born March 21, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and Milwaukee Brewers.
Wahl played college baseball for the Ole Miss Rebels. The Athletics selected him in the 2013 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut for the Oakland Athletics in 2017, and was traded to the Mets in 2018. The Mets traded him to the Brewers before the 2019 season.
Wahl attended West Springfield High School in Springfield, Virginia, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. When he enrolled at West Springfield, he began training with Brian Snyder, a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. As a senior, he pitched his high school's baseball team into the state championship game, finishing his high school career with a 28–1 win–loss record and 284 strikeouts.[1][2] He was named the 2010 All-Met Player of the Year by the Washington Post.[3] The Cleveland Indians selected Wahl in the 39th round of the 2010 MLB draft, but he did not sign.[1]
Wahl enrolled at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), where he played college baseball for the Ole Miss Rebels baseball team. Wahl suffered elbow tendinitis during his freshman season. Though he began his career as a starting pitcher, he returned from injury as a relief pitcher, and finished the season as the Rebels' closer. After his 2011 freshman year at Ole Miss, Wahl played collegiate summer baseball for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was a closer and was named a league All-Star.[4] After his sophomore year, he joined the United States national collegiate baseball team, recording two saves in a five-game series against the Cuban national baseball team.[1]
In his junior year, Wahl shared the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week Award on April 22, 2013, with Aaron Nola of the Louisiana State Tigers after recording his first career shutout in a game against the Tennessee Volunteers.[5] Wahl finished the season with a 10–0 record and a 2.03 earned run average.[6][7] He was named a second-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association,[8] and was projected to be a first-round pick in the upcoming MLB draft by Baseball America and MLB.com.[1]