Jace Fry
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| Jace Fry | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Fry with the Toledo Mud Hens in 2023 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 9, 1993 Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 5, 2017, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 21, 2021, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 5–9 |
| Earned run average | 5.04 |
| Strikeouts | 168 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Jace Hayden Fry (born July 9, 1993) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. Prior to his professional career, he played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers.
Growing up in Beaverton, Oregon, Fry played Little League Baseball. His team, Murrayhill Little League, represented the Northwest in the 2006 Little League World Series, where the team made it to the U.S. championship game.[1][2]
Fry graduated from Southridge High School in Beaverton,[3] and committed to enroll at Oregon State University on a college baseball scholarship. The Oakland Athletics selected Fry in the ninth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, but Oakland did not offer Fry a sufficient signing bonus to convince him to forego college.[4] Over the summer of 2011, Fry pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League (WCL). Fry injured his back in the WCL championship game, and required surgery.[5]
In his freshman year with the Oregon State Beavers baseball team, he had a 5–3 win–loss record and a 2.45 earned run average (ERA) in 13 games started.[4][5] In June 2012, he underwent Tommy John surgery after a 75% tear of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow. Baseball America named Fry a Second Team Freshman All-American. After recovering from surgery, Fry pitched to a 0–1 record with a 4.70 ERA in six appearances in 2013. During the 2014 season, he pitched a no-hitter on March 8 against the Northern Illinois Huskies.[4] He finished the season with a record of 11–2 and a 1.80 ERA. He was named the Pac-12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year.[6] Collegiate Baseball named Fry a First Team All-American.[7]