David Phelps (baseball)

David Phelps
New York Yankees — No. --
Pitcher
Born: October 9, 1986 (1986-10-09) (age 25) Saint Louis, Missouri
Bats: Right	Throws: Right

David Edward Phelps (born October 9, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees farm system.^[1] He bats, and throws right handed, is 6 feet and 3 inches tall, and 190 pounds.^[1]

Baseball career

Phelps attended Hazelwood West High School in Hazelwood, Missouri, where he played basketball and baseball. For the baseball team, he was named to the All-Conference Team as both an outfielder and pitcher as a sophomore, and as team captain and to the All-Conference, All-Metro Performer, and team captain as a junior and senior. He was a member of the National Honor Society.^[2]

Though he was ranked as the sixth best prospect from Missouri prior to the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, he was not selected due to his strong commitment to enroll at the University of Notre Dame, where he pitched for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team.^[2] As a freshman, Phelps pitched sparsely as a reliever. As a sophomore, he pitched in the starting rotation, earning Big East All-Conference First Team, Academic All-District and Academic All-American honors.^[2] He struggled in his junior season.^[2] While in college, he also pitched for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska Baseball League and Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League.^[2]

Phelps was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 14th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Phelps was named to the 2010 Eastern League All-Star Game.^[3] He currently plays for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.^[1] Phelps was named the Yankees minor league pitcher of the year for 2010.^[4] He was added to the Yankees 40 man roster after the 2011 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "David Phelps Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Stats". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. December 21, 2010. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t531&t=p_pbp&pid=475479. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Prospect Profile: David Phelps | River Avenue Blues". Riveraveblues.com. December 22, 2010. http://riveraveblues.com/2010/12/prospect-profile-david-phelps-40308/. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
3. ^ "Thunder to send 4 to All-Star Game – Laird, Romine, Phelps, Pendleton on Eastern squad". NJ.com. June 30, 2010. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2010/06/thunder_to_send_4_to_all-star.html. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
4. ^ "Nunez, Phelps pick up organizational honors". Yankees.lhblogs.com. February 25, 2011. http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2011/02/25/nunez-phelps-pick-up-organizational-honors/. Retrieved June 2, 2011. 
5. ^ Yankees add five players to 40-man roster/

External links

• Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Player Bio: David Phelps – University of Notre Dame Official Athletics Site
• Phelps Breaking Out – Scout.com
• Prospect Profile: David Phelps | River Ave. Blues

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Name	Phelps, David
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Date of birth	October 9, 1986
Place of birth	Saint Louis, Missouri
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