Ross Detwiler

Major + Left Handed Pitcher + Baseball Player

Male

Born Mar 6, 1986

Age 27

Hometown St. Louis, Missouri

Team Washington Nationals

Position Starting pitcher

Ross Emery Detwiler is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) left-handed pitcher with a mid 90s fastball that has topped out at 96 miles per hour. He throws a fastball, curveball, and changeup.

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Detwiler Goes For Nats In Cincinnati
Fox News - Apr 06, 2013

Southpaw Ross Detwiler, a former first-round draft pick, makes his fifth attempt at a first defeat of the Cincinnati Reds today when the Washington Nationals visit them for the middle game of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park.Detwiler, a 27-year-old native of St. Louis, is 0-3 in four career meetings with the Reds while posting a solid 3.13 earned run average across 23 innings of work
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Ben Berkon: Will The Washington Nationals Be The Next Baseball Dynasty?
Huffington Post Sports - Apr 05, 2013

In 2012, the Washington Nationals advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1981. Just to give you a sense of how long ago that was, Ronald Reagan was in the ninth month of his first term as president, 'Endless Love' by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie was blowing up the airwaves, and the Nationals were still the Montreal Expos. Yet, the team's 98 win season last year was no fluke. While the Nats made a big off-season acquisition by trading for Gio Gonzalez, one can really at...
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Braves Beat Out Tigers Despite Pitcher's Injury
Huffington Post Sports - Mar 27, 2013

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tim Hudson is ready to start on opening day for the Atlanta Braves. Hudson made his final start of spring training in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. Hudson allowed one earned run in four innings. It will be his third opening day start for Atlanta. The Braves open at home on Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves' staff had a bit of a setback when Jonny Venters pulled himself from the game in the sixth inning with what wa...
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Sports Nation Blog Archives Gio Gonzalez Espn
Google News - Mar 13, 2013

Toronto Star SportsNation Blog Archives Gio Gonzalez ESPN Team USA has had to claw back from deficits in a couple of games at the World Baseball Classic, but there was none of that in Tuesday's shellacking of Puerto Rico. David Wright drove in five runs, and Gio Gonzalez shut down the Puerto Rican lineup for five ... Remaining stars have US in title huntFOXSports.com US tops Puerto Rico in Gio's dominant homecomingMLB.com What Gio Gonzalez, Ross Detwiler ...
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CHILDHOOD

1986 Birth Born on March 6, 1986.

TEENAGE

2004 18 Years Old Ross Detwiler grew up in Wentzville, Missouri and graduated from Wentzville Holt High School in 2004. … Read More

TWENTIES

2006 20 Years Old In college, Detwiler pitched for Missouri State University of the Missouri Valley Conference. In 2006, he was a member of the All-MVC Tournament team, and he also pitched 10⅓ innings in two starts for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League, accruing a 1.74 ERA, striking out 14 batters, and issuing three walks before moving on to play for Team USA.

2007 21 Years Old 3 More Events

… He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft and made his debut late that season., Detwiler is a member of the Nationals' rotation.

2009 23 Years Old 1 More Event

Detwiler opened the 2009 season with the Harrisburg Senators of the Class AA Eastern League. … Read More

2010 24 Years Old On February 18, 2010, Detwiler underwent hip surgery due to a labral tear.

2011 25 Years Old 1 More Event

Detwiler made his return to major league play in July 2011 after recovering from hip surgery, and he remained in rotation for the remainder of the 2011 season.

2012 26 Years Old Detwiler was named to the starting rotation for the 2012 season. … Read More

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