Mike Leake
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Leake with the Cincinnati Reds
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 8 | |||
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Born: November 12, 1987 San Diego, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 11, 2010, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 73–64 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.99 | ||
| Strikeouts | 855 | ||
| WHIP | 1.28 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| World University Championship | ||
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2008 Brno | National team |
Michael Raymond Leake (born November 12, 1987), is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants, and played college baseball for Arizona State University.
Leake is the first player since Xavier Nady, when he was with the San Diego Padres in 2000, to go directly from the draft to the major leagues, and is the first starting pitcher to accomplish the feat since left-hander Jim Abbott of the California Angels in 1989. He also was the first Cincinnati Red to do so since the abolition of the Bonus Rule after the 1965 season (shortstop Bobby Henrich, pitcher Jay Hook, and catcher Don Pavletich, who did so in 1957, all were "Bonus Babies").
Leake was born in San Diego, California, and grew up in Valley Center, California, the son of Chris and Sarah Leake. Both his brother and his father call him Mikey. Leake grew up as a Seattle Mariners fan and idolized Vladimir Guerrero and Nolan Ryan among others. He started playing baseball at age 5 by tagging along with his older brother everywhere – to the point where Ryan complained about Mike to his parents. Chris and Sarah Leake convinced Ryan to put up with Mike and teach him how to carry himself both on and off the field.
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