Back كرايج بريسلو ARZ Craig Breslow French クレイグ・ブレスロウ Japanese 크레이그 브레슬로우 Korean Craig Breslow Slovenian 克雷格·布雷斯洛 Chinese
| Craig Breslow | |
|---|---|
 Breslow with the Boston Red Sox in 2006 | |
| Boston Red Sox | |
| Chief Baseball Officer / Pitcher | |
| Born: August 8, 1980 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 23, 2005, for the San Diego Padres | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 2017, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 23–30 |
| Earned run average | 3.45 |
| Strikeouts | 442 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Craig Andrew Breslow (/ˈbrɛzloʊ/; born August 8, 1980) is an American baseball executive and former professional baseball pitcher. He is currently the Chief Baseball Officer of the Boston Red Sox. Breslow pitched for 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox (including as a member of the 2013 World Series championship team), Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Miami Marlins. He also pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Breslow was selected in the 26th round of the 2002 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, and debuted in MLB with the Padres in 2005. He made his final MLB appearance during the 2017 season. As of the end of the 2018 season, he ranked fourth among all active left-handed MLB pitchers in career appearances.
As a senior at Yale University, where he majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Breslow led the Ivy League with a 2.56 earned run average. During his MLB career, he was called the "smartest man in baseball" by reporters at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.[1][2][3][4] In 2010, the Sporting News named him the smartest athlete on their top 20 list.[5]
- ^ Neal III, La Velle E. (December 26, 2008). "Figuring out the R.A. Dickey signing". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
- ^ Slusser, Susan (May 21, 2009). "A's leading off". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Lockard, Melissa (May 20, 2009). "A's Claim Lefty; Move Ellis to 60-Day DL". Scout.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Turbow, Jason (June 16, 2009). "Who Has the Brainiest Team in Baseball?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ^ "SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports". Sporting News. September 23, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.