AJ Blubaugh
| AJ Blubaugh | |
|---|---|
| Houston Astros – No. 69 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 4, 2000 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 30, 2025, for the Houston Astros | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 3–1 |
| Earned run average | 1.69 |
| Strikeouts | 35 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Alan Joseph Blubaugh (born July 4, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Blubaugh attended Clear Fork High School in Bellville, Ohio, and played college baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[1][2] In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3]
Professional career
[edit]Blubaugh was drafted by the Houston Astros in the seventh round, with the 223rd overall selection, of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[4]
Blubaugh spent his first professional season with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Astros and Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers. He started 2023 with the High-A Asheville Tourists before his promotion to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. After the season, Blubaugh pitched in the Arizona Fall League.[5] He split the 2024 season between Corpus Christi and the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys, accumulating a combined 12-4 record and 3.71 ERA with 133 strikeouts across 128+2⁄3 innings pitched.[6]
On April 30, 2025, Blubaugh was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[7] He made his Major League debut that day against the Detroit Tigers. Blubaugh pitched four innings, allowing five hits and two runs while walking a batter, and struck out six batters in his debut.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Campus Tour: Clear Fork grad AJ Blubaugh impressing on the mound at Wisconsin-Milwaukee".
- ^ "Dream Big: Clear Fork grad Blubaugh drafted by Astros". July 20, 2022.
- ^ "AJ Blubaugh - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "Big dreamer: Blubaugh's never-give-up attitude leads to dream-come-true draft day".
- ^ Shapiro, Michael. "Next wave of Astros' talent coming up big in Arizona Fall League". Chron.
- ^ "AJ Blubaugh - Stats - Pitching". fangraphs.com. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ "Astros Select AJ Blubaugh". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ^ Beck, Jason (April 30, 2025). "Báez's power surge in full effect as Tigers beat Astros in finale". MLB.com.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Baseball Almanac