Nate Karns
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Karns with the Seattle Mariners
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| Starting pitcher | |||
| Born: November 25, 1987 Franklin, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 28, 2013, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 9, 2016) |
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| Win–loss record | 8–8 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.09 | ||
| Strikeouts | 175 | ||
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Nathan "Nate" Karns (born November 25, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals and Tampa Bay Rays.
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Career
Karns attended James W. Martin High School in Arlington, Texas, where he played for the school's baseball team.[1] He enrolled at Texas Tech University, where he played college baseball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team.
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals selected Karns in the 12th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. His professional career was delayed as he had shoulder surgery in 2010, and didn't make his minor league debut until 2011.[2]
In 2012, he started at Class A Hagerstown, and then was promoted to Class A Advanced Potomac. His combined record was 11–4,[3] and was named the Nationals Minor Pitcher of the Year in 2012.[4] He was added to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2012.
When Ross Detwiler suffered an injury, Karns was called up to take his place in the pitching rotation, and made his major league debut on May 28, 2013.[5] He started, and lasted 4 1⁄3 innings, allowing three earned runs, five hits, and two walks, in a game the Nats won, 9–3.[6]
Tampa Bay Rays
On February 13, 2014, Karns was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for José Lobatón, Felipe Rivero and Drew Vettleson.[7]
On July 21, 2015 pitching against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia, Karns hit his first Major League home run as Rays defeated the Phillies, 1–0.[8] It was the first time since 1962 that an American League pitcher had homered in a 1-0 game.[9]
Seattle Mariners
On November 5, 2015, the Rays traded Karns, C. J. Riefenhauser, and Boog Powell to the Seattle Mariners for Brad Miller, Danny Farquhar, and Logan Morrison.[10]
Personal Life
Nathan Karns was married in December 2015 to Jennifer Karns.
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Texas Tech Red Raiders bio
- Nate Karns on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Franklin, Pennsylvania
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Washington Nationals players
- Tampa Bay Rays players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball players
- Gulf Coast Nationals players
- Auburn Doubledays players
- Hagerstown Suns players
- Potomac Nationals players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Durham Bulls players
