2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
National League
Table:
Pitchers

Player
Team
All-Star Games

Madison Bumgarner
Giants
1

Aroldis Chapman
Reds
2

Patrick Corbin
Diamondbacks
1

José Fernández
Marlins
1

Jason Grilli
Pirates
1

Matt Harvey
Mets
1

Clayton Kershaw
Dodgers
3

Craig Kimbrel
Braves
3

Cliff Lee
Phillies
4

Jeff Locke#
Pirates
1

Mark Melancon[F]
Pirates
1

Edward Mujica[K]
Cardinals
1

Sergio Romo[G]
Giants
1

Adam Wainwright#
Cardinals
2

Travis Wood
Cubs
1

Jordan Zimmermann#
Nationals
1

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Madison Kyle Bumgarner ( born August 1 , 1989 ) , commonly known by his nickname , MadBum , is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants . Bumgarner has won three World Series championships ( 2010 , 2012 , 2014 ) and two Silver Slugger Awards ( 2014 , 2015 ) . He has also been selected to four National League All-Star teams and has the most strikeouts in franchise history by a Giants left-handed pitcher . Bumgarner played high school baseball at South Caldwell High School in Hudson , North Carolina , where he helped his team win the 2007 4A State Championship . After graduating , he was selected with the tenth overall pick in the 2007 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants . He and Buster Posey both made their major league debuts in 2009 , and have since established a reputation as one of the best batteries in recent MLB history . Bumgarner pitched eight scoreless innings in Game 4 of the 2010 World Series , helping win the franchise 's first World Series in San Francisco and the first since 1954 . Two years later , Bumgarner pitched seven more scoreless innings in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series . Bumgarner became the ace of a Giants pitching staff that won three World Series championships in a five-year span . After setting the World Series record for the lowest earned run average , he was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2014 World Series , the 2014 Babe Ruth Award winner , the 2014 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year , and the 2014 Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year .
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams , and renamed three years later the New York Giants , the team eventually moved to San Francisco in 1958 . As one of the longest-established and most successful professional baseball teams , the franchise has won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball . The team was the first major league team based in New York City , most memorably playing at the legendary Polo Grounds . They have won 23 NL pennants and have played in 20 World Series competitions - both NL records . The Giants ' eight World Series championships rank second in the National League and fifth overall ( the New York Yankees are first with 27 , then the St. Louis Cardinals ( the National League record-holders ) with 11 , and the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox both with 9 ) . The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times - 14 times in New York , six in San Francisco - but boycotted the event in 1904 . Playing as the New York Giants , they won 14 pennants and five World Series championships behind managers such as John McGraw and Bill Terry and players such as Christy Mathewson , Carl Hubbell , Mel Ott , Bobby Thomson , and Willie Mays . The Giants ' franchise has the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball . The Giants ' rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the longest-standing and biggest rivalries in American sports . The teams began their rivalry as the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers , respectively , before both franchises moved west for the 1958 season .
Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz ( Spanish : [ aˈɾoldis ˈtʃapman ] ; born February 28 , 1988 ) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín . Chapman bats and throws left-handed , and is nicknamed the Cuban Missile or the Cuban Flame Thrower . Chapman pitched for Holguín domestically and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team . He defected from Cuba in 2009 and signed a contract with the Reds in 2010 . Chapman made his MLB debut that season . He won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award as the best relief pitcher for July 2012 , and has been named to four straight National League All-Star teams from 2012 to 2015 . The Reds traded Chapman to the Yankees after the 2015 season , and the Yankees traded Chapman to the Cubs during the 2016 season . With the Cubs , Chapman won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series . He signed with the Yankees after the 2016 season . On July 11 , 2014 , Chapman broke the record , previously held by Bruce Sutter , for the most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout , having struck out at least one batter in 40 consecutive appearances . Chapman 's streak began on August 21 , 2013 , and lasted 49 consecutive games over two seasons , with the 49th and final game being on August 13 , 2014 .
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . They were a charter member of the American Association in 1882 and joined the NL in 1890 . The Reds played in the NL West division from 1969 to 1993 , before joining the Central division in 1994 . They have won five World Series championships , nine NL pennants , one AA pennant , and 10 division titles . The team plays its home games at Great American Ball Park , which opened in 2003 replacing Riverfront Stadium . Bob Castellini has been chief executive officer since 2006 . From 1882 to 2019 , the Reds ' overall win-loss record is 10,599-10,393 ( a 0.505 winning percentage ) .
Patrick Alan Corbin ( born July 19 , 1989 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks . At Cicero - North Syracuse High School , Corbin did not pitch for his high school 's baseball team until his junior season . He played college baseball at Mohawk Valley Community College and Chipola College . The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim drafted Corbin in the second round of the 2009 MLB draft . The Angels traded Corbin to the Diamondbacks in 2010 as part of a package for Dan Haren . Corbin made his MLB debut with the Diamondbacks in 2012 , and was named an All-Star in 2013 . Corbin missed the 2014 season due to an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow . He returned to the Diamondbacks in 2015 , but struggled , and was removed from the starting rotation in 2016 . After returning to the rotation in 2017 , Corbin started for the Diamondbacks on Opening Day in 2018 . Corbin was named an All-Star for the second time in his career in 2018 before joining the Washington Nationals for the 2019 season .
The Arizona Diamondbacks , often shortened as the D-backs , are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix , Arizona . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) West division . The team plays its home games at Chase Field , formerly known as Bank One Ballpark . The Diamondbacks have won one World Series championship ( defeating the New York Yankees in 2001 ) - becoming the fastest expansion team in Major League history to win a championship , which it did in only the fourth season since the franchise 's inception .
José Delfín Fernández Gómez ( July 31 , 1992 - September 25 , 2016 ) was a Cuban-born American professional baseball pitcher . He stood 6 feet 3 inches ( 1.91 m ) tall and weighed 243 pounds ( 110 kg ) during his playing career . He was affectionately known as Niño by his teammates and fans due to the youthful exuberance with which he played the game . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Miami Marlins from 2013 until his death in 2016 . Fernández was born in Santa Clara , Cuba . He made three unsuccessful attempts at defecting to the United States before he finally succeeded in 2008 . He enrolled at Braulio Alonso High School in Tampa , Florida , and was selected by the Marlins in the first round of the 2011 MLB draft . Fernández made his MLB debut with the Marlins on April 7 , 2013 . He was named to the 2013 National League All-Star Team , and won the National League ( NL ) Rookie of the Month Award in July and August . After the season , he won the NL Rookie of the Year Award and finished third in Cy Young Award balloting . He underwent Tommy John surgery during the 2014 season and was named to his second All-Star Game in 2016 . Fernández was the pilot when he and two other men were killed in a pre-dawn boating crash into a jetty off the coast of Miami Beach , Florida , on September 25 , 2016 .
The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami , Florida . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . Their home park is Marlins Park . Though one of only two MLB franchises to have never won a division title ( the other being the Colorado Rockies ) , the Marlins have won two World Series championships as a wild card team . The team began play as an expansion team in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins and played home games from their inaugural season to the 2012 season at what was originally called Joe Robbie Stadium , which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Since the 2012 season , they have played at Marlins Park in downtown Miami , on the site of the former Orange Bowl . The new park , unlike their previous home ( which was criticized in its baseball configuration for poor sight lines in some locations ) , was designed foremost as a baseball park . Per an agreement with the city and Miami-Dade County ( which owns the park ) , the Marlins officially changed their name to the Miami Marlins on November 11 , 2011 . They also adopted a new logo , color scheme , and uniforms . The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship in every postseason they have qualified for to date , having won the World Series in 1997 and 2003 as National League wild card team . They also have the distinction of being the only franchise in the major four North American professional sports leagues ( MLB , NBA , NFL , NHL ) to have never lost a playoff round . They defeated the American League ( AL ) champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series , with shortstop Édgar Rentería driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the 11th inning of the seventh and deciding game .
Jason Michael Grilli ( born November 11 , 1976 ) is an American former professional baseball pitcher . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Florida Marlins , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , Colorado Rockies , Pittsburgh Pirates , Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , Atlanta Braves , Toronto Blue Jays , and Texas Rangers . Taken as the fourth overall selection of the 1997 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants , Grilli was one of the top starting pitcher prospects in all of Minor League Baseball , ranked 54th in 1998 and 44th in 1999 . The Giants traded him to the Florida Marlins in 1999 , for whom he debuted on May 11 , 2000 . In 2011 , Grilli 's career took off as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates . That year , he carried a 2.48 earned run average ( ERA ) and 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings ( K/9 ) rate in 32 innings pitched ( IP ) , and further improved in 2012 , when his strikeout rate climbed to 13.8 . In 2013 , Grilli made his first All-Star team and became Pittsburgh 's closer at the age of 36 . From 2011-14 , he compiled a 3.09 ERA with 11.9 K/9 , 3.3 BB/9 and a 34.2 percent ground-ball rate in ​195 1⁄3 IP .
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Founded in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Allegheny , the franchise has won five World Series championships . The Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos ( derived from buccaneer , a synonym for pirate ) . The team plays its home games at PNC Park , its home since 2001 . The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909-1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium , so named because of its location near the confluence of the Allegheny , Monongahela , and Ohio rivers , from 1970-2000 . The franchise joined the NL in its eighth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years , winning three NL titles from 1901 to 1903 , playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner . The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history , most famously winning the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees on a series-winning walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski , the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run . They also won the 1971 World Series , led by the talent of Roberto Clemente , and the 1979 World Series under the slogan We Are Family , led by Pops Willie Stargell . After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( winning three straight NL East Division titles ) , the Pirates struggled mightily over the following 20 years , with 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993 to 2012 - the longest such streak in American professional sports history - before posting a winning record in 2013 of 94-68 , qualifying them for the NL Wild Card . They advanced to the NL Division Series round , where they lost in 5 games to the St. Louis Cardinals . The Pirates made the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015 , losing in the Wild Card Game both times .
Matthew Edward Harvey ( born March 27 , 1989 ) , often nicknamed The Dark Knight , is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent . He has played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the New York Mets , Cincinnati Reds , and Los Angeles Angels . Harvey played at Fitch Senior High School in Groton , Connecticut , and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The Mets selected Harvey in the 2010 MLB draft as the seventh overall pick . In his major league debut on July 26 , 2012 , against the Arizona Diamondbacks , Harvey set a new club record with 11 strikeouts while earning his first career victory . Harvey had a breakout season in 2013 , being selected to play in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game . Harvey then missed the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery but returned to top form in 2015 , helping lead the Mets to the pennant . His career , once promising during his first two seasons , has since been derailed by ineffectiveness mainly due to injuries , including Tommy John surgery , thoracic outlet syndrome , and a stress fracture in the scapula . After a disappointing start to the 2018 season , Harvey was traded to the Cincinnati Reds . He signed with the Los Angeles Angels in 2019 , but was released midway through the season after posting a 3-5 record with a 7.09 earned run average .
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . They are one of two MLB teams based in New York City , the other being the New York Yankees of the American League ( AL ) . One of baseball 's first expansion teams , the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York 's departed NL teams , the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants . The team 's colors combine the Dodgers ' blue and the Giants ' orange . For the 1962 and 1963 seasons , the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds . From 1964 to 2008 , their home ballpark was Shea Stadium . In 2009 , they moved into their current ballpark , Citi Field . In their inaugural season , the Mets posted a record of 40-120 , the worst regular season record since MLB went to a 162-game schedule . The team never finished better than second-to-last until the Miracle Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series , one of the biggest upsets in World Series history . Since then , they have played in four World Series , including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven-game loss to the Oakland Athletics , a second championship in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox , a Subway Series loss against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in 2000 , and a five-game loss to the Kansas City Royals in 2015 . The Mets qualified to play in the MLB postseason in 1988 and 2006 , coming within one game of the World Series both years .
Clayton Edward Kershaw ( born March 19 , 1988 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . A left-handed starting pitcher , Kershaw has played 12 seasons in the major leagues since he debuted in 2008 . He is an eight-time All-Star , three-time National League ( NL ) Cy Young Award winner , and the 2014 NL Most Valuable Player . His 2.44 career earned run average ( ERA ) and 1.01 walks plus hits per inning pitched rate ( WHIP ) are the lowest among starters in the live-ball era ( minimum 1,000 innings pitched ) . Kershaw has a career hits allowed per nine innings pitched average of 6.78 , the second-lowest in MLB history . He has been described throughout the majority of his career as the best pitcher in baseball . Kershaw was drafted seventh overall in the 2006 MLB draft . He worked his way through the Dodgers ' farm system in just one full season , and reached the majors at 20 years old . When he debuted in 2008 , he was the youngest player in MLB , a title he held for one full year . In 2011 , he won the pitching Triple Crown and the NL Cy Young Award , becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985 . During the 2013 offseason , the Dodgers signed Kershaw to a franchise record seven-year , $ 215 million contract extension . Kershaw pitched a no-hitter on June 18 , 2014 , becoming the 22nd Dodger to do so .
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Established in 1883 in Brooklyn , New York , the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season . They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962 . The Dodgers have won six World Series championships and twenty three National League pennants . Eleven NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers , winning a total of thirteen MVP Awards ; eight Cy Young Award winners have also pitched for the Dodgers , winning a total of twelve Cy Young Awards . The team has eighteen Rookie of the Year Award winners , more than twice as many as the second place New York Yankees 8 . The Dodgers have had four consecutive Rookies of the Year from 1979 to 1982 and five in a row from 1992 to 1996 .
Craig Michael Kimbrel ( born May 28 , 1988 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played for the Atlanta Braves , San Diego Padres , and Boston Red Sox . He is a seven-time All-Star , two-time Reliever of the Year , and a 2018 World Series champion . He is known for his triple-digit fastball , as well as his unique pre-pitch stare . Listed at 6 feet 0 inches ( 1.83 m ) and 210 pounds ( 95 kg ) , he both throws and bats right-handed . As a rookie with the Braves in 2011 , Kimbrel was named their closer , and set an MLB record for saves by a rookie , with 46 . He was awarded the National League 's ( NL ) 2011 Rookie of the Year Award . He led the NL in saves for four consecutive seasons , from 2011 through 2014 . He recorded his 200th save in June 2015 with the Padres , and his 300th save in May 2018 with the Red Sox , making him youngest pitcher in MLB history to reach the milestone .
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . The team played its home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium from 1966 to 1996 , and at Turner Field from 1997 to 2016 . Since 2017 , their home stadium has been Truist Park ( formerly SunTrust Park ) , located 10 miles ( 16 km ) northwest of downtown Atlanta in Cobb County , Georgia . The Braves play spring training games at CoolToday Park in North Port , Florida . The name Braves , which was first used in 1912 , originates from a term for a Native American warrior . They are nicknamed the Bravos , and often referred to as America 's Team in reference to the team 's games being broadcast on the nationally available TBS from the 1970s until 2007 , giving the team a nationwide fan base . From 1991 to 2005 , the Braves were one of the most successful teams in baseball , winning division titles an unprecedented 14 consecutive times ( omitting the strike-shortened 1994 season in which there were no official division champions ) , and producing one of the greatest pitching rotations in the history of baseball . Most notably , this rotation consisted of pitchers Greg Maddux , John Smoltz , and Tom Glavine . Pitcher Steve Avery also was a significant contributor to the rotation during the period of 1991-1993 . The Braves won the National League West division from 1991 to 1993 , and after divisional realignment , the National League East division from 1995 to 2005 . They returned to the playoffs as the National League Wild Card in 2010 .
Clifton Phifer Lee ( born August 30 , 1978 ) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher . Lee played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Cleveland Indians , Philadelphia Phillies , Seattle Mariners , and Texas Rangers . He stood 6 feet 3 inches ( 191 cm ) and weighed 205 pounds ( 93 kg ) , while playing . During his school days , Lee played baseball at Benton High School and attended Meridian Community College and the University of Arkansas before being drafted by the Montreal Expos in the fourth round of the 2000 draft . After playing with the Expos minor-league affiliate Harrisburg Senators , Lee was traded in 2002 to the Cleveland Indians and was first called up to the big leagues later that season . He was traded to the Phillies in 2009 , then traded to the Mariners and Rangers , eventually returning to the Phillies as a free agent in 2011 . A four-time All-Star , Lee won the American League ( AL ) Cy Young Award in 2008 as a member of the Indians , after leading the AL in wins and lowest earned run average ( ERA ) . Lee won his first seven postseason starts . As a Phillie , he went 4-0 in the 2009 postseason , including a complete game in the 2009 World Series against the New York Yankees . The following season , Lee led the Rangers to a shutout win , defeating the Yankees 8-0 in the 2010 ALCS , en route to reaching the 2010 World Series . Lee threw and batted left-handed and could count on three different fastballs , the four-seam , two-seam , and cutter , in his pitching arsenal . Other pitches at his command included the slider , curveball , and change-up .
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team 's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . The Phillies are the oldest , continuous , one-name , one-city franchise in American professional sports . The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ) and seven National League pennants , the first of which came in 1915 . Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903 , the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons ( and 97 seasons from the club 's establishment ) before they won their first World Series - longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century . They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball . The Phillies have won 11 division titles , including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 ; these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League . The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883 , replacing the team from Worcester , Massachusetts , in the National League . The team has played at several stadiums in the city , beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park , which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium , and now Citizens Bank Park . The team 's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater , Florida , where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Spectrum Field . Other Class-A affiliates are the Lakewood BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood , New Jersey , and the Williamsport Crosscutters , who play in Williamsport , Pennsylvania .
Jeffrey Alan Locke ( born November 20 , 1987 ) is an American former professional baseball pitcher . He previously played for the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates , where he was an All-Star in 2013 .
Mark David Melancon ( /məˈlænsən/ mə-LAN-sən ; born March 28 , 1985 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played for the New York Yankees , Houston Astros , Boston Red Sox , Pittsburgh Pirates , Washington Nationals , and San Francisco Giants . Melancon was an MLB All-Star in 2013 , 2015 and 2016 . He led the National League in saves in 2015 , and won the Trevor Hoffman Award that year .
Edward José Mujica ( Spanish pronunciation : [ muˈxika ] ; born May 10 , 1984 ) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Cleveland Indians , San Diego Padres , Florida/Miami Marlins , St. Louis Cardinals , Boston Red Sox , Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers .
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis , Missouri . The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006 . One of the nation 's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs , the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships , more than any other NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees . The team has won 19 National League pennants , third-most of any team . St. Louis has also won 14 division titles in the East and Central divisions . In 1881 , entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased the Brown Stockings barnstorming club , renamed it the St. Louis Browns , and made it a charter member of the American Association ( AA ) baseball league . The team won four league championships , qualifying them to play in the era 's professional baseball championship tournament , a forerunner of the modern World Series . In two of these championships , the Browns met the Chicago White Stockings , launching the enduring Cardinals-Cubs rivalry . In 1892 , the Browns - also called the Perfectos - joined the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs , later renamed the National League . In 1900 , the team was renamed the Cardinals . ( Two years later , an unrelated St. Louis Browns team joined the American League . )
Sergio Francisco Romo ( born March 4 , 1983 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He has previously played for the San Francisco Giants , Los Angeles Dodgers , Tampa Bay Rays , and Miami Marlins . As a closer for the Giants , he recorded three saves during the 2012 World Series , helping the Giants win the title . During the playoffs , he had saves in the clinching games of the NL Division Series and the World Series .
Adam Parrish Wainwright ( born August 30 , 1981 ) , nicknamed Uncle Charlie , is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . The Atlanta Braves selected him 29th overall in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft from Glynn Academy in Brunswick , Georgia . His performance in the minor leagues brought him notice as one of the Braves ' top pitching prospects . The Braves traded him to the Cardinals after the 2003 season , receiving outfielder J. D. Drew in a deal which has since been considered lopsided in favor of the Cardinals . Wainwright made his MLB debut on September 11 , 2005 , against the New York Mets . After spending his first full MLB season as a relief pitcher , Wainwright briefly assumed closer duties , saving the series-clinching games of both the 2006 National League Championship Series and World Series . The next season , he returned to starting pitching , a role in which he has since remained , except for 2011 , which he missed due to Tommy John surgery . He emerged as an ace as he led the National League multiple times in wins , innings pitched , and games started . He also has multiple top-ten finishes in earned run average , strikeouts , walks plus hits per inning pitched , and complete games . In 2014 , he became the first pitcher in Major League history to post 9 of his first 18 starts with seven innings pitched and no runs allowed . In his career , Wainwright has won more than 150 games , three All-Star selections , two Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and finished in the top three in the Cy Young Award balloting four times . With 1,776 strikeouts in his career to date , Wainwright is second to Bob Gibson ( 3,117 ) in Cardinals franchise history in strikeouts .
Travis Alan Wood ( born February 6 , 1987 ) is an American former professional baseball pitcher . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs , Kansas City Royals , and San Diego Padres .
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field , located on the city 's North Side . The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago ; the other , the Chicago White Sox , is a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The Cubs , first known as the White Stockings , were a founding member of the NL in 1876 , becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903 . The Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series . The 1906 Cubs won 116 games , finishing 116-36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763 , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ( The Hitless Wonders ) by four games to two . The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908 , becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series , and the first to win it twice . Most recently , the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series , which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought , both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball . The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports . Since the start of divisional play in 1969 , the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season . The Cubs are known as the North Siders , a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago , and in contrast to the White Sox , whose home field ( Guaranteed Rate Field ) is located on the South Side .
Jordan M. Zimmermann ( born May 23 , 1986 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played for the Washington Nationals . Zimmermann is a two-time MLB All-Star , and co-led the National League in wins in 2013 . In 2014 , Zimmermann pitched the first no-hitter in Washington Nationals history .
The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington , D.C . The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . From 2005 to 2007 , the team played in RFK Stadium while their permanent stadium was being built . In 2008 , they moved in to Nationals Park , located on South Capitol Street in the Southeast quadrant of D.C. , near the Anacostia River . The Nationals are the eighth major league franchise to be based in Washington , D.C. , and the first since 1971 . The current franchise was founded in 1969 as the Montreal Expos as part of the MLB expansion . After a failed contraction plan , the Expos were purchased by MLB , which sought to relocate the team to a new city . Washington , D.C. was chosen in 2004 , and the Nationals were established in 2005 as the first franchise relocation in MLB since the third Washington Senators moved to Texas in 1971 . While the team initially struggled after moving to Washington , the Nationals had considerable success throughout the 2010s . The team 's two overall first picks in the MLB draft , Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and Bryce Harper in 2010 , attracted new levels of attention to the team . They achieved their first playoff berth and first division title in 2012 , but were knocked out in the NLDS . They won the National League East again in 2014 , 2016 , and 2017 , but were eliminated in the NLDS each time .