Facts: - statyear: june 8 , 2015 - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - number: 13 - position: starting pitcher - statvalue: 56 -- 46 3.95 658 - caption: leake with the cincinnati reds - throws: right - bats: right - debutdate: april 11 - debutteam: cincinnati reds - team: san francisco giants - birth date: 12 november 1987 - name: mike leake - image size: 240px - image: img 6250 mike leake.jpg - birth place: san diego , california - debutyear: 2010 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mike leake .
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michael raymond '' mike '' leake -lrb- born november 12 , 1987 -rrb- , is an american professional baseball pitcher for the san francisco giants of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .he previously played for the cincinnati reds .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 -lrb- shortstop bobby henrich , pitcher jay hook , and catcher don pavletich , who did so in 1957 , all were '' bonus babies '' -rrb- .