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***** PAGE LAST UPDATED - 22 JUL 2008 ***** |
| Hoping to reward the interest of our subscribers who have requested this, Flintoff & Dunn aim to bring you the latest news about our Australian players (and former AMLB imports) plying their baseball trade in the USA (or overseas). |
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'Flintoff & Dunn' CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA'S No.26 player to reach the US major leagues on 23 April 2008 (AUS time), 22yo Victorian short stop BRAD HARMAN. 22yo Victorian short stop BRAD HARMAN today (23 April 2008 AUS time) became the 26th Australian to reach baseball’s pinnacle; the US major league. Harman made his big league debut as a pinch hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies during their 8-6 win over the Colorado Rockies in front of a 26,665 crowd at Coors Field, Denver, Colorado. In fact our Brad was to make the last out of the game for the Phillies when he replaced Ryan Madson as a pinch hitter with two out in the top of the ninth. Brad battled Rockies closer Manny Corpas until he popped out to short stop on his fifth pitch fastball. He was then lifted before the bottom of the ninth in a defensive adjustment when he was replaced by closing pitcher Brad Lidge. ‘Flintoff & Dunn’ CONGRATULATES Brad on making it all the way to the top and we hope that he gets plenty more opportunities to become a regular big league player. |
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We reserve this space to pay
tribute to the next Australian(s) who will earn their way into baseball's
pinnacle... 'The Show'... 'The Big League'... The obvious
possibilities are TRENT OELTJEN, TRISTAN CRAWFORD, PAUL MILDREN, ADAM MORRISSEY, BRETT
RONEBERG,
or
ADRIAN
BURNSIDE, ... or will someone
else emerge? 'Flintoff & Dunn' wish them all good luck and good health for the 2008 season. CLICK HERE to view Australia's other current ML players at the bottom of this page. |
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| The latest list of Australian and former AMLB Players currently on US Major League 40-Man Team Rosters. | |
| To find out the latest statistics recorded by Australian players in the US leagues... just click this button at left. ** UPDATED 21 JUL 2008 ** | |
| Click here for the latest list of Major League
Statistics for Australian and former AMLB Players, including imports. ** UPDATED ML STATS ** |
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| From time to time we will "archive" our NEWS items from this page. You can find our old news items on this page... just click the button at left. | |
Our other US Major League Players:
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| No.1 - ML Aust Joe Quinn |
No.2 - ML Aust Craig Shipley |
No.3 - ML Aust David Nilsson |
No.4 - ML Aust Graeme Lloyd |
No.5 - ML Aust Mark Hutton | No.6 - ML Aust Mark Ettles | No.7 - ML Aust Shayne Bennett |
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| No.8 - ML Aust T. Durrington |
No.9 - ML Aust Jeff Williams |
No.10 - ML Aust Cam Cairncross |
No.11 - ML Aust Luke Prokopec | No.12 - ML Aust Damian Moss | No.13 - ML Aust Brad Thomas | No.14 - ML Aust Grant Balfour |
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| No.15 - ML Aust Chris Snelling |
No.16 - ML Aust John Stephens | No.17 - ML Aust Micheal Nakamura | No.18 - ML Aust Travis Blackley | No.19 - ML Aust Glenn Williams |
No.20 - ML Aust Justin Huber |
No.21 - ML Aust Chris Oxspring |
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'Flintoff & Dunn' CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA'S No.25 player to reach the
US major leagues on 1 September 2007 (US time), 23yo NSW RH pitcher
RICHARD THOMPSON. |
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24yo NSW right-hander RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH became Australia's 24th player to reach baseball's pinnacle of the US major leagues when he pitched for the Seattle Mariners against the Cincinnati Reds on 23 June 2007 (AUS date) at SAFECO Field, in Seattle. A crowd of 46,340 were on hand to witness the latest Aussie big leaguer make his first out, and one that will be written into folklore, when he had future Hall-Of-Fame great Ken Griffey Junior struck out swinging to end the 6th inning. It could not take the gloss from Ryan's impressive big league debut that his team was already trailing by the ugly final score of 1-16 when he returned to polish off the top of the seventh inning. He had Jeff Conine ground out to the third baseman, before finding himself under a little pressure when Adam Dunn singled to left field and Edwin Encarnacion reached by the unusual route of catcher's interference. He escaped the jam by having Alex Gonzalez fly out to left field and then Josh Hamilton struck out swinging. In all Rowland-Smith threw a high-quality 15 of 20 pitches for strikes for a memorable debut of 1.1ip 1h 0er 0bb 2k (0.00ERA). |
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'Flintoff & Dunn'
CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA'S No.21 player to reach the US major
leagues on 2 September 2005 (US time), 28yo Queensland born RH pitcher
CHRIS OXSPRING. Australia's 2004 Olympic silver medal star CHRIS OXSPRING has had to be patient before becoming the 21st Aussie to reach the US major leagues. In his fifth season with the San Diego Padres organisation, Chris has steadily worked his way through the minor leagues and has been a steady performer at 'AAA' level for the past two seasons. He finally received the ultimate reward with his call-up to the Padres big league roster this week and with his major league debut today. Chris was immediately handed a daunting task, coming in after just 1.2 innings to relieve the Padres ailing starter Brian Lawrence who had already allowed five runs. However, while he was touched for a couple of home runs, he also struck out seven in what was a promising debut in the context of a game that was already out of hand for his team. Whatever, he will never forget his major league debut against the Milwaukee Brewers in front of 18,000 fans at Miller Park. Well done Chris, you have deserved it! He pitched 5.1ip 6h 5er 3bb 7k (8.44ERA) in the Padres 12-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. |
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'Flintoff & Dunn'
CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA'S No.20 player to reach the US major
leagues on 21 June 2005 (US time), 23yo VICT infielder
JUSTIN HUBER. Originally a highly regarded prospect as a catcher in the New York Mets organisation, the strapping Melbourne raised Huber has also had to endure an injury hindered apprenticeship as a baseball professional. But, having been traded to the Kansas City Royals in 2004, the opportunity to make a rapid rise to the big leagues opened up for Justin after the Royals converted him to a first baseman. Finally, in front of 28,206 opposition fans at the Chicago White Sox home park US Cellular Field, Huber was summoned from the bench in the 9th inning of a 5-1 loss to pinch hit in place of regular first baseman Matt Stairs. He was caught on a solidly hit fly ball to centre field off Sox reliever Damasco Marte to start his career with 0-1, but simply making his debut will be more than enough excitement for Justin Huber on this day! We hope he has many, many more big days in the US major leagues! Good Luck Justin! |
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'Flintoff & Dunn'
CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA'S No.19 player to reach the US major
leagues on 7 June 2005 (US time), 27yo NSW infielder
GLENN WILLIAMS. Having been signed as a "golden boy" of Australian baseball, Sydney's Glenn Williams has been made to endure a tough apprenticeship, working his way up through the ranks with the Toronto Blue Jays and having established himself as a quality performer at 'AAA' level over the past few years. Maybe his career break arrived when he was traded to the Minnesota Twins for season 2005, culminating in his major league debut. Williams made a dream start to his 'big league' career for the Minnesota Twins in their away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark. Glenn delivered a two-out, pinch hit single to second base off the experienced Shawn Estes in the sixth inning to advance a couple of team mates on the bases. He can always say that he made his major league debut with a hit in his first at bat... Way to go Glenn! |
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'Flintoff & Dunn'
CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA'S No.18 player to reach the US major
leagues on 1 July 2004 (US time), 21yo Victorian left-hand pitching star
TRAVIS BLACKLEY. After earning his promotion via outstanding performances in the minor leagues over the past couple of years, Blackley took the mound for the Seattle Mariners in his major league debut in front of 35,966 fans at SAFECO Field. Not only did young Travis make his 'big league' debut, but he also performed superbly to pick up the WIN as the Mariners topped the visiting Texas Rangers 8-4. Blackley, signed as a free agent in 2000, worked the first 5.2 innings, departing to a standing ovation after surrendering a three-run home run to Kevin Mench that chopped a six-run Seattle lead in half. This aside, he shackled the very dangerous Rangers lineup with a magnificent start of 5.2ip 6h 4er 3bb 4k. |
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CONGRATULATIONS from 'Flintoff & Dunn' to Australia's first new major league
baseball "ambassador" in 2003. On Saturday, 7th June 2003 (US time) Melbourne pitcher MICHEAL NAKAMURA became the 17th Australian player to play in the US major leagues. Nakamura made his stunning debut in front of nearly 32,000 fans at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. Nakamura could hardly have been more impressive coming in with two runners on board in the top of the 8th innings, getting a HUGE strikeout to end the innings, then completing the save with a blank in the ninth innings... he pitched 1.1ip 1h 0er 0bb 2k... WAY TO GO!! |
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CONGRATULATIONS from 'Flintoff & Dunn' to Australia's first new major league
baseball "ambassador" in 2002 CHRIS SNELLING
who made his big
league debut with.the Seattle Mariners on 26 May 2002 against the Baltimore Orioles at SAFECO Field, in Seattle. Snelling
became our 15th Australian major leaguer!
CONGRATULATIONS from 'Flintoff & Dunn' to Australia's latest major league baseball "ambassador" JOHN STEPHENS who made his big league debut with the Baltimore Orioles on 30 July 2002 against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field, in Tampa. Stephens becomes our 16th Australian major leaguer! |
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| Congratulations to pitchers DAMIAN MOSS, BRAD THOMAS and GRANT BALFOUR who became the 12th, 13th and 14th Australians to reach the Major Leagues in the USA during the 2001 season. |