Name: | Tyler Duffey |
Occupation: | Baseball Player |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | December 27, 1990 |
Age: | 32 |
Birth Place: | Houston, United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn |
Tyler Duffey
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Before Fame
He played college baseball at Rice University, where he both started and came out of the bullpen.
Biography
Biography Timeline
Duffey attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas. He then enrolled at Rice University to play college baseball for the Rice Owls baseball team. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament. After the 2011 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In May 2012, he was named the Conference USA pitcher of the week.
Duffey’s mother, Shanna, died in 2012 after complications from breast cancer led to a blood clot. His father, Tim Duffey, and brother, Travis, both reside in Houston. Tyler married his high school sweetheart, Sarah Hutchins, on December 19, 2015.
The Minnesota Twins selected Duffey in the fifth round, with the 160th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB draft. He signed with the Twins and pitched for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2013, before receiving a promotion to the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He began the 2014 season with Fort Myers, and was promoted to the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class AA Eastern League, and then the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League.
The Twins invited Duffey to spring training as a non-roster player for 2015. He opened the season with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League, and was promoted to Rochester in May. With Tommy Milone going on the disabled list, the Twins promoted Duffey to the major leagues to make his major league debut on August 5, 2015. Duffey finished the season strong, ending with a 5–1 record in 10 starts for the Twins and poising himself for a rotation spot in 2016.
After starting the season in AAA due to a logjam in the rotation, Duffey was called up on April 24th. Duffey recorded his first major league hit, a sacrifice bunt, on April 24, 2016 in National League play against the Washington Nationals.
On June 26, 2016, Duffey took a perfect game through 5.2 innings until it was broken up by Aaron Hicks. The Twins would still win 7–1 over the Yankees. Despite his 6.43 ERA, Duffey finished the season in the rotation, leading the team in wins as he went 9–12 in 26 starts.
In 2017, Duffey was moved to the bullpen and became exclusively a relief pitcher. He appeared in 56 games and amassed a record of 2–3 with a 4.94 ERA. He made the Twins’ roster in 2018 in the same role. He was sent down multiple times throughout the season to AAA, having appeared only in 19 games for the Twins. Duffey was converted into a reliever for the 2019 season and excelled in the role, registering an ERA of 2.50 in 58 games.
With the 2020 Minnesota Twins, Duffey appeared in 22 games, compiling a 1-1 record with 1.88 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 24.0 innings pitched.
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