Sean Gallagher #63

In 2004 graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, where he played baseball and football.

2011

Spent the season with the Pirates' Class AAA affiliate in Indianapolis, where he made 23 starts and 6 relief apps...became a free agent following the season...on 12/6 was signed by the Reds to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2012 Major League spring training camp.

2010

Went 2-1 with a 5.77 (57.2ip/37er) in 46 big league games with San Diego and Pittsburgh...Was a member of San Diego's Opening Day roster...Retired all three batters he faced on Opening Day at Arizona...Did not allow a run in first two appearances (2.0ip) before being scored upon in four of his last five games in April (8.1ip/10er)...Made back-to-back scoreless appearances (2.2ip) to begin May before being placed on the 15-day disabled list on 5/4 with a sprained left toe...Went 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA (11.0ip/6er) in three rehab starts with Triple-A Portland from 5/11-28...Worked 3.1 innings of scoreless relief in second game back from disabled list on 6/6 at Philadelphia...Was designated for assignment on 7/1 and acquired by the Pirates on 7/7 for cash considerations...Was scored upon once in his first four games (5.1ip) with the Bucs before giving up four runs without retiring a batter on 7/24 vs. San Diego...Pitched 3.0 hitless innings and picked up first win on 7/28 at Colorado; also tied career high with four strikeouts...Gave up two runs in 1.0ip, but was the winning pitcher in Pittsburgh's 8-7 win in 10 innings vs. Colorado on 8/7 (Pedro Alvarez hit a three-run walkoff homer)...Pitched a career-high 4.1 innings of relief on 8/23 vs. St. Louis...Was scored upon in five straight games from 8/23 thru 9/3 (8.1ip/13er)...Posted a 1.93 ERA in his final 10 appearances (9.1ip/2er)...Suffered lone loss with Pirates on 9/27 at St. Louis...Went 0-for-4 with a walk and run scored as a batter with the Pirates and hitless in seven at bats overall.

2009

Acquired from the Oakland Athletics 7/28 to complete trade for Scott Hairston...made eight relief appearances for San Diego...combined to go 3-2 with a 5.95 ERA (13 ER/19.2 IP) in 14 games (two starts) between Oakland and San Diego. Placed on Triple-A Sacramento's (OAK) seven-day disabled list 6/12 with a strained left knee...immediately placed on Triple-A Portland's DL after being acquired from OAK...Recalled from Portland on 9/7 and tossed a scoreless inning in relief for the Padres that day at SF...Went 2-0 and did not allow a run over his eight relief outings (5.1 IP) for San Diego...Went 1-2 with an 8.16 ERA (13 ER/14.1 IP) in six games (two starts) for the A's...Combined to make six minor league starts between Sacramento and Portland, going 1-1 with a 2.91 ERA (7 ER/21.2 IP).

2008

Was acquired by the A's from the Chicago Cubs in the Rich Harden trade in July and went 2-3 with a 5.88 ERA in 11 starts with Oakland...began the season at Triple-A Iowa where he was 2-2 with a 3.10 ERA in five starts before he was promoted to Chicago on May 3...was 3-4 with a 4.45 ERA in 12 games, 10 starts, with the Cubs...com-bined with Oakland and Chicago for a 5-7 record and a 5.15 ERA in 23 games, 21 starts...ranked ninth among Major League rookies with 103 strikeouts but was eighth with 58 walks...went 3-0 with a 3.52 ERA in four starts at Wrigley Field and 2-0 with a 3.34 ERA in six starts at the Coliseum...combined for a 5-0 record, a 3.41 ERA, a .224 opponents batting average and three home runs allowed in 58.0 innings in 10 starts in his home ballparks and was 0-7 with a 6.91 ERA, .297 opponents batting average and 10 home runs allowed in 57.1 innings in 13 games, 11 starts, on the road...in his career, he is 5-0 with a 4.07 ERA (30 er in 66.1 ip) in 14 games in his home ballparks and 0-7 with a 7.07 ERA (50 er in 63.2 ip) in 17 games on the road...has allowed 12 of his 16 career home runs on the road, 12 during night games and 12 with runners on base...allowed a .263 opponents batting average, which included a .259 (52 for 201) mark against right-handed hitters and .266 (66 for 248) against left-handers...issued 42 of his 58 walks to lefties...opponents hit .167 with runners in scoring position and two outs and they were 0 for 7 with the bases loaded...allowed a .225 opponents batting average the first time through the lineup, .331 with seven of his 13 home runs the second time through and .215 after that...was 2-6 with a 7.53 ERA in 11 starts on four days rest or less and 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA in 10 starts on five days rest or more...was 4-4 with a 4.25 ERA in 13 games, 11 starts, before the All-Star Break and 1-3 with a 6.34 ERA in 10 starts after the break...the A's were 4-7 in his starting assignments and the Cubs were 4-6 for an 8-13 record overall...tossed more than six innings in just four of his 21 starts, allowed two runs or fewer eight times and walked two batters or fewer eight times.

2007

Split the season between Double-A Tennessee, Triple-A Iowa and the Cubs, making his Major League debut as a reliever...Had three stints with the Cubs, with a save and an 8.59 ERA in eight relief appearances...selected from Double-A Tennessee on 6/6...made ML debut 6/9 at ATL, throwing 3.1 innings...Recalled 7/5...picked up his first career save, tossing 4.0 innings in the Cubs' 12-1 win vs. SF 7/18...optioned back to Iowa 7/20 and went 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in three starts...promoted for the third time 8/7 and optioned back to Iowa 8/14...Went a combined 10-3 with a 3.10 ERA in 19 starts between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa.