Erick Fedde #47

Played high school baseball at Las Vegas High School where he was teammates with Bryce Harper. Compiled a 14-8 record over his three-year varsity career...Was a two-sport athlete, starring as an All-State honoree in soccer. Helped LVHS to the 2009 Nevada High School State Championship, defeating Bishop Gorman 4-3 in a shootout...Originally selected by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round (743rd overall) of the 2011 MLB Draft, but did not sign...Played college baseball at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Was 8-2 with a 1.76 ERA (76.2 IP) over 11 starts with 82 strikeouts during his junior season in 2014...Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round (18th overall) of the 2014 MLB Draft out of UNLV...Played for Yarmouth-Dennis in the 2013 Cape Cod League. Named Midseason Outstanding Player. Was 3-1 with a 2.34 ERA in five starts while leading the league with 30.2 innings pitched when he was selected for USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team...Played for the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team; the 4th UNLV baseball alum with former Cardinals outfielder Ryan Ludwick; Matt Williams and Mel Stottlemyre, Jr...Drafting scout was Mitch Sokol (Nationals)...Resides in Tampa, Fla.

2024

Began the season with the Chicago White Sox, his first action in Major League Baseball since Oct. 5, 2022 at New York York Mets, as a member of the Nationals. Started vs. Detroit (3/31) in a no-decision...Acquired by the St. Louis Cardinals with OF Tommy Pham in a three-team/nine-player trade from the Chicago White Sox which included the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 29...Ranked 11th in the American League in ERA (3.11) at the time of the trade. Established new Major League career-highs in wins (9), games (31), starts (31), innings pitched (177.1) and strikeouts (154)...Ranked 17th in Major League Baseball in ERA (3.30) and 28th in innings pitched (177.2)...Posted a 1.94 ERA in 13 home starts between Guaranteed Rate Field (CWS) and Busch Stadium (STL). Ranked 2nd in MLB behind only Reynaldo Lopez (1.78) of Atlanta...Did not allow more than two runs in any home start at Busch Stadium. Was 1-2 with a 2.11 ERA in four starts over 21.1 innings. Held opposition to one run in three starts...Had four scoreless starts of 5.0 for the White Sox at home. Posted an 0.95 ERA over his first six starts at Guaranteed Rate Field, lowest by a White Sox pitcher in his first six home starts since Tommy John had an 0.76 ERA in 1967...Ran off a career-high four straight wins (4/28-5/14)...Had a 14.0-inning scoreless streak (5/9-20) which included two scoreless starts of 7.0 IP vs. CLE (5/9) and 6.0 IP vs. WSH (5/14)...Struck out a career-high 11 batters at MIN (4/23) over 6.0 innings allowing one run on three hits in a no decision...Was given one run of support or fewer in 11-of-31 starts. Had the sixth-lowest run support average in MLB (4.11)...Finished the season with his second double-digit strikeout game of the season, fanning 10 at COL (9/25) over 7.0 innings in a 5-2 Cardinals win at Coors Field. Recorded his 500th career strikeout in 4th inning (Ezequiel Tovar).

2023

Was named Most Valuable Player and winner of the Choi Dong-won Award (best pitcher) of the Korean Baseball Organization after going 20-6 with a 2.00 ERA (40 ER/180.1 IP), 35 walks (1.7 per 9.0 IP), 209 strikeouts (10.4 per 9.0 IP), nine home runs allowed and a 0.95 WHIP over 30 starts with the NC Dinos...Led the KBO in wins, ERA and strikeouts to become the first foreign-born pitcher to win the pitching Triple Crown, and just the fourth pitcher in league history to accomplish that feat...Helped lead the Dinos to a spot in the KBO playoffs, where they were eliminated in the semifinals by the KT Wiz…won Game 1 of that series, allowing one run on three hits with 12 strikeouts over 6.0 IP...Twenty-one of his 30 starts (70.0 percent) were quality…allowed three runs or less 28 times…held the opposition scoreless 12 times, gave up one run four times, two runs six times and three on six occasions...Struck out 10-plus batters four times, including a season-high 12 on 9/19 at Doosan...Recorded a 0.47 ERA (2 ER/38.0 IP) with 48 strikeouts over six starts in April and a 0.80 mark (4 ER/45.0 IP) with 60 strikeouts over seven starts in September/October...Agreed to terms with the White Sox on a two-year, $15-million contract on 12/23.

2022

Matched his career high with 27 starts in his final season with Washington … tied for second on the Nationals with six wins...Allowed three earned runs or less in 19 of his 27 starts … posted a 3.34 ERA (24 ER/63.0 IP) in his six wins and a 8.16 mark (58 ER/64.0 IP) in his 13 losses...Became the only pitcher in Nationals history (2005-present) to make 14-plus starts without hitting a batter...Went 2-1 with a 1.95 ERA (6 ER/27.2 IP) in five starts from 5/3-25 … matched his career high with 7.0 IP in a win on 5/3 at Colorado, allowing one run on six hits … threw 5.0 scoreless IP on 5/8 at the Angels (no decision) and 6.0 scoreless IP in win on 5/25 vs. the Dodgers.

2021

Set career marks in nearly every category in 2021...Enjoyed success to start the season, going 4-3 with a 2.54 ERA, 48 strikeouts and a .182 opponents’ average in nine starts from April 12 to June 18...That included a career-long 21.0 consecutive scoreless innings streak from May 11 to June 23...It was the longest streak by a Nationals pitcher this season and was tied for the seventh-longest streak in MLB...On May 16 at Arizona, he turned in his best career outing to that point, tossing 7.0 innings of three-hit, shutout ball to earn the win...On June 18 vs. New York (NL), he again tossed 7.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits with six strikeouts in Washington’s 1-0 win...Struck out a career-high 10 batters on Aug. 24 at Miami...2021 Pitch Mix: Sinker (41.4%) Curveball (23.4%) Cutter (23%) Changeup (10.2%) 4-Seam (2%).

2020

Made his first start of the season on July 25 vs. New York (4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 3 SO) filling in for an injured Stephen Strasburg...Earned his first win of the season on Aug. 14 at Baltimore (5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB)...Pitched to a 2.50 ERA (5 ER/18.0 IP) with a .182 opp. AVG in his last three starts...Tossed 6.0 innings of one-hit, shutout ball on Sept. 18 at Miami to earn his second win of the season...Tossed a career-high 7.0 innings on Sept. 23 vs. Philadelphia (7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 HR, BB, 5 SO)...Posted a 1.74 ERA (2 ER/10.1 IP) and a .216 opp. AVG in three relief outings...2020 Pitch Mix: Sinker (43.9%), Curve (18.4%), Cutter (16.6%), Four Seam (11.6%), Split (9.5%).

2019

Opened the season with Double-A Harrisburg but went on to have four stints with Washington...Spent Major League time as a starter (4-2, 4.48 ERA, 31 SO) and as a reliever (9 G, 4.58 ERA, 17.2 IP, 10 SO)...Began season as a reliever before moving to rotation...Made a career-high 12 Major League starts...Was strong away from Nationals Park, going 1-0 with a 2.17 ERA (7 ER/29.0 IP) in seven road games (5 starts)...Was strong against opposing right-handed batters (.217/.309/.371)...Allowed three earned runs or fewer in nine of his 12 starts... Was 3-0 with a 2.36 ERA in those nine starts.

2018

Began the season with Triple-A Syracuse..Was first recalled from Triple-A on May 23...Made his first Major League start of 2018 that night vs. San Diego (5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, BB, 6 SO)... Recorded his first career win on June 29 at Philadelphia (5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO)...Was on the 10-day and then the 60-day disabled list from July 5-Sept. 4 with right shoulder inflammation...Made his best start of the season on Sept. 11 at Philadelphia (5.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 9 SO)...Allowed just one home run in four starts from Sept. 4-23...Went 3-4 with a 4.29 ERA in 14 starts between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse...Allowed three homers in 14 starts for Syracuse...All three came in one start.

2017

Began the season with Double-A Harrisburg before being promoted to Triple-A Syracuse on June 13...Had his contract selected from Syracuse on July 30...Made his MLB debut that day against Colorado (4.0 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO)...Struck out Trevor Story for his first MLB strikeout...In his second start, Aug. 6 at CHI, struck out seven batters in 5.1 innings of work...Enjoyed four MLB stints with Washington...Made seven starts for Harrisburg (2-3, 3.16 ERA, 35 SO, 14 BB, 3 HR) and 10 appearances out of the bullpen (1-0, 2.63 ERA, 19 SO, 4 BB, HR)...Began his stint with Syracuse in the bullpen (6 G, 1-0, 3.86 ERA, 7 SO, BB) before moving to the rotation (6 GS, 0-2, 5.11 ERA, 18 SO, 4 BB)...Placed on the 60-day DL on Sept. 4 with a right forearm flexor strain, ending his 2017 season.

2016

Went 8-5 with a 3.12 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) between Single-A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg...Ranked second among Nationals farmhands in ERA (3.12) and fourth in strikeouts (123)...Posted a 4.24 strikeout-to-walk ratio (123 SO/29 BB)...Was named Carolina League Pitcher of the Week on July 17...From May 23 to Aug. 5, posted a 0.62 ERA (4 ER/57.2 IP), struck out 60 batters and walked just 10 while posting a 4-1 record over 11 games (10 starts)...Following the season, was cited by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Carolina League and as having the best "Break- ing Ball" in the league...Entered the season rated as the No. 82 prospect in all of baseball, according to Baseball America ...For the second straight season, boasted the "Best Slider" in the organization, per BA.

2015

Made his professional debut...Began the season with short-season Single-A Auburn before being promoted to Single-A Hagerstown...Went 5-3 with a 3.38 ERA in 14 starts between the two stops...Posted an 8.3 SO/9.0 IP ratio (59 SO, 16 BB)...Allowed just two home runs all season...Recorded a 1.10 WHIP in six starts for Hagerstown...Following the season, was rated by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect in the New York-Penn League... Entered the season rated as the No. 90 prospect in all of baseball, according to Baseball America.

2014

Sat out the remainder of the season after undergoing "Tommy John" ligament replacement surgery following the 2014 Draft.