Jack Te Haki O’Loughlin...Signed by Detroit as a non-drafted international free agent as a 16-year-old on July 16, 2016...Played two seasons of Australian Baseball before reporting to the United States for the 2018 season...Played a total of four years for the Adelaide Giants, went 5-4 with a 4.22 ERA in 25 appearances (20 starts) in that span.
2024
Made his Major League debut for Oakland on May 26 vs. Houston, throwing three scoreless innings of relief while allowing two hits...One of four pitchers to make their Major League debut in 2024 and throw three or more scoreless innings of relief without allowing a run (Brant Hurter, Grant Holmes and Trevor McDonald)...His second Major League strikeout was Yordan Alvarez...Became the 38th Australian-born player to debut in Major League history...Went 0-0 with a 4.66 ERA (9.2 IP, 5 ER), five walks and six strikeouts in his four Major League relief appearances...All five of his earned runs were allowed in his final outing on July 6 vs. Baltimore...Three of his four relief appearances were at least 2.2 innings, tied for fourth-most such appearances on the Athletics...Made 32 appearances (10 starts) for Triple-A Las Vegas, striking out 80 batters in 73 innings.
2023
Spent the first two months of the season at High-A West Michigan and went 3-3 with a 2.17 ERA in nine starts before he was promoted to Triple-A Toledo on June 2…finished the season with the MudHens and was 3-7 with a 4.78 ERA in 18 games, including 16 starts…combine with both clubs for a 6-10 record, a 3.99 ERA and .738 opponents OPS in 27 games, including 25 starts...Had career highs in wins, strikeouts (118), games started, innings pitched (124.0), losses, hits (129), runs (58), walks (37), hit batters (5), home runs (9) and wild pitches (6)…matched his high in games pitched...Yielded nine home runs in 124.0 innings after allowing eight home runs in 194.0 innings over his first four seasons...Ranked second in the Tigers farm system in innings pitched, tied for third in games started and fifth in strikeouts (118)...Allowed a .269 opponents batting average, which broke down to .267 (32-for-120) with a .734 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .269 (97-for-360) against right-handers…surrendered eight of his nine home runs to righties...As a starter, he had a .274 opponents batting average the first time through the order, .236 the second time and .352 after that...Combined for a 4-4 record and a 3.16 ERA in 13 games at his home ballparks…was 2-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 14 games on the road...Held the opponents five hitter in the order to a .190 batting average and no walks but yielded a combined .365 average to the first three hitters in the batting order...Tossed five innings or fewer in 25 of his 27 appearances…logged 4.0 innings in each of his two relief appearances...Pitched for Australia in the World Baseball Classic during the spring and had no decisions and a 1.93 ERA in two starts (4.2 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 1 er, 3 so)...Returned to Adelaide of the Australian Baseball League for the fourth time following the season and had no decisions and a 5.40 ERA in two starts.
2022
Spent the entire season at High-A West Michigan where he was 2-1 with a 4.01 ERA and .660 opponents OPS in a career-high 27 appearances, including six starts…held the opposition to a .229 batting average but walked 27 batters in 51.2 innings and hit seven for a .341 on-base percentage…his opponents batting average broke down to .186 with a .625 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .248 with a .675 OPS against right-handers…surrendered three of his four home runs to lefties…yielded a .167 batting average with the bases empty, .286 with all four of his home runs with runners on…allowed 3-of-12 (25.0%) inherited runners to score but first batters faced were 7-for-19 (.368) with two walks…was 2-1 with a 2.63 ERA in 13 games at home, 0-0 with a 5.20 ERA in 14 games on the road…had a 2.29 ERA and .519 opponents OPS in eight day games, a 5.06 ERA and .733 OPS in 19 night games…held the opposition to a .127 batting average with two strikes…the opponents clean-up hitter was 2-for-25 (.080) against him…did not allow a run in the seventh (6.0 ip) or eighth (2.0 ip) innings…tossed at least one inning in 18 of his 21 relief appearances…had six outings of three innings or more, including one relief appearance of 3.0 innings…had no decisions and a 3.27 ERA in seven starts for Adelaide of the Australian Baseball League following the season…tossed a season-high 4.0 scoreless innings in a start on April 16 against Lansing (also logged 4.0 innings on May 8 at Lansing and Aug. 12 at Beloit)…did not allow an earned run in eight of his nine appearances from May 8-June 7…had a 1.20 ERA and .193 opponents batting average over that span…compiled a 1.80 ERA and .193 opponents batting average in eight games in May…did not allow a run over a six-game stretch from June 24-July 17 (7.2 ip, 2 h, 4 bb, 2 so)…made four of his six starts in his final four outings of the season beginning July 24 (7.50 ERA)…struck out a season-high six batters in 4.0 innings and logged a season-high 67 pitches in his final start on Aug. 12 at Beloit…was placed on the injured list Aug. 17 with left shoulder impingement syndrome and missed the remainder of the season.
2021
Pitched for three different teams in the Detroit farm system and combined for a 5-2 record and a career-low 2.64 ERA in 14 starts with the Tigers affiliate in the Florida Complex League, Single-A Lakeland and High-A West Michigan…surrendered just two home runs in 61.1 innings… allowed a .241 opponents batting average, which broke down to .225 against right-handed hitters and .310 against left-handers…opponents hit .212 with runners in scoring position…tossed five innings or fewer in 11 of his 14 starts…began the season on the injured list a left ulnar collateral ligament injury…made one start with the FCL Tigers-East on a rehab assignment on June 28 against the Yankees and took the loss (4.0 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 5 so)…was reinstated from the IL on June 29 and was assigned to Single-A Lakeland where he went 3-0 with a 2.19 ERA in eight starts…had the only complete game of his career in the first game of a July 14 doubleheader at Tampa, a two-hitter in a 3-1 win…tossed a career-high 7.0 innings, walked one and struck out five…was named Single-A Southeast League Pitcher of the Week July 18 for his efforts…combined on a seven-hit shutout in a 5-0 win over Daytona on Aug. 7…tossed 6.0 innings, allowed three of the hits and struck out a career-high nine…was transferred to West Michigan on Aug. 16 and went 2-1 with a 3.54 ERA in five starts with the Whitecaps.
2020
Did not pitch as the minor league season was cancelled due to the pandemic.
2019
Returned to Short-Season Connecticut for the second consecutive season and went 2-4 with a 3.13 ERA in 13 games, including 12 starts…surrendered just one home run in 60.1 innings…the home run came in his first start and he finished the season with a 12-game 56.1-in- 2024 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE < 209 ning homerless streak…had a .254 opponents batting average, which broke down to .238 with a .616 OPS against right-handed hitters and .333 with a .845 OPS against left-handers…was 2-2 with a 2.21 ERA in eight games on the road, 0-2 with a 4.56 ERA in five starts at home…recorded his first win in his second start on June 25 at Vermont (5.0 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 4 so)…made his only relief appearance on July 2 at Aberdeen (4.2 ip, 6 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 3 so)…was named New York-Penn League Pitcher of the Week July 28 after going 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA in two starts (10.0 ip, 6 h, 1 r, 1 er, 8 bb, 6 so)…was 0-2 with a 2.74 ERA in five starts in August.
