John Brebbia #60

Played college baseball at Elon College where he still holds the Phoenix single-season Division I record for ERA (1.76) and opponent BA (.171) in 2011...led Elon College in wins (7) and appearances (27) in 2011 helping Elon to a Southern Conference championship...named First Team All-Southern Conference by the media in 2011...graduated from Wellington (FL) High School...resides in Smyrna, Georgia with his wife Amanda.

2017

Rookie made 50 relief appearances, ranking T4th on the club, 7th among National League rookies and the 8th Cardinals rookie with 50+ appearances since 2000…Contract was purchased from Memphis (AAA) on 5/27 after not appearing at Major League Spring Training…Made his Major League debut on 5/28 at COL and retired the lone batter he faced (T. Story)…Led all Major League rookie relief pitchers in ERA (2.44) and WHIP (0.93); ranked 6th among all N.L. relievers in WHIP and 10th in ERA. (min. 50 IP)…Ranked among N.L. relief leaders in opponent BA (.193, 9th), opp. OBP (.255, 7th), BB/9 IP (1.92, 6th), baserunners/9 IP (9.23, 8th) and hits/9 IP (6.45, 13th)…Held opposing right-handed batters to a .183 BA (21-115) with a 31:6 strikeout to walk ratio, and left-handed batters to a .208 BA (16-77) with a 4:1 K:BB ratio…Did not allow an earned run at Busch Stadium in his first 16 appearances (5/30-8/11)….Pitched a season-high 3.0 scoreless innings at NYM (7/19)…Made nine appearances of four outs or more…Pitched on consecutive days nine times and both games of a doubleheader vs. MIL (6/13)…Struck out a season-high three batters on three different occasions…Did not allow an earned run in the month of July (10 app., 11.0 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K)…Blew his lone save opportunity at BOS (8/16) in relief of injured closer Trevor Rosenthal as Mookie Betts hit a walk-off two-run double…Was 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA and three saves in 15 appearances (1 start) at Memphis, including nine straight scoreless appearances (4/25-5/25) before his call-up. Struck out 29 in 26.2 innings and had an 0.79 WHIP…Made his first and only professional start for Memphis (AAA) in the second game of a doubleheader at Colorado Springs (4/21) allowing two runs on six hits over 3.0 innings taking the loss.