Tim Herrin #29

TIM EDWARD HERRIN...Wife, Emily Herrin...Played three seasons at Indiana University, posting a three-year ERA of 3.44 in 41 games/18GS (46ER/120.1/80K/6.0K per 9)...Attended Terre Haute South Vigo High School...Also earned three letters in football and two in basketball along with four in baseball.

2024

Blossomed into one of MLB's most utilized and effective left-handed relievers in his second season with Cleveland, remaining on the club's active roster for the entire year and appearing in a career-high 75 games (4th-most in AL/ T6th-most in MLB)...Pitched to a 1.92 ERA (14ER/65.2IP), 5th-lowest among qualified AL relievers, trailing only a trio of teammates (Emmanuel Clase - 0.61; Hunter Gaddis - 1.57; Cade Smith - 1.91) and TEX's Kirby Yates (1.17)...Herrin, Clase, Gaddis and Smith became the first quartet of relievers in MLB history to appear in 70-or-more G and post an ERA of 2.00-or-less for the same team...Made a strong case for an AL All-Star Team bid, going 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA (6ER/37.1IP), 39 SO and just one HR allowed in 43 first-half appearances...Turned in a 2-1 record and 2.54 ERA (8ER/28.1IP) in 32 G after the All-Star break, including allowing just one ER across his last 15 regular season appearances (12.2IP, 0.71 ERA, 17SO)...Was devastating against lefties, limiting them to a .143 AVG (13-for-91), fifth-lowest in the AL and eighth-lowest in MLB (min. 100 BF)...Also held RHH to a .194 clip (26-for-134) clip, the T4th-lowest BAA by a LHP against RHH in the AL (min. 100 BF)...Herrin's .173 (39-for-225) overall BAA ranked 11th-best among qualified AL relievers...Leaned heavily on his curveball (35.3%), recording 45 of his 68 strikeouts with the pitch and handcuffing the opposition to a .137 (13-for-95) AVG off his curveball...Also featured a slider (27.6%), 4-seam FB (24.5%) and sinker (12.6%)...Earned 16 holds, 4th-most by a Clevelander in 2024 behind Gaddis (33), Smith (28) and Scott Barlow (19)...Was a workhorse during the 2024 Postseason, the first Postseason of his career...Appeared in nine of Cleveland's 10 playoff games, joining Smith as the only pitchers in club history to turn the trick...Smith and Herrin became the first and second pitchers in club history, respectively, to appear in all five games of a Division Series (12th and 13th in MLB history)...Combined ERA was 1.08 (1ER/8.1IP).

2023

Split year between Cleveland and Columbus in his first glimpse at the Major League level...Overall spent five stints with the Guardians, making the Opening Day roster, making his debut on Apr. 2 at Seattle, striking out all four Mariners he faced...Became the first pitcher since 1893 to face 4+ batters in his MLB debut and strike them all out (Elias)…Worked the following day on April 3 at Oakland (1.0IP, 1H, 2SO), striking out the first batter he faced, marking his fifth straight SO to begin his career (streak ended at 5)…Earned his first MLB win on 4/9 vSEA (0.1IP)...Last stint came, Aug. 18-24...Allowed runs in 10 of 23 games pitched (5.53 ERA)…Posted a 10.4 SO/9 on the year…Avg. FB velo was 97 at ML level (used slider 41% of time)...Posted a 3.38 ERA in 33 games at Triple-A, limiting hitters to a .164 avg and .548 OPS...At AAA, lefties hit .087 (4-for-46, 2B), batters hit .164 (9-for-55) w/ men on and .171 (7/41) w/RISP...After Aug. 1 he posted a AAA ERA of 2.16 in 17 games (16.2IP, 8H, 4ER, 18SO).

2022

Split the 2022 season between AA Akron and AAA Columbus, going 1-4 with two saves and a 4.02 ERA in 46 games/two starts (69.1IP, 63H, 31ER, 101SO, .238 avg, 13.1SO/9)…Started the year at AA Akron, working at least two innings in eight of his 12 outings before being promoted to AAA Columbus on May 24(9 of 12 outings)…Got better as he went along at Triple-A after adjusting to the different baseball, over his last 12 outings after Aug. 17 he went 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA (2GS, 20.0IP, 15H, 6ER, 4BB, 31SO)…The spot starts on Sept. 4 and Sept. 18 were the first of his career…Enjoyed three outings of 3.0IP and a pair of outings of 3.0IP/7SO…Recorded at least four outs in 26 of 46 outings and worked at least 2.0IP in 15 of them...Carried similar LH/RH splits...Yielding .241 (40/166, .673OPS) to RH hitters and .232 (23/99, .697 OPS) vs. LH hitters.

2021

Posted a 2.57 ERA in 36 games at High-A Lake County in 2021, fanning 85 in 73.2 innings...Eight outings of at least 3.0IP and recorded at least four outs in 30 of 36 games...At least 2.0IP in 24 of 36 games...Lefties hit .180 (16/89, 0HR).2019