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Danny Coulombe
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- Freshman
MINOR LEAGUE CAREER
Drafted 776th overall in the 25th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers ... assigned to the Ogden Raptors for Rookie ball and made three appearances before getting moved up to Great Lakes Loons for full season A ball ... tossed 6.0 frames over three games, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk, while striking out eight for a .125 opponent batting average in Ogden ... pitched in 20 games for the Loons, completing one save in three chances, and working 19.1 innings for a 3.72 ERA ... rung up 29 batters and walked 17, allowing eight runs on 15 hits to complete his first year professionally ... spent 2013 in High A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, pitching in 54 games for a 4-2 record and one save for a 4.05 ERA ... tossed 66.2 innings, striking out 85 and allowing 37 runs, 30 earned, on 46 hits ... worked 31 games with Rancho Cucamonga in 2014, putting up a 3-0 record and five saves for a 3.05 ERA ... tossed 44.1 innings and struck out 61, allowing 16 runs, 15 earned, on 33 hits and 17 walks ... moved up to Double A Chattanooga Lookouts on July 15 and pitched in 18 games, totaling 21.0 innings, while allowing nine runs, six earned, on 18 hits, striking out 31 for a 2.57 ERA ... the LA Dodgers purchased his contract on Sept.16, 2014, and completed the year in the Majors ... spent 2015 bouncing from Triple A Oklahoma City Dodgers to the MLB, before being traded to the Oakland Athletics on Sept. 10, 2015 ... worked 38 games and posted a 3-1 record with a save and a 3.27 ERA ... tossed 41.1 innings, allowing 16 runs, 15 earned, with 35 hits allowed and 24 walks to go with 41 strikeouts ... pitched for the Nashville Sounds (Triple A) in 2016 in between stints with Oakland in the Bigs ... made 20 appearances with the Sounds and put together a 1.08 ERA
2012 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Pitched in 10 games, starting the first two in his final year at Texas Tech ... totaled 21.1 innings of work, allowing 10 runs, six earned, on 22 hits, walking nine and striking out 26 to finish with a 2.53 ERA ... opened the year with a 5.1 inning no decision against Missouri State on Feb. 19 ... allowed one run on three hits, walking one and striking out five in the contest ... followed it up with his only win of the year a week later against Northern Illinois ... tossed 5.0 frames, allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits & three walks, while striking out a season-high eight batters ... moved to a bullpen guy and threw up five shutout appearances, including four-straight after missing the month of March ... recorded multiple strikeouts in seven outings.
Red Raider Profile - 2012
Game-by-Game Stats - 2011 |
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Red Raider Profile - 2011
2011 (Junior)
Medical redshirt... had season-ending Tommy John surgery... Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team (SP)... in four appearances - all starts - went 0-2 with a 3.98 ERA and combined on one shutout in 20.1 innings allowing 21 hits, 11 runs (9 earned) with 28 strikeouts and seven walks while opponents batted .263... in one appearance (started) against nationally-ranked opponents went 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA in 5.1 innings allowing six hits, four runs (3 earned) with eight strikeouts and two walks while opponents batted .273... all four appearances were in home games... opposing left-handed batters hit .333 (7-for-21)... opposing right-handed batters hit .237 (14-for-59)... opposing batters hit .250 (10-for-40) with runners on base... opposing batters hit .275 (11-for-40) with the bases empty... opposing batters hit .200 (5-for-20) with two outs... averaged a team-best 12.39 strikeouts/9 innings... team went 2-2 during his appearances/starts... pitched at least four innings in each start... struck out at least five batters in each start... recorded 28 strikeouts during four starts... marked the most strikeouts by a Red Raider during first four starts of the season since 2008 (A.J. Ramos, 29)... SEASON HIGHLIGHTS... made career debut as the Red Raiders Opening Day starter against Western Michigan (2/18) while taking a no decision with four shutout innings allowing one hit and two walks with five strikeouts... combined with two Red Raider pitchers on a two-hitter on Opening Day against Western Michigan... marked the first two-hitter by the Tech pitching staff since 2006 (Eastern New Mexico, 16-0 win)... became the first Red Raider newcomer to start on Opening Day since 2006 (Josh Tomlin)... struck out a season-high nine batters in five innings of work allowing four runs (3 earned) with two walks in the loss to BYU (2/25)... nine strikeouts marked the most by a Red Raider pitcher during the season... went 5.1 innings allowing four runs (3 earned) on six hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in a loss against No. 8 TCU (3/4)... final appearance of the season came against Iowa (3/11) pitching a season-high six innings allowing three runs on nine hits with six strikeouts and one walk... member of the 2010 Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... member of the 2011 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (Dean's List).
SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Played at South Mountain for one season (2010) for head coach Todd Eastin... was injured for most of the season... pitched only 0.2 innings with two strikeouts during one appearance.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Played at USC for one season (2009) for head coach Chad Kreuter... in four appearances (1 start) went 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA in 8.0 innings with 12 hits allowed, 12 runs allowed (all earned) with 13 strikeouts and eight walks allowed while opponents batted .324... team finished with a 28-28 overall record.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year varsity letterwinner at Chaparral High School for head coach Jerry Dawson... drafted in the 17th round (517th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft... as a senior went 9-0 with a 0.75 ERA with 138 strikeouts... Louisville Slugger All-America... Rawlings All-America... Baseball America Third Team All-America... 4A State Player of the Year... All-Arizona First Team... East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune Player of the Year... in a semifinal game against Paradise Valley threw a complete game with 20 strikeouts... a member of two state championship teams... as a junior went 10-2 with a 1.08 ERA with 120 strikeouts... Class 4A-1A First Team All-East Valley Tribune... ranked No. 22 left-handed pitcher by Perfect Game USA... ranked No. 172 overall prospect by Perfect Game USA... ranked No. 199 overall prospect by Baseball America... helped lead Arizona Firebirds to the 2006 Connie Mack World Series championship in Farmington, N.M... Connie Mack World Series All-Tournament Team... USA Baseball trials invitee... Area Code invitee.
PERSONAL
Daniel Paul Coulombe... born October 26, in St. Louis, Mo... son of Paul and Kathryn Coulombe... has two siblings, brother, Matthew, and sister, Julia... a business major at Texas Tech.
Drafted 776th overall in the 25th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers ... assigned to the Ogden Raptors for Rookie ball and made three appearances before getting moved up to Great Lakes Loons for full season A ball ... tossed 6.0 frames over three games, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk, while striking out eight for a .125 opponent batting average in Ogden ... pitched in 20 games for the Loons, completing one save in three chances, and working 19.1 innings for a 3.72 ERA ... rung up 29 batters and walked 17, allowing eight runs on 15 hits to complete his first year professionally ... spent 2013 in High A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, pitching in 54 games for a 4-2 record and one save for a 4.05 ERA ... tossed 66.2 innings, striking out 85 and allowing 37 runs, 30 earned, on 46 hits ... worked 31 games with Rancho Cucamonga in 2014, putting up a 3-0 record and five saves for a 3.05 ERA ... tossed 44.1 innings and struck out 61, allowing 16 runs, 15 earned, on 33 hits and 17 walks ... moved up to Double A Chattanooga Lookouts on July 15 and pitched in 18 games, totaling 21.0 innings, while allowing nine runs, six earned, on 18 hits, striking out 31 for a 2.57 ERA ... the LA Dodgers purchased his contract on Sept.16, 2014, and completed the year in the Majors ... spent 2015 bouncing from Triple A Oklahoma City Dodgers to the MLB, before being traded to the Oakland Athletics on Sept. 10, 2015 ... worked 38 games and posted a 3-1 record with a save and a 3.27 ERA ... tossed 41.1 innings, allowing 16 runs, 15 earned, with 35 hits allowed and 24 walks to go with 41 strikeouts ... pitched for the Nashville Sounds (Triple A) in 2016 in between stints with Oakland in the Bigs ... made 20 appearances with the Sounds and put together a 1.08 ERA
2012 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Pitched in 10 games, starting the first two in his final year at Texas Tech ... totaled 21.1 innings of work, allowing 10 runs, six earned, on 22 hits, walking nine and striking out 26 to finish with a 2.53 ERA ... opened the year with a 5.1 inning no decision against Missouri State on Feb. 19 ... allowed one run on three hits, walking one and striking out five in the contest ... followed it up with his only win of the year a week later against Northern Illinois ... tossed 5.0 frames, allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits & three walks, while striking out a season-high eight batters ... moved to a bullpen guy and threw up five shutout appearances, including four-straight after missing the month of March ... recorded multiple strikeouts in seven outings.

Game-by-Game Stats - 2011 |


2011 (Junior)
Medical redshirt... had season-ending Tommy John surgery... Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team (SP)... in four appearances - all starts - went 0-2 with a 3.98 ERA and combined on one shutout in 20.1 innings allowing 21 hits, 11 runs (9 earned) with 28 strikeouts and seven walks while opponents batted .263... in one appearance (started) against nationally-ranked opponents went 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA in 5.1 innings allowing six hits, four runs (3 earned) with eight strikeouts and two walks while opponents batted .273... all four appearances were in home games... opposing left-handed batters hit .333 (7-for-21)... opposing right-handed batters hit .237 (14-for-59)... opposing batters hit .250 (10-for-40) with runners on base... opposing batters hit .275 (11-for-40) with the bases empty... opposing batters hit .200 (5-for-20) with two outs... averaged a team-best 12.39 strikeouts/9 innings... team went 2-2 during his appearances/starts... pitched at least four innings in each start... struck out at least five batters in each start... recorded 28 strikeouts during four starts... marked the most strikeouts by a Red Raider during first four starts of the season since 2008 (A.J. Ramos, 29)... SEASON HIGHLIGHTS... made career debut as the Red Raiders Opening Day starter against Western Michigan (2/18) while taking a no decision with four shutout innings allowing one hit and two walks with five strikeouts... combined with two Red Raider pitchers on a two-hitter on Opening Day against Western Michigan... marked the first two-hitter by the Tech pitching staff since 2006 (Eastern New Mexico, 16-0 win)... became the first Red Raider newcomer to start on Opening Day since 2006 (Josh Tomlin)... struck out a season-high nine batters in five innings of work allowing four runs (3 earned) with two walks in the loss to BYU (2/25)... nine strikeouts marked the most by a Red Raider pitcher during the season... went 5.1 innings allowing four runs (3 earned) on six hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in a loss against No. 8 TCU (3/4)... final appearance of the season came against Iowa (3/11) pitching a season-high six innings allowing three runs on nine hits with six strikeouts and one walk... member of the 2010 Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... member of the 2011 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (Dean's List).
SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Played at South Mountain for one season (2010) for head coach Todd Eastin... was injured for most of the season... pitched only 0.2 innings with two strikeouts during one appearance.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Played at USC for one season (2009) for head coach Chad Kreuter... in four appearances (1 start) went 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA in 8.0 innings with 12 hits allowed, 12 runs allowed (all earned) with 13 strikeouts and eight walks allowed while opponents batted .324... team finished with a 28-28 overall record.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year varsity letterwinner at Chaparral High School for head coach Jerry Dawson... drafted in the 17th round (517th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft... as a senior went 9-0 with a 0.75 ERA with 138 strikeouts... Louisville Slugger All-America... Rawlings All-America... Baseball America Third Team All-America... 4A State Player of the Year... All-Arizona First Team... East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune Player of the Year... in a semifinal game against Paradise Valley threw a complete game with 20 strikeouts... a member of two state championship teams... as a junior went 10-2 with a 1.08 ERA with 120 strikeouts... Class 4A-1A First Team All-East Valley Tribune... ranked No. 22 left-handed pitcher by Perfect Game USA... ranked No. 172 overall prospect by Perfect Game USA... ranked No. 199 overall prospect by Baseball America... helped lead Arizona Firebirds to the 2006 Connie Mack World Series championship in Farmington, N.M... Connie Mack World Series All-Tournament Team... USA Baseball trials invitee... Area Code invitee.
PERSONAL
Daniel Paul Coulombe... born October 26, in St. Louis, Mo... son of Paul and Kathryn Coulombe... has two siblings, brother, Matthew, and sister, Julia... a business major at Texas Tech.
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