Tyler Lee Clippard is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals. Clippard was drafted in the 9th round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees out of J. W. Mitchell High School. He was playing for the Central Florida Renegades Connie Mack team in Florida when he was drafted. From 2003-2006, in the minor leagues, he averaged 7.5 hits, 2 walks, and 10 strikeouts per 9 innings for Yankees' farm teams. While playing for the Trenton Thunder in 2006, Clippard threw the franchise's first no-hitter. Clippard was called up from the Yankees minor league team the... Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on May 20, 2007, and made his debut that day. It was an interleague game against the New York Mets, and he pitched 6 innings, giving up 1 run off the bat of David Wright and 3 hits. He struck out his first major league batter, José Reyes, on three pitches. He recorded his first career hit in his second at-bat off Mets pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, a double to right center in the 6th inning. Clippard was traded on December 4, 2007, to the Washington Nationals for relief pitcher Jonathan Albaladejo.
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| Birthdate: | February 14, 1985 |
| Birthplace: | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Age: | 27 |
| All Positions Played: | Pitcher |