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SPRING INVITEE David Aardsma 53 Age: 32, born December 27, 1981 in Denver, CO Resides: Paradise Valley, AZ Position: Pitcher Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 ML Service: 7 + 029 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014 Acquired: January 23, 2014; Signed by the Cleveland Indians to a Minor League free agent contract. OPPONENTS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG SLG OBP 2003 San Jose 1-1 1.96 18 0 0 0 8 18.1 14 4 4 2 0 7 28 0 0 .212 .348 .288 2004 San Francisco 1-0 6.75 11 0 0 0 0 10.2 20 8 8 1 2 10 5 0 0 .417 .583 .525 Fresno 6-4 3.09 44 0 0 0 11 55.1 46 21 19 2 4 29 53 1 0 .217 .250 .322 2005 Norwich 6-2 2.93 9 8 0 0 0 46.0 44 17 15 2 0 13 30 2 0 .256 .372 .308 West Tenn 4-1 3.91 33 3 0 0 2 50.2 48 22 22 3 4 32 43 1 0 .259 .368 .377 2006 Iowa 2-3 3.22 29 0 0 0 8 36.1 31 15 13 1 0 15 36 3 0 .240 .326 .315 Chicago-NL 3-0 4.08 45 0 0 0 0 53.0 41 25 24 9 1 28 49 1 0 .214 .380 .313 2007 Chicago-AL 2-1 6.40 25 0 0 0 0 32.1 39 24 23 4 1 17 36 2 0 .300 .485 .383 Charlotte 3-2 4.33 28 0 0 0 15 35.1 26 18 17 7 0 11 45 1 0 .198 .405 .261 2008 Boston 4-2 5.55 47 0 0 0 0 48.2 49 32 30 4 5 35 49 3 0 .268 .426 .396 Pawtucket 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .000 .000 .250 2009 Seattle 3-6 2.52 73 0 0 0 38 71.1 49 23 20 4 0 34 80 2 0 .190 .271 .283 2010 Seattle 0-6 3.44 53 0 0 0 31 49.2 33 19 19 5 2 25 49 2 0 .198 .323 .308 2011 Tacoma (rehab) 0-1 15.75 5 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 7 7 1 1 4 5 2 0 .444 .889 .565 2012 GCL Yankees 0-0 0.00 3 3 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 .158 .158 .200 Tampa 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .000 .250 Staten Island 0-1 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 1.000 .556 New York-AL 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 1.000 .400 2013 New Orleans 1-0 2.57 10 0 0 0 0 14.0 9 5 4 2 0 8 12 0 1 .180 .340 .293 Las Vegas 0-0 1.13 8 0 0 0 3 8.0 5 1 1 1 0 7 11 0 0 .185 .296 .353 New York-NL 2-2 4.31 43 0 0 0 0 39.2 39 20 19 7 4 19 36 1 1 .257 .447 .352 Minor Lge. Totals 23-15 3.38 191 16 0 0 47 276.2 238 115 104 22 9 131 273 12 1 .232 .346 .323 CLEVELAND TOTALS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - American League 9-15 4.12 199 0 0 0 69 203.0 171 99 93 18 8 112 215 9 0 .230 .363 .336 National League 6-2 4.44 99 0 0 0 0 103.1 100 53 51 17 7 57 90 2 1 .255 .431 .356 M.L. TOTALS 15-17 4.23 298 0 0 0 69 306.1 271 152 144 35 15 169 305 11 1 .239 .386 .343 CAREER TRANSACTIONS 2003 Selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the June draft. Signed 6/29. 2005 Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jerome Williams to the Chicago Cubs for LaTroy Hawkins and cash, 5/28. 2006 Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Carlos Vasquez to the Chicago White Sox for Neal Cotts, 11/16. 2008 Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich, 1/28. 2008 DL - strained right groin, 7/19-8/7...rehab at AAA Pawtucket 8/3-7. 2008 DL - strained right groin, 8/21-9/9...rehab at A Lowell, 9/9. 2009 Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Fabian Williamson, 1/20. 2011 DL - left labral hip surgery, 3/22-remainder…rehab 4/19-5/6 at AAA Tacoma... underwent right elbow surgery on 7/22. 2011 Granted Free Agency, 10/31. 2012 Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees, 2/22. 2012 DL - rehab, right elbow reconstruction, 3/22-9/24...rehab at GCL Yankees, 6/19-29...rehab at A Tampa, 8/31-9/3...rehab at A Staten Island, 9/3...rehab at AA Trenton, 9/5-24. 2013 Released by the New York Yankees, 4/4. 2013 Signed as a Free Agent with the Miami Marlins, 4/13. 2013 Released by the Miami Marlins, 5/15. 2013 Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets, 5/20. 2013 Granted Free Agency, 10/31. 2014 Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians, 1/23. Media Guide 2014 81 2014 CLEVELAND INDIANS AARDSMA (continued) FIELDING BY POSITION 2013 CAREER PCT G PO A E TC DP PCT G PO A E TC DP 1.000 43 1 5 0 6 0 Pitcher .951 298 11 28 2 41 2 PITCHERS HITTING 2013 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI -- -- -- -- -- .000 3 - - - 2013 Season Highlights Split the season between the Yankees, Marlins and Mets organizations in 2013 after going to camp with New York-AL... Was released out of spring training on April 4 (DFA'd on March 29, 8G, 3.52ERA, 7.2IP, 6H, 3R/ER) and signed nine GD\VODWHUE\WKH0LDPL0DUOLQV*UDQWHGKLVUHOHDVHE\WKH0DUOLQVRQ0D\DQGVLJQHG¿YHGD\VODWHUE\WKH0HWV Assigned to AAA Las Vegas and was promoted to the big league Mets on June 8 after 8 outings in LV. Stranded all 19 inherited runners during his tenure with the Mets, the most in the majors and the most in franchise history without allowing a runner to score...Held righthanded batters to a .218 (12-55) mark and lefties to a .278 (27-97) batting average...Held the opposition to a .122 (5-41) mark with runners in scoring position and a .151 (11-73) mark with runners on base...Over his last 9 outings of the season starting on Sept 7 he allowed just 1 run (1ER) over his last 7.0IP (4H, 2BB, 7SO). Pro Career 2012 Made one appearances for the Yankees on 9/27 at Toronto after three stops along the rehab trail recovering IURPULJKWHOERZUHFRQVWUXFWLRQWKHSUHYLRXV-XO\:DVKLV¿UVW0DMRU/HDJXHDSSHDUDQFHVLQFHYV7H[DV Z Seattle)...Combined to make 10 regular and postseason minor league rehab appearances…Began a rehab assignment with the GCL Yankees on 6/19, making three scoreless outings before suffering a setback and resuming on 8/31. 2011 Began the season on the 15-day DL recovering from labral left hip surgery performed on 1/3/11 by Dr. Marc Philippon… Made a brief rehab stint with AAA Tacoma, 4/19-29, before experiencing right arm soreness...Underwent “Tommy John” surgery on 7/22, performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum, missing the remainder of the season. 2010 Went 0-6 with 31 saves and a 3.44 ERA (49.2IP, 19ER) in 53 relief appearances with Seattle...Ranked 5th in the AL with 69 saves from 2009-10, trailing only Mariano Rivera (77), Jonathan Papelbon (75), Joakim Soria (73) and Brian )XHQWHV $OORZHGMXVW(5RYHUKLV¿QDODSSHDUDQFHV (5$,3 «0DGHKLV¿QDORXWLQJRIWKHVHDVRQ on 9/19 vs. Texas (SV#31, missed the remainder of the season with a mild left oblique strain). 2009 Went 3-6 with 38 saves and a 2.52 ERA (71.1IP, 20ER) in a career-high 73 relief appearances with Seattle… Career highs in innings, saves and strikeouts…T4th in the AL in saves, converting 38-of-42 (90.5%) opportunities... (DUQHGKLV¿UVWFDUHHUVDYHRQDW2DNODQG 2004 Made his Major League debut with San Francisco, going 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA (10.2IP, 8ER) in 11 relief outings in 6 stints with the Giants…Made the club’s Opening Day roster despite never having pitched above Single-A...Made his Major League debut and earned the win on 4/6 at Houston, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings (3H, 1BB). 2003 Made his professional debut with Single-A San Jose, going 1-1 with eight saves and a 1.96 ERA (18.1IP, 4ER). Personal/Miscellaneous Full name DAVID ALLEN AARDSMA «:LIH$QGUHD6RQ'=DQG-'«6LVWHU$PDQGDLVDQDFWUHVV,VWKH¿UVWSOD\HU listed alphabetically in Major League Baseball history...Attended Penn State University for his freshman year of college before transferring to Rice University…Helped the Owls win the 2003 National Championship, retiring 15 of the 16 batters he faced in the College World Series…Graduated in 2000 from Cherry Creek High School (Colo.), which was also the high school of Major Leaguers Josh Bard, John Burke, Brad Lidge, Darnell McDonald and Donzell McDonald… Was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame in 2010...Pronounced ARDS-mah...Twitter: @TheDA53.
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