Pat Neshek

Patrick John Neshek (pronounced NEE-shehk; born September 4, 1980), is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, and Colorado Rockies. The Twins selected him in the sixth round of the 2002 MLB draft, out of Butler University. Neshek made his MLB debut for the Twins in 2006, and played for them until 2010 (except for 2009, which he missed due to Tommy John surgery). He was selected to his first All-Star Game in 2014, and his second in 2017.\n', ' Probably best known for an unorthodox pitching delivery, Neshek\'s arm motion slots about side-armed, with an explosive release point, which developed after a baseball struck his forearm in high school. Right-handed batters have difficulty tracking the path of his pitches, resulting in a .188 batting average, .240 on-base percentage, and a .303 slugging percentage against Neshek, in 1,093 career plate appearances, through 2018.\n', ' Neshek was born in Madison, Wisconsin. At Park Center Senior High School in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, he was named to the All-State team. \n', '