Tyler Clippard

Tyler Lee Clippard (born February 14, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays.\n', ' After playing baseball at J. W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida, the Yankees drafted Clippard in the ninth round of the 2003 MLB draft. He debuted with the Yankees as a starting pitcher in 2007. The Yankees traded him to the Nationals before the 2008 season, and the Nationals converted him into a relief pitcher in 2009. Clippard led the major leagues in holds in 2014. He was named to the MLB All-Star Game in 2011 and 2014, and won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award in June 2012.\n', ' The Nationals traded Clippard to the Athletics before the 2015 season, who traded him to the Mets during the 2015 season. He signed as a free agent with the Diamondbacks before the 2016 season, and was traded to the Yankees in 2016. He began the 2017 season with the Yankees, but was traded to the White Sox, and then to the Astros. He signed with the Blue Jays in 2018. In 2019 he signed with the Indians to a minor-league contract.\n', '