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Arizona State:Intelligent pitcher with good command ... has dropped arm angle for increased movement on his fastball ... A high-80's, low-90's fastball pitcher ... good curveball/slider with excellent command ... became ASU's go-to guy out of the bullpen in 2001 ... will be a factor as a lefty out of the bullpen ... drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 25th round in 1997 and in the 29th round by Milwaukee in 2000.
2001 (Senior): Named Pac-10 honorable mention... had a stellar year on the mound, going 4-2 with one save in 24 appearances... posted a team-low 2.03 ERA... allowed only 40 hits and 12 earned runs in 53.1 innings... struck out 55 and walked only 13 during senior year... earned wins against Cal State Fullerton, South Florida, Gonzaga and Oklahoma in 2001... only save of the year came vs. Stanford (4/1).
2000 (Junior): Lefties batted .192 against him ... with runners on base, opponents hit only .191 ... longest outing of the season, was a 6.0 inning, one hit performance vs. Maine (3/18) ... picked up the save vs. Brigham Young (1/29), pitching three shutout innings with four K's ... held opponent batters to a .231 average at the plate.
1999 (Sophomore): Posted a 3-1 record with one save in 17 appearances ... made four starts on the year ... pitched the 26th one-hitter in ASU history in a complete game shutout of Hawaii-Hilo (1/24) ... allowed only nine walks to 29 strikeouts over the season ... held opponent batters to a .259 average on the year ... pitched eight scoreless innings in a win over Boston College (3/20) ... pitched three scoreless innings to pick up the save vs. Washington State (4/10) ... held right handed batters to a .240 average at the plate ... recorded one complete game and one shutout on the year ... struck out a career-high seven batters vs. Hawaii-Hilo (1/24).
1998 (Freshman): Made one start in 19 appearances this season ... made one appearance in the Midwest Regional, pitching one-third of an inning in the 13-8 loss to Oklahoma State ... faced two batters, giving up one earned run on no hits ... got a no-decision in his only start of the season vs. Oklahoma ... posts an 0-0 record, 6.65 ERA with 14 walks and 24 strikeouts ... pitched 2.0 innings in relief vs. Washington State, allowing one hit while striking out three ... holding left handed hitters to a .227 average ... pitched two scoreless innings at Fresno State (3/17) recording three strikeouts.
High School: A 1997 graduate of Middleton High School in Middleton, Wisc. ... three-year letterwinner ... team captain his senior year ... coached by Mike Zimmerman ... holds the school record for career strikeouts (195) and ERA (0.92) ... was injured most of his senior year; posted a 2-0 record in 16 innings pitched with 25 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA ... was ranked 69th of 150 in High School Baseball USA's "Best Players in the Country" ... special mention on first-team all-conference in 1997 ... conference 1996 Player of the Year ... first-team all-district ... first-team all-state ... team MVP ... junior year, had a 9-1 record in 64.2 innings pitched with 90 strikeouts and a 0.73 ERA ... honorable mention all-conference in 1995 ... '96 first-team all-conference.
Personal: Parents are Jon Friedberg and Carolyn Butler ... has one sister, Jessica (26), who graduated from ASU ... father played basketball at McMurry College ... grandfather ran track at NYU ... born on March 3, 1979 in Madison, Wisc. ... full name is Andrew Philip Friedberg.
Career Statistics for Drew Friedberg:
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO
1998.... 6.65 0-0 19 1 0 0/1 0 21.2 28 22 16 14 24
1999.... 4.07 3-1 17 4 1 1/0 1 42.0 43 23 19 9 29
2000.... 4.00 1-0 11 5 0 0/1 1 27.0 24 17 12 10 24
2001.... 2.03 4-2 24 0 0 0/0 1 53.1 40 15 12 13 55
TOTALS.. 3.69 8-3 71 10 1 1/2 3 144.0 135 77 59 46 132