Brandon Duckworth

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**Brandon Duckworth**

Kansas City Royals — No. 31
Relief pitcher
Born: January 23, 1976 (1976-01-23) (age 32)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 7, 2001 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Win-Loss	20-31
Earned run average	5.35
Strikeouts	356
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (2001-2003) Houston Astros (2004-2005) Kansas City Royals (2006-2007)

Brandon J. Duckworth (born January 23, 1976 in Salt Lake City, Utah), is a professional baseball player. A right-handed starter/reliever, Duckworth currently pitches in the Kansas City Royals' minor league system.

From 2001-2003, the first three years of his career, Duckworth pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, compiling a 15-18 record. While with the Phillies, Duckworth had a fan section called the Duck Pond. On November 3, 2003, he was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with minor leaguer Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio to the Houston Astros for Billy Wagner. Spending the next two years in Houston with limited playing time, Duckworth signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates in December of 2005.

Without wearing the Pirates uniform in 2006, he was traded by Pittsburgh to the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations. In two seasons with the Royals, his record was 4-10 with a 5.37 ERA.

In January 2008, Duckworth was designated for assignment by the Royals to make room on the organizational roster for free agent signee Brett Tomko. He passed through waivers, and on February 1, the Royals announced that Duckworth had accepted an assignment to Triple A Omaha.^[1]