Brian Falkenborg
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| Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 65 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: January 18, 1978 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| October 1, 1999 for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 1-2 |
| Earned Run Average | 5.69 |
| Strikeouts | 41 |
| Teams | |
Brian Thomas Falkenborg (born January 18, 1978 in Newport Beach, California) is a major league relief pitcher currently in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Falkenborg graduated from Redmond High School. He was 6-2 with a 0.75 ERA and 75 strikeouts as a senior at Redmond. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the second round of the 1996 MLB Draft and signed with the Orioles on July 6, 1996.
He began his professional career with the GCL Orioles in the Rookie level Gulf Coast League in 1996. He also pitched in one game for the Class-A High Desert Mavericks that season.
Falkenborg Spent most of the 1997 with the Class A Delmarva Shorebirds, 1998 with the High-A Frederick Keys and 1999 with the "AA" Bowie Baysox.
He made his major league debut for the Orioles on October 1, 1999, pitching two scoreless innings of relief against the Boston Red Sox.
He underwent Tommy John Surgery in the offseason and missed the entire 2000 season. Falkenborg was signed as a free agent by the Seattle Mariners and spent the 2001 season with the Mariners minor league affiliates at San Antonio and Tacoma. He stayed with Tacoma through the 2003 season, despite battling an assortment of injuries that led to him spending significant time on the disabled list.
Falkenborg signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2004 season but spent most of the year with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, appearing in only six major league games for the Dodgers, working 14.1 innings and finishing with a 7.53 ERA. He did record his first major league victory on May 9, 2004 in a 14 inning game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He spent the 2005 season with the San Diego Padres organization, appearing in 10 games for the Padres, and finishing with a 8.18 ERA. The bulk of his season was spent with the AAA Portland Beavers.
Falkenborg pitched in 21 games for the St. Louis Cardinals between 2006 and 2007, though again spending most of those seasons in the minors with the Memphis Redbirds. He was released by the Cardinals on November 20, 2007 and on December 12, 2007, signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Dodgers. He failed to make the Dodgers roster out of spring training and was assigned to the Las Vegas 51s.
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