David Sutherland (baseball)
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| File:David Sutherland (11641115215) (cropped).jpg Sutherland with the Brisbane Bandits in 2013 | |
| Brisbane Bandits – No. 43 | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: 2 May 1985 Brisbane, Australia | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
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| Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
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David Andrew Sutherland (born 2 May 1985) is a former Australian professional baseball player who played for the Brisbane Bandits. Nicknamed Goofy due to his tall, uncoordinated looks, he is currently the most capped Brisbane player (379) and first player in the Australian Baseball League to accumulate 200 career hits, a feat he reached 5 November 2015.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]After playing in the 2002 World Junior Baseball Championship for the Australian U18 national team, Sutherland was signed to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the age of 17. He later made his senior circuit debut at the 2003 Claxton Shield for the Queensland Rams and batted .375/.483/.500 in seven games.
In 2005, he had the best year of his young career, hitting a tournament best .474/.474/.526 in five games for Queensland in the 2005 Claxton Shield and .336/.422/.453 with 44 runs and 47 RBI in 66 Pioneer League games for the Ogden Raptors.
He was released by the Dodgers in 2007 after a season with the Great Lakes Loons.
Sutherland has played every season in the Australian Baseball League and is the all time leader for the Brisbane Bandits in many categories including games played, hits and home runs. He is also a part of the Australian national baseball team setup.
International career
[edit | edit source]He was selected for the Australia national baseball team at the 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week,[2] 2018 exhibition games against Japan[3] and 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Brisbane Bandits player David Sutherland first man to reach 200 career hits in ABL Paul Malone, The Courier-Mail 11 November 2015 11:00pm
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- David Sutherland stats Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine ABL.com
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Baseball players from Brisbane
- Baseball first basemen
- Brisbane Bandits players
- Columbus Catfish players
- Great Lakes Loons players
- Gulf Coast Dodgers players
- Ogden Raptors players
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen