Sam Aldegheri
| Sam Aldegheri | |
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| Los Angeles Angels – No. 61 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: 19 September 2001 Verona, Veneto, Italy | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 30, 2024, for the Los Angeles Angels | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 1–4 |
| Earned run average | 6.41 |
| Strikeouts | 22 |
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Samuel Aldegheri (born 19 September 2001) is an Italian professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024. He is the first major league pitcher to be born and raised in Italy.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Philadelphia Phillies
[edit | edit source]Aldegheri played for the Parma Clima of the Italian Baseball League in 2019 and 2020. In July 2019, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent.[2] He made his professional debut in 2021 with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Phillies before being promoted to the Low-A Clearwater Threshers. He was placed on the injured list with a left elbow injury on August 20 and missed the remainder of the season and a portion of the following season, which he spent exclusively in the Florida Complex League.[3]
Aldegheri returned to Clearwater for the start of the 2023 season before being promoted to the High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws on August 3.[3] After the 2023 season ended, his control was ranked the best in the Phillies farm system by Baseball America.[3] Aldegheri returned to Jersey Shore for the start of the 2024 season.[4]
Los Angeles Angels
[edit | edit source]On 27 July 2024, the Phillies traded Aldegheri and George Klassen to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Carlos Estévez.[5][6] On 29 August, the Angels called Aldegheri up to the major leagues for the first time.[7] While other Italian-born pitchers had previously appeared in the major leagues, such as Marino Pieretti,[8] Aldegheri became the first pitcher born and raised in Italy to appear in an MLB game,[9] when he made his debut with the Angels on 30 August.[10] In 3 starts during his rookie campaign, Aldegheri posted a 1-2 record and 4.85 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 13 innings of work.
Aldegheri was optioned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees to begin the 2025 season.[11] On June 2, 2025, he was recalled from Double-A Rocket City to join the major league club, where he pitched in one game, allowing two unearned runs across 2.1 frames, before being sent down again.[12]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Clearwater Threshers players
- Florida Complex League Phillies players
- Italian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Jersey Shore BlueClaws players
- Los Angeles Angels players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Italy
- Parma Baseball Club players
- Reading Fightin Phils players
- Rocket City Trash Pandas players
- Sportspeople from Verona
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen