Bob File
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robert Michael File (born January 28, 1977) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. File spent three-plus seasons as a reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from Template:Mlby to Template:Mlby. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2005, retiring shortly after spring training with a back injury.
File was drafted as a third baseman out of NCAA Division II, then converted to pitcher while in the Jays' farm system.[1]
File is a former pitching coach at La Salle University in Philadelphia. La Salle University competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Atlantic 10 baseball conference.
Pitching style and biography
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File is one of seven pitchers in major-league history to win a game in his first appearance while throwing five pitches or fewer.[5]
File was a standout infielder at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia before becoming a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.[6]
File was one of the top players in the history of Philadelphia University's (now Thomas Jefferson University) baseball program.
- Earned ABCA/Rawlings first-team All-American honors as a senior in 1998.
- Earned ECAC (East Coast Athletic Conference) Player of the Year honors as a senior in 1998.
- Three-time NYCAC (New York Collegiate Athletic Conference) All-Conference selection, earning Player of the Year honors in 1998.
- Set several school hitting records as a senior in 1998, including a .542 batting average.
- .542 batting average in 1998 was No. 1 in the country, leading all NCAA baseball.
- Also set single-season records with 90 hits, 63 runs, 68 RBI, 19 home runs, and 167 total bases in 1998.
- Is the university's all-time leader in nearly every career hitting category including runs (181), hits (296), triples (17) and home runs (37).
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