American baseball player (born 1977)
Baseball player
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 2001 to 2004. 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 File delivers a pitch versus the Boston Red Sox in 2001 File threw a 96 MPH four-seam fastball , a 91–94 MPH sinker ,[2] a 77–82 MPH slider , and a 78–80 MPH fosh (hybrid-splitfinger).[3] [4]
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 #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). References ^ Baseball Digest , March 2001 p. 35^ "ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Blue Jays minor-league report". static.ESPN.go.com . Retrieved January 20, 2018 . ^ "AML - support.gale". www.AccessMyLibrary.com . Retrieved January 20, 2018 . ^ "Bob File » Statistics » Pitching - FanGraphs Baseball". FanGraphs.com . Retrieved January 20, 2018 . ^ "Dodgers' Josh Ravin reflects on long journey to the major leagues". DailyNews.com . June 4, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2018 . ^ "Here's to the top Father Judge Crusader athletes". northeasttimes.com . July 25, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018 . External links Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
