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Putz</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:J._J._Putz_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/J._J._Putz_2011.jpg/220px-J._J._Putz_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/J._J._Putz_2011.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Putz with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">Pitcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1977-02-22</span>) </span>February 22, 1977<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 48)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_Michigan" title="Trenton, Michigan">Trenton, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 11, 2003, for the Seattle Mariners</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">June 19, 2014, for the Arizona Diamondbacks</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">37–33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.08</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">599</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Saves</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">189</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/putzjj01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3156810#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2003 Major League Baseball season">2003</a>–<a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2008 Major League Baseball season">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2009 Major League Baseball season">2009</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2010 Major League Baseball season">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2011 Major League Baseball season">2011</a>–<a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2014 Major League Baseball season">2014</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AL_Rolaids_Relief_Man_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="AL Rolaids Relief Man Award">AL Rolaids Relief Man Award</a> (2007)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JJPutzPitching.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/JJPutzPitching.jpg/300px-JJPutzPitching.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/JJPutzPitching.jpg/450px-JJPutzPitching.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/JJPutzPitching.jpg/600px-JJPutzPitching.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2636" data-file-height="2172" /></a><figcaption>Putz with the Seattle Mariners in <a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2007 Major League Baseball season">2007</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Joseph Jason Putz</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born February 22, 1977) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a>. He played in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) for the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_college">Early life and college</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and college"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in Trenton, Michigan, Putz led <a href="/wiki/Trenton_High_School_(Michigan)" title="Trenton High School (Michigan)">Trenton High School</a> to the 1995 Class B state championship. He graduated in 1995 and won the Mr. Baseball award for the state of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. Putz attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, and played <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_summer_baseball" title="Collegiate summer baseball">collegiate summer baseball</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Baseball_League" title="Cape Cod Baseball League">Cape Cod Baseball League</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Yarmouth-Dennis_Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox">Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox</a> in 1997 and the <a href="/wiki/Hyannis_Mets" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyannis Mets">Hyannis Mets</a> in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seattle_Mariners">Seattle Mariners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seattle Mariners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Putz was drafted by the Mariners in the 6th round in <a href="/wiki/1999_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1999 Major League Baseball draft">1999</a>. He made his Major League debut with the Mariners on August 11, <a href="/wiki/2003_in_baseball" title="2003 in baseball">2003</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2006_in_baseball" title="2006 in baseball">2006</a>, he became the <a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a> for the Mariners. </p><p>All through the minors, Putz had been able to throw an excellent <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a> that topped out at 97 miles per hour, but had been only marginally successful because his only other pitch was a below average <a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">slider</a>. His first few years in the majors were not terrible, but they were also nothing special. In <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> before the <a href="/wiki/2006_in_baseball" title="2006 in baseball">2006</a> season, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guardado" title="Eddie Guardado">Eddie Guardado</a>, who had been the Mariners' closer since <a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a>, taught him to throw a <a href="/wiki/Split-finger_fastball" title="Split-finger fastball">splitter</a>. After mastering the new secondary pitch, Putz abandoned his slider and became a much improved pitcher. </p><p>A few weeks into the 2006 season, Putz took over the closing job from the aging Guardado. He converted 36 of 43 <a href="/wiki/Save_opportunity" class="mw-redirect" title="Save opportunity">save opportunities</a> while posting a 2.30 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> and striking out 104 in 78.1 innings of work. </p><p>In 2007, Putz continued to improve his game. He made his first <a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> appearance, where he was given a save opportunity. He converted 40 <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> in 42 save opportunities with a 1.38 ERA, 0.698 <a href="/wiki/Walks_plus_hits_per_inning_pitched" title="Walks plus hits per inning pitched">WHIP</a>, 82 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> and 13 <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walks</a> in <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">71<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings. On July 6, 2007, he was named the June 2007 winner of the "DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award", recognizing the top relief pitcher for the month and on September 25, 2007, Putz was named as one of 10 finalists for the "DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award." On July 14, 2007, Putz broke Eddie Guardado's Mariners' consecutive saves record. The streak ended at 30 consecutive saves. In 2007, he also became the first Mariner ever to win the <a href="/wiki/Rolaids_Relief_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award">Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_Mets">New York Mets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New York Mets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 10, 2008, Putz was part of a three-team, twelve-player trade that sent him to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> in exchange for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Heilman" title="Aaron Heilman">Aaron Heilman</a>, utility outfielder <a href="/wiki/Endy_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Endy Chávez">Endy Chávez</a>, and prospects. He made his <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">Mets</a> debut on April 6, <a href="/wiki/2009_in_baseball" title="2009 in baseball">2009</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, pitching a hitless inning.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a disappointing 2009 season, on November 6, the <a href="/wiki/Mets" class="mw-redirect" title="Mets">Mets</a> declined to exercise Putz's 2010 team option, thus making him a free agent.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chicago_White_Sox">Chicago White Sox</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chicago White Sox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 11, 2009, Putz signed a one-year contract with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> worth $3 <a href="/wiki/Million" class="mw-redirect" title="Million">million</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 20, 2010, Putz set a Chicago White Sox franchise record by pitching 25 consecutive scoreless outings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arizona_Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arizona Diamondbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 7, 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> agreed to sign Putz to a 2-year, $10 million deal with a $6.5 million club option for 2013. He earned $4 million in 2011, $4.5 million in 2012, and his option had a $1.5 million buyout.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 20, 2012, the Diamondbacks exercised his $6.5 million option.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 20, 2014, Putz was designated for assignment.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released on June 27.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Putz rejoined the Diamondbacks as a special assistant to club president <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Hall" title="Derrick Hall">Derrick Hall</a> in November.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pitching_style">Pitching style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pitching style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Putz threw a mix of five pitches. He led with <a href="/wiki/Four-seam_fastball" title="Four-seam fastball">four-seam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Two-seam_fastball" title="Two-seam fastball">two-seam fastballs</a> (the latter to lefties, mainly) that were once in the upper 90s, but had settled in the 90–94 mph range. His main off-speed pitch was a <a href="/wiki/Split-finger_fastball" title="Split-finger fastball">splitter</a> in the mid 80s. He also threw a handful of <a href="/wiki/Cut_fastball" title="Cut fastball">cutters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">sliders</a>, primarily to right-handed hitters.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Putz&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Putz was first nicknamed "The Big Guy", by Seattle Mariners broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Dave_Niehaus" title="Dave Niehaus">Dave Niehaus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Putz shared a dorm with <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a> while at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espnmag_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espnmag-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Kollen-Putz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kelsey Kollen-Putz">Kelsey Kollen-Putz</a> in 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-espnmag_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espnmag-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he has four children; twin daughters Lauren and Kaelyn, son Ethan,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span 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