Stefan Crichton 58 P

Stefan Crichton  58 P

2017: Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Norfolk, where he went 7-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 29 relief outings... His seven victories tied with Tyler Wilson for the Norfolk team lead and were tied for the 6th-most among O's farmhands... 21 of his 29 appearances with the Tides were scoreless, and he registered at least one strikeout in 25 of 29 games... Went 6-1 with one save and a 2.78 ERA (7 ER, 22.2 IP) in 15 home appearances at Harbor Park... Did not allow a run in 10 of 11 outings from May 3 - June 21, over which he posted a 0.71 ERA (1 ER, 12.2 IP)... Had his contract selected by Baltimore on April 13 and made his big league debut on 4/16 at TOR (1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 K)... Registered his first big league punchout on 4/16 at Toronto (Steve Pearce)... Had five stints with Baltimore, over which he posted an 8.03 ERA (11 ER, 12.1 IP)... Placed on Baltimore's disabled list with a right shoulder strain, 6/27; reinstated from DL and optioned to Norfolk, 7/17... Issued two walks in a game just once (8/7 @ LHV), continuing run of never issuing more than 2 walks in a game in his career... Tied his career-high with five strikeouts over a 2.2-inning relief stint, 5/29 at Columbus... Posted a 1.19 ERA (4 ER, 30.1 IP) in 19 relief outings at night (6.23 ERA in 10 daytime appearances)

2016: Spent the season with Double-A Bowie, where he went 2-6 with one save and a 3.73 ERA in 48 games (four starts)...His 48 appearances led Baysox relievers and tied for 6th in the Eastern League... Posted a 3.00 ERA (4 ER, 12.0 IP) in four starts and a 3.88 ERA (26 ER, 60.1 IP) in his 44 relief appearances... In 27 games (one start) at home, registered a 2.54 ERA (11 ER, 39.0 IP) while holding batters to a .248 average... Without his appearance on April 15 at Akron (6 ER, 0.2 IP), his ERA in his other 47 appearances was 3.01... Posted a 1.46 ERA (2 ER, 12.1 IP) in 12 relief appearances in July, holding Eastern League batters to a .191 average... Registered at least one strikeout in 36 of his 48 appearances, including a season-high five punchouts on 9/3 at Akron... 23 of his 48 appearances were multiple-inning outings, including four different 3.0-inning outings... Over his final 10 games, he posted a 2.87 ERA (5 ER, 15.2 IP) while striking out 17
2015: Split the season between Class-A Delmarva and Advanced-A Frederick going 4-4 with six saves and a 3.40 ERA in 35 games...Tied for second on the Shorebirds in appearances (28) and was fifth in games finished (nine)...Posted a 1.10 ERA (4 ER, 32.2 IP), while holding South Atlantic League opponents to a .210 batting average in 12 appearances from 4/20-6/11...Pitched to a 1.35 ERA (3 ER, 20.0 IP) over seven relief outings in May...Struck out a season-high five batters, 6/25 vs.Hagerstown...Debuted with Frederick and tossed 2.0 scoreless innings, 8/12...Posted a 1.74 ERA (2 ER, 10.1 IP) in five August outings with the Keys...Struck out at least two batters in each of his seven appearances with the Keys, registering 18 strikeouts and just one walk in 13.1 IP.
2014: Registered a 4.47 ERA in 20 games for Class-A Aberdeen...Posted the best walk per 9.0 IP ratio (1.3) among relievers in the New York-Penn League...Led the IronBirds with 20 appearances...Tossed a season-high 4.2 innings in relief, 7/21...Went 1-1 with a 2.20 ERA (4 ER, 16.1 IP) over eight July outings...Held RHH to a .244 batting average (21-86).
2013: Made pro debut with the GCL Orioles, posting a 1.96 ERA in six games (four starts)...Earned his first professional win, August 5 vs. the GCL Red Sox.
PERSONAL: Stefan Brook Crichton was selected by Baltimore in the 23rd round of the 2013 draft...Attended Texas Christian University, where he helped the Horned Frogs capture regular season Mountain West championships in 2011 and 2012...In 2011, was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American and Second-Team All-Mountain West...Was teammates with MLB players OF Jason Coats, LHP Brandon Finnegan, LHP Matt Purke and IF Taylor Featherston at TCU...Was a four-year player at Cinco Ranch High School in Katy, TX, where he was named MVP of his team and was named First-Team All-District during his junior season.