Plassmeyer Named International League Pitcher of the Month

Plassmeyer recorded 28 strikeouts over 23 innings pitched in August

Allentown, Pennsylvania (7 September 2022) – Minor League Baseball announced today that Lehigh Valley IronPigs pitcher Michael Plassmeyer was named International League Pitcher for the month of August.

Plassmeyer had a stellar month of August as he pitched to a record of 3-0 with an ERA of 1.17 in four starts. Over those four starts, he gave up 14 hits, while issuing 10 walks in 23 innings pitched. He recorded 28 strikeouts and held opponents to a .175 batting average. No other pitcher in the International League with more than 19 innings pitched allowed fewer earned runs (three) than the left-hander.

Plassmeyer was acquired by Philadelphia from San Francisco on June 8 in exchange for catcher Austin Wynns. The St. Louis, Missouri native made his major league debut for Philadelphia on August 23 against Cincinnati.

All-time, there have been 18 other Pigs to receive this honor: Justin Lehr (2x: 4/19/09, 5/10/09), Nelson Figueroa (6/14/10), Brian Gordon (5/16/11), Tyler Cloyd (4/9/12), Scott Elarton (5/7/12), Adam Morgan (2x: 4/15/13, 8/7/16), Ethan Martin (7/1/13), Greg Smith (2x: 7/22/13, 4/20/14), Brad Lincoln (6/8/14), Jesse Biddle (7/19/15), Jerad Eickhoff (8/9/15), Zach Eflin (4/17/16), Ben Lively (2x: 6/12/16, 9/5/16), David Buchana**n** (7/24/16), Phil Klein (8/14/16), Cole Irvin (2x: 5/14/18, 6/11/18) Enyel De Los Santos (4/15/19), and Nick Pivetta (5/20/19).

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