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Sean Robert Doolittle is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Oakland Athletics selected Doolittle in the first round in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, as a first baseman/outfielder. He made his MLB debut in 2012. He previously played for the Athletics and was an All-Star in 2014. Sean Doolittle Age He was born on September 26, 1986, and he was 33 years old. Sean Doolittle Early life Doolittle grew up in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey. Sean lived close to the baseball field and often would go there to practice. He played Babe Ruth Baseball and excelled as a pitcher. Sean Doolittle Education, Early Career He attended Shawnee High School, in Medford, New Jersey where he was a stand-out pitcher. A great hitter, Doolittle led Shawnee to a state championship. Doolittle played for the University of Virginia as both a starting pitcher and first baseman. He formerly held the record for wins in a career for a Virginia pitcher — 22 — which has since been passed by Danny Hultzen. In 2005 and 2006, Doolittle was named to the USA National (Collegiate) Baseball Team. Sean DoolittlePersonal life Doolittle is active off the field with a number of charities and was recognized for his work in 2016 by being nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award. Doolittle supports Operation Finally Home, a nonprofit dedicated to providing housing for U.S. military veterans and their families, and Swords to Ploughshares, a Bay Area organization devoted to helping veterans with housing and employment. In June 2015, when the Oakland Athletics Pride Night received backlash from some fans for the team's support of LGBT rights, Doolittle and then-girlfriend Eireann Dolan bought hundreds of game tickets, which they donated to local LGBT groups, and raised an additional $40,000 in donations. Sean Doolittle Married, Wife Doolittle and Dolan married on October 2, 2017, eloping the day after the Washington Nationals' last game of the regular season. In November 2015, Doolittle and Dolan hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago for 17 Syrian refugee families. In October 2016, he was one of several professional athletes to denounce Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments about non-consensual groping of women as not being "locker room talk". Doolittle identifies as independent politically. Of his charity work, Doolittle told the New York Times: "When I was a kid, I remember my parents would say, 'Baseball is what you do, but that's not who you are' — like that might be my job, but that's not the end-all, be-all. I feel like I might even be able to use it to help other people or open some doors or explore more opportunities." Sean Doolittle Father Doolittle's father is an Air Force veteran, and his seventh cousin is pilot Jimmy Doolittle, famous for the Doolittle Raid of Japan during World War II Sean Doolittle Brother Sean's brother, Ryan Doolittle, was also a part of the Athletics' farm system at the same time as he.

Sean Doolittle Career

Minor-league career The Oakland Athletics selected Doolittle in the first round, with the 41st overall selection, in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, as a first baseman/outfielder. He made his professional debut on June 18, 2007, and was expected to make his major league debut in 2009. Despite being injured for most of the 2009 season, Doolittle was ranked tenth in Oakland's farm system according to Baseball America. Doolittle missed the entire 2010 season while rehabbing from 2 knee surgeries. In the 2011 offseason, he was placed on Oakland's 40-man roster to be protected from the Rule 5 draft. After missing more than two years, Doolittle converted back to pitching, making his professional pitching debut in the instructional league in Arizona in 2011. Major-league career Oakland Athletics After only 26 professional entries, 25 of them in three minor league stops in 2012, Doolittle was summoned to the majors on June 5, 2012 against the Texas Rangers throwing one and a third-inning while striking out three with all the balls Fast and none. below 94 mph. He quickly became a key piece of the bullpen as the best left-handed specialist who obtained his first professional rescue on July 21 against the New York Yankees. He served as a preparer for the A Grant Balfour closer the rest of the way while Oakland won the American League West on the last day of the season. Doolittle signed a five-year, $ 10.5 million extension with Athletics on April 18, 2014. Doolittle and right-hander Luke Gregerson entered the regular season as late-entry setup pitchers for the new closer Jim Johnson. However, after an abysmal April, Johnson was removed from the exclusive closing role. Doolittle, Gregerson, and Johnson spent the next 3 weeks throwing closer by committee. Doolittle finally named A's closer on May 20. Doolittle was one of the six A players named for the 2014 American League Star Team; He faced three batters at the end of the game, striking out two. Doolittle started the 2015 season on the disabled list due to a shoulder injury. Sean Doolittle Gnome Day was April 30, 2016. The first 15,000 fans received a Doolittle Gnome that plays a brief sound of Metallica, Doolittle's incoming music. While on a rehabilitation task with the Nashville Triple-A Sounds, Doolittle threw the seventh inning of a game without hits against the Omaha Storm Chasers on June 7, 2017. Starter Chris Smith threw the first six innings and then went followed by Doolittle, Tucker Healy, and Simón Castro, who launched an entry each. Washington Nationals On July 16, 2017, Doolittle was traded to the Washington Nationals, along with Ryan Madson, for Blake Treinen, Sheldon Neuse and Jesus Luzardo. On July 18, Doolittle recorded his first save for the Nationals in a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. In 30 games for the Nationals, he was 1-0 with a 2.40 ERA in 30.0 innings and 21/22 in save opportunities. For the 2018 season, he was named closer to start the season and until July 11, he had 22/23 opportunities to save before falling on the disabled list with an inflammation of his left finger. He was activated from the disabled list on September 7. In 2018 it was 3-3 with 25 saves (7th in the National League) and 1.60 ERA since in 43 relay appearances he threw 45.0 innings and struck out 60 batters (12.0 for 9 innings). He threw a fast four-stitched ball 88.8% of the time, the best in MLB. In 2019, he was 6-5 with 29 saves (sixth in the National League) and 4.05 effectiveness, since in 63 relay appearances he threw 60.0 innings and struck out 66 batters, and led the National League in finished games ( 55), empowering his Nationals for an appearance in the World Series and a save in Game 1. Awards 2008 California League Mid-Season All-Star 2008 Arizona Fall League Rising Stars 2008 Arizona Fall League All-Prospect Team Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle declines White House visit National pitcher Sean Doolittle has refused to visit the White House on Monday for a ceremony honoring the historic victory of his team in the World Series, citing President Donald Trump's rhetoric as the reason he will not attend the celebration. "There are many things, policies with which I disagree, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with divisive rhetoric and the empowerment of conspiracy theories and the widening of the gap in this country," Doolittle said in an interview. Friday with The Washington Post. "At the end of the day, as much as I wanted to be there with my teammates and share that experience with my teammates, I can't do it," Doolittle told the Post. "I just can't do it." The relief pitcher told the newspaper that he did not want to be a distraction for his teammates who want the experience of meeting with the president. "People say you should go because it's about respecting the president's office," Doolittle told the Post. "And I think in the course of his time in office (Trump) he did many things that may not respect the office." Doolittle told the Post that he feels "very strongly" about "Trump's problems in racial relations," mentioning Central Park Five, the Fair Housing Act and Trump's comments following a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. Doolittle, who spoke at the time of condemning the Charlottesville demonstration, told the Post that Trump's rhetoric has allowed and enhanced racism and white supremacy. "I don't want to date someone who talks like that," he said. Doolittle also told the newspaper that his wife has two mothers involved in the LGBTQ community and that he "didn't want to turn his back on them." "I have a brother-in-law who has autism, and (Trump) is a guy who made fun of a disabled journalist. How would that explain that I dated someone who made fun of the way he spoke or the way he spoke? What moves your hands? I can't get over those things, "Doolittle told the Post, referring to Trump's 2015 attack on a New York Times journalist who has a physical disability. Quick facts you need to know Read the full article