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| Lance Broadway | |
|---|---|
 Broadway with the Chicago White Sox in 2009 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 20, 1983 Bryan, Texas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 7, 2007, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 26, 2009, for the New York Mets | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 2–2 |
| Earned run average | 5.24 |
| Strikeouts | 39 |
| Teams | |
Lance Daniel Broadway (born August 20, 1983) is an American actor and former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is 6'3" and throws right-handed.
High school and college
[edit]Broadway was born in Bryan, Texas, and attended Grand Prairie High School, where he was an all-district performer all three of his years on the varsity team. He transferred from Grand Prairie after his junior year and attended Waxahachie High. He played with former high-school All-State player Ben Hudspeth.[1]
Broadway then went on to pitch for Dallas Baptist University, and major in communications, where he earned all-conference honors both years he pitched for the Patriots. He threw two no-hitters as a freshman and as a sophomore went 10–2 with a 2.82 Earned run average and 102 strikeouts in 108 innings pitched.
After two seasons with Dallas Baptist, Broadway transferred to Texas Christian University. He went 15–1 with a 1.62 ERA and 151 strikeouts in 117 innings pitched for the Horned Frogs. He was named to the All-Tournament Team of the 2005 Conference USA Tournament[2] and also the conference's Pitcher of the Year and Male Athlete of the Year.
Minor leagues
[edit]Broadway was selected 15th overall (the fourth pitcher taken in the first round) by the Chicago White Sox in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.[3] He signed for $1.57 million. After being selected, Broadway went 1–3 with a 4.58 ERA in 11 starts for the Single-A Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League.[4] He went into the 2006 season considered the eighth best prospect in the White Sox system, and combined to go 8–8 with a 2.75 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 26 starts and 160.1 innings pitched between the Double-A Birmingham Barons and Triple-A Charlotte Knights.[4]
Entering 2007, Broadway was named the third-best prospect in the White Sox system. Broadway finished the season at 8–9 with a 4.65 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 26 starts and 155 innings pitched for Charlotte.[4]
New York Mets
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The White Sox, with a surplus of starting pitching, and realizing that Broadway was unlikely to crack the team's rotation saw an opportunity to acquire a veteran backup catcher. The Sox traded Broadway to the Mets for Ramón Castro in May 2009. Broadway, who was 0–1 with a 5.06 ERA for the season, was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League[5] and was added to the starting rotation.[6]
On August 26, 2009, Broadway was called up to the New York Mets when LHP Óliver Pérez was placed on the disabled list.[7]
On December 13, 2009, Broadway was non-tendered by the New York Mets, making him a free agent.[8]
Toronto Blue Jays
[edit]On December 16, 2009, Broadway was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays to a minor league deal.[9] He spent the entire season with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, going 3–11 with a 7.66 ERA in 29 games (20 starts).[4]
Personal life
[edit]At a nightclub in 2010, Broadway allegedly assaulted Ivan Pinney, severely damaging his eye and face.[10][11]
Acting career
[edit]Broadway made his motion picture debut in the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen.[12]
In 2014, Broadway was cast as "Commander Linden" in Sci Fi thriller Teleios, which was later renamed Beyond the Trek and released in 2017 by Screen Media Films.[13]
In 2015, Broadway was cast as Devon in the short film Shattered Reflections.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "2002 Team History". Waxahachie High School. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ "1st Round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Lance Broadway Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ "Bisons and Mets Agree to Partnership". Buffalo Bisons. September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "News: Castro Traded To White Sox". Mets Blog. May 30, 2009. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Costa, Brian (August 28, 2009). "Reliever Lance Broadway delighted by call-up to NY Mets, but promotion highlights sorry state of team". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ^ "Redding, three others non-tendered". New York Post. December 13, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ "Blue Jays sign Buck for one season, $2 million". ESPN. Associated Press. December 16, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ Malisow, Craig (January 21, 2010). "Courts Woodlands Man Sues After Former Major-Leaguer (Allegedly) Assaults Him". Houston Press. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^ Taylor, Mike (March 9, 2010). "Woodlands man still recuperating from alleged assault on New Year's". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^ Cauthen, Shawn (February 12, 2013). "Lance Broadway Goes from Major League Baseball to OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN". Screenslam. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ Gibson, Bradley (September 29, 2017). "Beyond the Trek". Film Threat. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ "Shattered Reflections (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Lance Broadway at IMDb