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LHP
SAM ALDEGHERI

66 LEFT LEFT 6-1 180

BORN: SEPT. 19, 2001 OPENING DAY AGE: 23
BIRTHPLACE: VERONA, ITALY RESIDES: VERONA, ITALY
MLB SERVICE: 31 DAYS
ACQUIRED: FROM PHILADELPHIA WITH RHP GEORGE KLASSEN FOR RHP
CARLOS ESTÉVEZ, JULY 27, 2024
SIGNED THRU: 2025; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 0/3 OPTIONS USED

ALDEGHERI’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA ALDEGHERI
2019— Parma (ITSA) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -
2020— Parma (ITSA) 2-0 4.82 8 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 8 6 5 0 1 7 0 13 2 0 -
2021— FCL Phillies 1-0 2.08 3 1 0 1 0 0 8.2 8 3 2 0 1 3 0 14 1 0 .235
Clearwater 0-1 2.92 5 2 0 2 0 0 12.1 9 4 4 0 1 7 0 18 2 0 .200
2022— FCL Phillies 0-0 1.46 8 4 0 1 0 0 12.1 9 2 2 0 0 7 0 17 3 0 .191
2023— Clearwater 3-1 3.86 16 15 0 0 0 0 67.2 59 35 29 8 5 30 0 79 4 0 .234
Jersey Shore 1-0 5.63 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.0 19 10 10 1 1 5 0 20 0 1 .288
2024— Jersey Shore 6-5 3.18 13 13 0 0 0 0 68.0 44 27 24 3 3 28 0 95 6 0 .182
Reading 0-2 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 7 4 0 0 4 0 14 2 0 .214
Rocket City 0-2 5.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.1 16 11 10 0 0 9 0 25 2 0 .232
LAA 1-2 4.85 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 12 7 2 2 10 0 10 2 0 .283
MAJOR TOTALS 1-2 4.85 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 12 7 2 2 10 0 10 2 0 .283
ITALY TOTALS 2-0 4.66 9 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 9 6 5 0 1 9 0 13 2 0 -
MINOR TOTALS 11-11 3.60 55 45 0 3 0 0 212.1 173 99 85 12 11 93 0 282 20 1 .217
Disabling Injuries: 2024 — Left middle finger blister; disabled Sept. 15 (retro to Sept. 14) - end of season
2024 SEASON
◆ Went 1-2 with a 4.85 ERA (13.0 IP - 7 ER) and 10 strikeouts in three starts for Angels.
◆ Made Major League debut Aug. 30 vs. Seattle and allowed two earned runs on six hits with two walks and three
strikeouts across 5.0 innings pitched (L, 5.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 2 HBP).
◆ Earned first Major League win in his second career start, Sept. 6 at Texas, and became the first Italian-born
player to win a Major League game since Cleveland’s Marino Pieretti in 1949.
◆ Became first pitcher born and raised in Italy to play in the Majors...He was the fifth Italian-born MLB pitcher and
first since Cleveland’s Marino Pieretti in 1950, but each of the previous four Italian-born pitchers moved to the
United States in their childhoods...Overall, became eighth Italian-born player in Major League history and first
since Seattle’s Alex Liddi (2011-2013)...First Italian-born player in Angels franchise history.
◆ Placed on injured list with left middle finger blister on Sept. 15 (retro to Sept. 14) and missed final 15 games of
the season.
◆ Acquired by Angels alongside minor league RHP George Klassen from Philadelphia in exchange for RHP Carlos
Estévez on July 27.
◆ Assembled a 6-9 record and 3.59 ERA (95.1 IP - 38 ER) with 134 strikeouts in 19 starts between High-A Jersey
Shore (PHI) and Double-A Reading (PHI) and Rocket City (LAA).
◆ At the time of his promotion to Double-A
on July 9, led South Atlantic League and EUROPEAN-BORN ANGELS
ranked second at the High-A level with
95 strikeouts...Also led High-A with Player Position Country Year(s) with Angels
12.57 strikeouts per nine innings (min.
60 IP). Mickey Scott LHP Germany 1975-77
◆ Named South Atlantic League Pitcher Bert Blyleven RHP Netherlands 1989-92
of the Week for June 10-16 following a Craig Lefferts LHP Germany 1994
start against the Wilmington Blue Rocks Robert Eenhoorn INF Netherlands 1996-97
where he tossed 6.0 shutout innings on
just two hits and two walks with nine Sam Aldegheri LHP Italy 2024
strikeouts.

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