Daniel Hudson

Daniel Claiborne Hudson (born March 9, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

While at Princess Anne, Hudson led the Cavaliers to the 2005 state championship.

In 2007, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Hudson finished his collegiate career second all-time in strikeouts with 295 (Justin Verlander is first all-time), sixth in games started with 40 and seventh in innings pitched with 292.

He posted a win–loss record of 20–14, and had a 3.79 earned run average (ERA).

Hudson was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the fifth round of the 2008 MLB draft.

The Chicago White Sox selected Hudson in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.

For the remainder of the 2008 season he was assigned to the White Sox rookie-level affiliate, the Great Falls Voyagers, where he posted a win–loss record of 5–4 and an ERA of 3.36 in 14 starts.

He struck out 90 batters in 69 2⁄3 innings.

He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut for the White Sox in 2009, and has also played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates, Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres.

Hudson began the 2009 minor league season at Low-A level, with the Kannapolis Intimidators.

After posting a 1.23 ERA in four starts, Hudson was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash, the Sox Advanced-A team.

After eight starts and a 3.40 ERA in Winston-Salem, Hudson was once again on the move up, this time to the Double-A Birmingham Barons.

Hudson's rapid rise through the White Sox minor league system continued in Birmingham, where he posted a record of 7–0, with a 1.60 ERA.

After nine starts at Double-A level, Hudson was promoted to Triple-A.

With the Charlotte Knights Hudson went 2–0 with an ERA of 3.00 in five starts.

The White Sox promoted Hudson to the majors for the first time on September 3, 2009, after posting a 14–5 record and a 2.32 ERA, and striking out 166 in 147 1⁄3 innings at four minor league levels.

In his Major League debut on September 4, 2009, he pitched two innings of scoreless relief.

Hudson made three appearances out of the White Sox bullpen before taking over Gavin Floyd's spot in the rotation for the remainder of the 2009 season, after Floyd sustained a hip injury.

He received his first win in his second start on September 27, 2009, allowing two earned runs over six innings at U.S. Cellular Field against the Detroit Tigers.

After starting the 2010 season in the minors, Hudson was called up on July 11, 2010, to replace Jake Peavy, who was out for the season with a torn right latissimus dorsi muscle.

On July 30, 2010, the White Sox traded Hudson and minor league pitcher David Holmberg to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Edwin Jackson.

He was 7–1 with a 1.69 ERA with the Diamondbacks that season.

Hudson finished the 2011 season 16–12, with a 3.49 ERA and 169 strikeouts over 222 innings pitched.

He also hit .277/.309/.369 and led all pitchers with 18 hits and 14 RBIs, winning the 2011 Silver Slugger as the best batter at his position.

He helped lead the team to an NL West division title, but faltered in the NLDS as he gave up five runs in Game 2 and was credited with the loss.

On July 9, 2012, Hudson underwent Tommy John surgery which eliminated him for the remainder of the 2012 season.

Hudson began the 2013 season on the 60-day disabled list still recovering from the Tommy John surgery he previously had.

In a rehab start with the Double-A Mobile BayBears on June 4, 2013, Hudson re-tore his ulnar collateral ligament.

Hudson underwent Tommy John surgery for the second time of his career on June 18, 2013, which shut him down for the entire 2013 season.

After the season, Hudson was non-tendered by Arizona, becoming a free agent.

It was rumored that Hudson still wanted to return to the Diamondbacks and on December 13, 2013, Hudson signed a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks.

Nearly two years after surgery, Hudson returned as a reliever late into the 2014 season.

He pitched in three games, totaling 2 2⁄3 innings.

The following season, Hudson pitched exclusively out of the bullpen, appearing in 64 games.

In 2016, Hudson pitched in 70 games, collecting 5 saves.

On December 21, 2016, Hudson signed a two-year, $11 million contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In the 2017 season, Hudson appeared in 71 games for the Pirates, compiling a 2–7 record and a 4.38 ERA.

Hudson was on the mound at the end of Game 7 of the 2019 World Series to clinch the Nationals' first championship in franchise history.

Hudson attended Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he played college baseball for the Old Dominion Monarchs.