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Matthew David Shoemaker...Originally signed by Angels' scout Joel Murrie...Attended Trenton HS (MI) and Eastern Michigan University...Named Angels 2011 Howie Gershberg Minor League Pitcher of the Year and Texas League Pitcher of the Year...Three-time Texas League Pitcher of the Week and selected as Mid-Season and Post-Season All Star.

2014

In 27 games (20 starts) for Angels, went 16-4 with a 3.04 ERA (136 IP - 46 ER) and 124 strikeouts...Established a new Angels franchise rookie record for wins (16) in a season...The previous record of 14 wins was held by Dean Chance (1962), Marcelino Lopez (1965) & Frank Tanana (1974)...The 16 wins tie Tom Seaver for the most in a season by a non-drafted, U.S. born rookie among players beginning their professional careers in the draft era...In final 14 games (12 starts), went 11-2 with a 2.09 ERA (82 IP - 19 ER)...Tied for American League lead in wins (Corey Kluber) in that span...Streak of seven consecutive wins (in decisions) from Aug. 9 - Sept. 15 was tied for longest in American League for the season...Exited start Sept. 15 vs. Seattle in 8th inning with an oblique injury...Did not appear in any of the Angels final 12 games to close the season...Was named the American League Pitcher of the Month and American League Rookie of the Month for Aug....Finished month with 6-1 record and 1.31 ERA (41.1 IP - 6 ER)...Led all A.L. pitchers in wins and ERA for the month and led all A.L. rookies in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, ERA, opponent batting average, fewest hits per nine innings and fewest walks per nine innings...Joined Dean Chance (1964) as only Angels pitchers to win six games in Aug...Since 2006, only four pitchers have collected at least six wins while allowing six-or-fewer runs in a month (Jered Weaver, April/May 2011, Justin Verlander, June 2011, Clayton Kershaw, June 2014, Matt Shoemaker, Aug. 2014)...Faced-off against a former All-Star starting pitcher in nine of 20 starts...Went 6-1 with a 1.92 ERA (56.1 IP - 12 ER) in those nine contests...Became first Angels rookie to win five straight starts (Aug. 9-31) since Jered Weaver won seven straight in 2006...Had streak of 23.2 consecutive scoreless innings pitched from Aug. 16-31...Marked second longest streak all-time by an Angels rookie...Bob Lee tossed 27 straight shutout frames from July 17 - Aug. 9, 1964 (ELIAS)...Pitched 7+ shutout innings in three straight starts (Aug. 21, 26 & 30) to become the first Angels pitcher to do so since Nolan Ryan in 1976-77...Had streak of 24.1 consecutive innings pitched without a walk from July 3 - Aug. 6th...Took no-hitter into 7th inning Aug. 21 at Boston before surrendering first hit of game with two outs in the 7th on double by Will Middlebrooks...Marked longest no-hit bid on road by an Angels pitcher since Ervin Santana no-hit Indians July 27, 2011...Recorded 57 strikeouts through the first 10 starts of his career, breaking club record of 56 (Bo Belinsky, 1962)...Set franchise record for most consecutive home starts (6) with zero losses and three-or-fewer earned runs allowed to start a Major League career...Set career-highs with eight innings pitched and 10 strikeouts June 17 at Cleveland...Became first Angels rookie with 10+ strikeouts in a start since Tim Fortugno July 25, 1992...Made five starts for Salt Lake in 2014 and went 1-0 with 26 strikeouts in 25.2 innings pitched.