Richard Bleier

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Bleier
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 16, 1987(1987-04-16)
Age	37
Country	United States
Birth City	Davie
Horoscope	Aries

Richard Bleier Biography

Richard Bleier is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 16, 1987 in Davie, United States. Richard Sidney Bleier, born April 16, 1987, is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles (MLB).

Bleier was a college baseball player at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), Fort Myers, Florida. He received a partial scholarship. Bleier grew to 6’4″ (1.93m) and 210lbs (95 kg) by 2008. He was throwing 90 miles an hour (140 km/h). After a 7-1 record of wins and losses, Bleier was unanimously named the Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher Of The Year and First Team All Sun Conference. He also had a 2.09 earned run rate (ERA), which led the conference in wins and complete games. He had a 2.70 ERA (second-best in school history), 17 wins, and 181 strikeouts during his three years at the university.

In 2010, he was 7-11 for Frisco, and gave up the third-fewest walks per 9 innings in the Texas League, at 1.54. Bleier was voted Pitcher of the Week in the Class AA Texas League with the Rangers’ Frisco RoughRiders on both May 10, 2010, and June 6, 2011.

In 2012, Bleier, by virtue of his Jewish heritage, played for the Israel national baseball team in the qualifying rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He pitched one scoreless inning, over the course of two appearances. After not pitching in the first game, Bleier got the only batter he faced in the second game, and was credited with a hold. During the third and final game, Bleier recorded two outs while walking two, and was again credited with a hold.

After his junior year at college, the Texas Rangers selected Bleier as their sixth pick in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He was the highest-drafted pick ever made by Florida Gulf Coast University.

Richard Bleier Net Worth

Richard Bleier is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Bleier 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bleier was born in Plantation, Florida and played baseball at South Plantation High School. He graduated from there in 2005. He was 5′ 6″ (1.68m) tall and weighed in at 117 lbs (53 kg) as a freshman. In 2005, he was selected for the All Star state and county games. He lives in Fort Lauderdale.

He was named a State of Florida All Star in high school in 2005. He was the Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher Of The Year and the First Team All Sun Conference in his junior year at Florida Gulf Coast University. Bleier was selected by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round, 2008 Major League Baseball draft. His 2009 strikeouts of 125 were second in Rangers’ minor league system. He also gave up the lowest number of walks per nine innings in the California League. Bleier, who signed with the Washington Nationals before the 2015 season, pitched in the Harrisburg Senators’ minor league system that year. He had the most wins (14) and the lowest ERA (2.57) of all minor-league pitchers in the Nationals. MiLB.com voted him a Washington organization All Star in 2015.

Bleier played in the Rangers system. Playing for the Bakersfield Blaze in 2009, he was 7-11 and gave up the fewest walks-per-9-innings in the California League, 1.25, and had the best strikeout/walk ratio in the league, 5.40. In 2009 between Bakersfield and Hickory, he was 9-12 and his 125 strikeouts were the second-most in the Rangers’ minor league system.

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Bleier debuted in the majors in 2016 for the New York Yankees, following nine minor league seasons in which he pitched 956 innings, and he was one of 12 Yankees pitchers since 1919 to make his debut after turning 29 years old. In 23 relief appearances in 2016 he had a 1.96 ERA. In February 2017 the Yankees traded Bleier to the Baltimore Orioles. In 57 relief appearances in 2017, he had a 1.99 ERA. In 31 relief appearances in 2018, he had a 1.93 ERA. His 1.97 ERA for the seasons 2016-18 was the second-lowest in major league baseball, of all pitchers with 100 or more innings pitched.

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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard Bleier celebrates birthday on April 16 of every year.

Through August 4, 2017, Bleier had the lowest ERA (1.56) in the American League of all pitchers with 40 innings pitched. At the same time—pitching to contact—he had averaged 4.02 strikeouts-per-9-innings, the lowest average of all such AL pitchers, and batters he faced averaged 3.39 pitches-per-plate- appearance, the second-lowest average among all such AL pitchers.