Huston Lowell Street is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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35 Facts About Huston Street
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Huston Street played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels.
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Huston Street won the MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 2005, and was named an All-Star in 2012 and 2014.
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Huston Street received All-American honors at Texas every season he was there, and helped his team win the College World Series of collegiate baseball in 2002.
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Huston Street won the USA Baseball Richard W "Dick" Case Award in 2003.
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In 2010, Huston Street was named to the NCAA College World Series Legends Team.
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Huston Street then was invited to the Arizona Fall League where his team took the championship.
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Huston Street was called up to the MLB at the start of the 2005 season.
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Huston Street was rewarded for his effort by being named Rookie of the Year, as the third player in a row who had spent some time in the Athletics organization.
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Huston Street continued to serve as the closer for the A's in 2006.
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On October 14, Huston Street gave up a walk-off three-run home run to Magglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the 2006 ALCS that ended the A's postseason.
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Huston Street had a solid season in 2007, despite missing time with an injury.
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On November 12,2008, Huston Street was traded to the Colorado Rockies with outfielder Carlos Gonzalez and pitcher Greg Smith for outfielder Matt Holliday.
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Huston Street beat out Manny Corpas to earn the role of the Rockies' closing pitcher for the 2009 season.
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Since that time, Huston Street excelled in the closer role and was a key cog in the Rockies' mid-season run back into the race.
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Huston Street finished 2009 with 35 saves in 37 opportunities, a 3.
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Huston Street missed the first two-and-a-half months of the season of the 2010 season with shoulder soreness, but on returning to the team he assumed the role of closer.
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Huston Street fainted several times from the pain and needed to be taken off the field in an ambulance, but he avoided the disabled list.
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Huston Street finished 2010 with 20 saves in 25 opportunities and a 3.
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Huston Street opened 2011 as the Rockies closer, saving 29 games in 32 opportunities through early August.
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Huston Street was traded by the Rockies to the San Diego Padres for left hander Nick Schmidt on December 7,2011.
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The Padres picked up all but $500,000 of Huston Street's remaining contract, and he moved immediately into the closer role vacated by Heath Bell.
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Huston Street missed a month with a right shoulder strain, but otherwise had an excellent first half with the Padres.
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On July 29,2012, the Padres and Huston Street agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension with a club option for the 2015 season.
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Huston Street returned to pitch in three more games at the end of the season, earning his 200th career save in his first game back.
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Huston Street finished the 2012 season with 23 saves in 24 chances and a 1.
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Huston Street appeared in 58 games in 2013, missing only a couple weeks in early June with a calf strain.
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Huston Street converted 33 of 35 save opportunities and posted a 2.
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On July 19,2014, Street was traded to the Los Angeles Angels with Trevor Gott in exchange for Taylor Lindsey, Jose Rondon, R J Alvarez, and Elliot Morris.
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On July 22,2015, Huston Street recorded his 300th career save in a victory over the Minnesota Twins, becoming the 27th pitcher all time to reach the 300 saves milestone.
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Huston Street was activated from the disabled list on June 22,2017 to play for the first time since 2016.
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Huston Street went back on the disabled list and was ruled out for the season, only pitching in 4 games.
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On March 29,2018, Huston Street announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Twitter after battling injuries for the previous two seasons.
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Huston Street's windup is unusual in that he makes a large step to the first base side first.
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