Luke Anthony Hochevar is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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25 Facts About Luke Hochevar
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Luke Hochevar played college baseball at the University of Tennessee, and played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals from 2007 through 2016.
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Luke Hochevar was the first overall pick in the 2006 MLB draft and a member of the 2015 World Series champions.
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Luke Hochevar's father was a college basketball player at the University of Southern Colorado who had an unsuccessful tryout with the Denver Nuggets and who later turned to coaching, including serving as Luke's baseball coach at Fowler High School.
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Luke Hochevar was a multi-sport athlete, earning all-state honors in basketball.
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Luke Hochevar excelled in the classroom as well, and was named an academic all-state four consecutive years.
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Luke Hochevar was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 39th round of the 2002 MLB amateur entry draft but chose to attend college at the University of Tennessee instead.
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Luke Hochevar was used primarily as a relief pitcher during his freshman year for the Volunteers, striking out 73 batters and walking 24 in 77 innings of work.
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However, the next day Luke Hochevar changed his mind on switching agents, returning to Boras and reneging on the deal.
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Luke Hochevar signed with the Fort Worth Cats of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league.
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Luke Hochevar entered the draft yet again in 2006 and was selected first overall by the Kansas City Royals.
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Luke Hochevar began the 2007 season with the Wichita Wranglers of the Class AA Texas League.
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Luke Hochevar was chosen to appear in the 2007 All-Star Futures Game.
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Luke Hochevar made his major league debut September 8,2007 in a game against the New York Yankees.
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Luke Hochevar's ERA though, was a high one, finishing at 5.
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On June 12,2009, Luke Hochevar pitched an 80 pitch complete game, only allowing 3 hits and 1 run; this was a feat that had only been accomplished by 5 pitchers in American League the previous 20 years.
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Luke Hochevar allowed more earned runs than any other major league pitcher, and his -1.
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On January 15,2013, Luke Hochevar filed for salary arbitration, the only Royals player to do so in the off-season, and the second year in a row that he has done so.
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Luke Hochevar was instead assigned to the bullpen for middle relief duties.
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On March 7,2014, Royals officials confirmed the injury and stated Luke Hochevar would be undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair the damage.
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On December 3,2014, Luke Hochevar signed a 2-year, $10 million agreement with the Kansas City Royals.
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Luke Hochevar was the winning pitcher in the deciding Game 5 of the World Series.
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On November 5,2016, the Royals declined their 2017 option on Luke Hochevar, making him a free agent for the first time of his career.
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Luke Hochevar used five of the pitches to both right-handed and left-handed hitters, eschewing only the slider to lefties and the changeup to righties.
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