66 Facts About Madison Bumgarner

Madison Kyle Bumgarner was born on August 1,1989, and commonly known by his nickname, "MadBum", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.

Madison Bumgarner has been selected to four National League All-Star teams and has the most strikeouts in franchise history by a Giants left-handed pitcher.

Madison Bumgarner played high school baseball at South Caldwell High School in Hudson, North Carolina, where he helped his team win the 2007 4A State Championship.

Madison Bumgarner pitched eight scoreless innings in Game 4 of the 2010 World Series, helping win the franchise's first World Series in San Francisco and the first since 1954.

Two years later, Madison Bumgarner pitched seven more scoreless innings in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series.

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In 2014, Madison Bumgarner started the Wild Card game for the Giants, throwing a shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Madison Bumgarner set the World Series record for the lowest earned run average in 2014, taking home the Most Valuable Player award as the Giants won their third World Series during his time in San Francisco.

In 2015 and 2016, Madison Bumgarner reached his third and fourth All-Star Games, though the 2015 game is the only one he pitched in during his time with the Giants.

Madison Bumgarner started his second Wild Card game against the New York Mets, again throwing a shutout.

Madison Bumgarner was born August 1,1989, in Hickory, North Carolina, and grew up in an area ten miles away nicknamed "Bumtown" because of the abundance of people with the surname Madison Bumgarner who have lived there over the years after their ancestors had arrived from Germany.

Madison Bumgarner grew up in a log house built by his father, sleeping in a loft.

Madison Bumgarner attended South Caldwell High School in Hudson, North Carolina, where he was known as "Maddie" and played on both the school's baseball team and the Post 29's American Legion Baseball team.

Madison Bumgarner committed to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a college baseball scholarship.

Madison Bumgarner was the first high school pitcher to be selected as the Giants' first pick since Matt Cain in 2002, and the first left-handed pitcher selected in the first round by the organization since Noah Lowry in 2001.

Madison Bumgarner pitched for the Augusta Greenjackets, the Giants' Low-A South Atlantic League affiliate, in 2008.

Madison Bumgarner began the 2009 season with the Giants' High-A affiliate, the San Jose Giants of the California League.

Madison Bumgarner dropped to the fourteenth-best prospect in baseball on the magazine's list, as some writers were concerned about a drop in Bumgarner's velocity.

Madison Bumgarner started in place of ace Tim Lincecum, who was scratched with back spasms.

Madison Bumgarner made four appearances with the Giants in 2009, posting an ERA of 1.

On June 26,2010, Madison Bumgarner was called up again to join the club, facing the Boston Red Sox the next day, where he registered his first career major league hit.

Madison Bumgarner replaced Joe Martinez, who had made one start in place of an injured Todd Wellemeyer, in the starting rotation.

The next day, Madison Bumgarner made his first career major league pinch-hitting appearance.

Madison Bumgarner made his postseason debut in Game 4 of the 2010 National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, and by pitching six innings advanced the Giants to the 2010 National League Championship Series, becoming the youngest pitcher in Giants' franchise history to appear in, start, and win a playoff game.

Madison Bumgarner was the sixth-youngest pitcher to appear in a playoff game.

In Game 6 of the NLCS, Madison Bumgarner pitched two shutout relief innings against the Philadelphia Phillies as the Giants advanced to the 2010 World Series.

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In Game 4 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers, Madison Bumgarner pitched eight shutout innings, allowing only three hits and permitting just one Ranger to reach second base, in the process of recording his first career World Series win.

Madison Bumgarner became the fifth-youngest pitcher to start a World Series game.

Madison Bumgarner finished eleventh in voting for the NL Cy Young Award.

Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher to begin his World Series career with fifteen scoreless innings since Bruce Hurst in 1986.

Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson in 1905 was the last Giant before Madison Bumgarner to have scoreless outings in his first two career World Series starts.

Madison Bumgarner was selected to represent the National League for the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his first career All-Star selection.

Madison Bumgarner threw over two hundred innings for the third consecutive season and improved at holding runners on base, conceding eight stolen bases in 2013 as opposed to 27 in 2012.

Madison Bumgarner finished in ninth place in voting for the NL Cy Young Award.

Madison Bumgarner represented the National League at the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his second straight All-Star selection.

Madison Bumgarner tied the all-time MLB records for grand slams in a career and in a single season by a pitcher with two.

Madison Bumgarner joins Sandy Koufax from the 1965 World Series and Justin Verlander from the 2012 ALDS as the only pitchers to pitch a shutout and strike out ten or more batters in a winner-take-all game.

In Game 5, Madison Bumgarner pitched his second career postseason complete-game shutout, another four-hit shutout, becoming the second pitcher in franchise history with two shutouts in a single postseason after Mathewson's three shutouts in the 1905 World Series and the first San Francisco Giants pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout in a World Series game since Jack Sanford in the 1962 World Series.

Madison Bumgarner took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but Justin Upton spoiled it with a leadoff single.

Madison Bumgarner became the third left-handed pitcher in the San Francisco era and the third-youngest in franchise history to reach the milestone.

Madison Bumgarner struck out 12 Houston batters, including a career-high seven straight batters to tie a San Francisco record with Juan Marichal and Jonathan Sanchez.

Madison Bumgarner is one of two pitchers in the modern era along with Hall of Famer Early Wynn to hit a home run and strikeout 14 batters in a complete game shutout.

Madison Bumgarner became the first Giants left-handed pitcher to record multiple fourteen-strikeout games in a single season and career, and joined Marichal as the only Giants pitchers in the San Francisco era to strike out ten or more batters, hit a home run, and record a shutout in the same game.

Madison Bumgarner became the first Giants pitcher to record a hit in a pitch-hitting appearance since Kirk Rueter in 2004.

Madison Bumgarner was named the winner of the 2015 National League Silver Slugger Award at pitcher.

Madison Bumgarner finished in sixth place in voting for the NL Cy Young Award.

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From April 20 to June 20, Madison Bumgarner allowed two earned runs or fewer in 12 consecutive starts, tying Fred Anderson for the third-longest streak in Giants history since 1913.

Fourth year in a row, Madison Bumgarner was an All-Star, though he did not pitch in the game because he had made a start two days before.

Madison Bumgarner hit an opposite-field leadoff double, becoming the first Giants pitcher to record a pinch-hit double since Ray Sadecki did so in 1967.

Madison Bumgarner surrendered a grand slam to future teammate Justin Ruggiano in the top of the fourth inning and proceeded to hit a two-run home run off of Jacob deGrom in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Madison Bumgarner became the third Giant of the year to win his one hundredth career game on the 2016 season, joining Cueto and Cain.

Madison Bumgarner was fourth place in voting for the NL Cy Young Award ; he finished sixteenth in NL MVP voting and was second to Scherzer among pitchers in voting.

Madison Bumgarner became the fourth Giants pitcher and the first in the San Francisco Era to hit a home run on Opening Day, joining Mickey Welch, Larry Benton, and Johnny Antonelli.

Madison Bumgarner joined Carlos Gonzalez and Joey Votto as the third player to hit multiple home runs off of both Kershaw and Greinke.

On July 24,2020, Madison Bumgarner made his Diamondbacks debut as a Opening Day starting pitcher.

Madison Bumgarner was a finalist for the Silver Slugger Award, which was won by Max Fried.

On June 22,2022 at Petco Park, Madison Bumgarner got Luke Voit to strikeout swinging in the bottom of the fourth inning for his 2,000 career strikeout.

Madison Bumgarner became the eighth fastest left-handed pitcher in terms of innings pitched and the 86th pitcher in Major League history to reach the milestone.

Madison Bumgarner has a unique pitching style; as he throws, it appears he is throwing toward first base.

Madison Bumgarner tends to throw the fastball and the cutter over 30 percent of the time, and the change-up and curveball are his secondary pitches.

Madison Bumgarner has hit 19 career home runs as a pitcher, which is the most by any active pitcher, and most hit by a pitcher, behind Carlos Zambrano, since the AL adopted the designated hitter rule in 1973.

Madison Bumgarner had a half-sister, Dena, who died in 2010 after accidentally overdosing on pain medication following hospitalization from cancer.

Madison Bumgarner plays catch with his wife Ali, who grew up playing softball.

Madison Bumgarner has appeared on television as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Madison Bumgarner has endorsement deals with Carhartt and Ford and has appeared in television commercials for both.

On February 23,2020, Madison Bumgarner revealed in an interview for The Athletic that he has competed in rodeo events as a team roper under the alias Mason Saunders, combining a shortened version of his first name with his wife's maiden name.

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Madison Bumgarner said that he had been roping since his mid-teens—long enough that "it's part of who you are"—and he has been discreetly competing in rodeos for some time, including during his MLB career.