Phillippe Aumont was born on January 7,1989 and is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball.
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31 Facts About Phillippe Aumont
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Phillippe Aumont was drafted by the Seattle Mariners 11th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, and was the third earliest Canadian pick as well as the first player born in Quebec to be selected in the first round of the draft.
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Phillippe Aumont's mother worked in a hotel and his father for a moving company.
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Phillippe Aumont was 15 years old when his hometown Montreal Expos left for Washington, DC after the 2004 season, but still supported the team despite playing in a new location.
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Phillippe Aumont was drafted by the Seattle Mariners with the 11th overall pick of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft and signed a contract which included a $1.
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Phillippe Aumont appeared in 15 games in 2008 for the Seattle Mariners A level affiliate, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, posting a 2.
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Phillippe Aumont began the 2009 baseball season with the High Desert Mavericks, the Seattle Mariners Advanced A affiliate, where he was converted into a reliever.
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On December 16,2009, Aumont was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Tyson Gillies and J C Ramirez for Cliff Lee.
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Phillippe Aumont was moved back to a relief role for the 2011 season and made 43 total appearances for Double-A Reading, as well as the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
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Phillippe Aumont finished the season in the Phillies bullpen, appearing in 18 games and posting a 3.
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Phillippe Aumont made 22 total appearances at the major league level in 2013 as well as 32 appearances in the minors, and struggled with command, walking 51 batters in 55 combined innings.
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On June 1,2014, Phillippe Aumont was recalled by the Phillies; he pitched in his first game back on the roster and took the loss.
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Phillippe Aumont appeared in just 5 games for the Phillies, posting an ERA of 19.
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Phillippe Aumont signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on July 24,2015.
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On November 23,2015, Phillippe Aumont signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox.
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Phillippe Aumont would make his debut in the second game of a doubleheader against the Rockland Boulders.
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Phillippe Aumont threw the first no-hitter in Ottawa Champions history against the Dominican Republic national baseball team.
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On January 9,2018, Phillippe Aumont signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers.
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On July 16,2019, Phillippe Aumont threw 18 strikeouts in a complete-game victory over the Rockland Boulders, setting a Can-Am League record for strikeouts in a single game.
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Phillippe Aumont became a free agent after the Champions franchise elected to take a season off following the Can-Am League's merger with the Frontier League.
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On December 2,2019, Phillippe Aumont signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Phillippe Aumont pitched for the Canada national baseball team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 World Baseball Classic, 2015 Pan American Games, 2015 WBSC Premier12,2019 Pan American Games Qualifier, 2019 Pan American Games and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
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Phillippe Aumont struggled early, giving up two hits and a walk, before settling down.
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Phillippe Aumont then proceeded to retire MLB All-Stars David Wright, Kevin Youkilis, and Curtis Granderson in order, the last two by strikeout, to escape the inning with no runs surrendered.
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Phillippe Aumont was a "power" pitcher, with a hard fastball and sharp breaking ball.
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Phillippe Aumont's breaking pitch was a "power slurve" which moves more like a curveball and had been clocked in the high 70s to low 80s.
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In mid-2019, Phillippe Aumont's fiancee gave birth to his first child, a daughter named Gabrielle.
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