Chris Volstad
American baseball player
Christopher Kenneth Volstad (born September 23, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He is a 2005 graduate of Palm Beach Gardens High School. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago White Sox, and in the KBO League for the Doosan Bears.
Volstad was drafted with the 16th pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, the first of three first round picks for the Marlins that year.
Amateur career
Volstad played in amateur baseball tournaments from a young age, winning the championship in a 12-and-under travel competition for a team representing Broward and Palm Beach counties, against a team representing California's Central Valley, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. David Adams was a teammate.
Volstad graduated from Palm Beach Gardens Community High School in 2005, pitching to a 7-2 win–loss record with one save and a 0.41 earned run average (ERA) in 10 games for the school's baseball team as a senior, striking out 98 batters and walking just eight in 69 innings pitched. He led his team deep into the regional playoffs, coming up one game short of States.
Professional career
Florida Marlins
Minor leagues
In his first season of professional baseball, Volstad went 4-3 in 13 starts (with 55 strikeout in 65 innings pitched) between the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Marlins and Jamestown Jammers of the New York–Penn League (Low-A) with a 2.22 ERA.
Volstad never returned to Jamestown, instead starting out 2006 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic League (Single-A). He went 11-8 over 26 starts with a 3.08 ERA. Volstad was subsequently named the Marlins' #1 prospect in Baseball America's annual rankings.
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