Christian Bergman

Christian Stanford Bergman

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
• School University of California, Irvine
• High School St. Francis High School
• Debut June 9, 2014
• Final Game August 17, 2018

• Born May 4, 1988 in Glendale, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Christian Bergman is a five year major league veteran, seeing action with the Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners.

Bergman hit .343 as a high school senior and went 10-2 with a 1.54 ERA with 78 strikeouts to 9 walks in 78 innings. As a college freshman, he was 0-4 with a 4.98 ERA and was 1-5 with a 2.39 ERA for the Anchorage Bucs that summer. His sophomore year, he improved to 5-2, 1.94 and was named All-Big West Conference. Back with Anchorage, he excelled at 4-2, 1.34 with only 8 walks in 60 2/3 innings to win All-Star honors for the Alaska Baseball League. He had a 9-3, 3.50 record as a junior and tied for 5th in the Big West in wins. He was again 9-3 with a 3.72 ERA and one save as a senior. He tied for third in the Big West in wins, three behind Noe Ramirez and Daniel Renken. That June, he was taken by Colorado in the 24th round of the 2010 amateur draft; the scout was Jon Lukens.

Christian went 1-4 with a 5.96 ERA for the Casper Ghosts in his first professional season. In 2011, he was 7-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 15 starts for the Tri-City Dust Devils, walking only 11 batters in 97 1/3 innings. He was a Northwest League postseason All-Star and ranked the #1 pitcher in the league by The Baseball Cube website. He finished third in the NWL in ERA (behind Vicente Campos and Tyler Gagnon), tied Nelson Gonzalez and Philip Brua for first in wins, led in shutouts (2; no other starter had any) and edged Campos for the WHIP title (0.97). He finished one inning shy of the NWL record for consecutive shutout innings (32) and tossed 13 innings in the playoffs, striking out 12. He and Campos were the All-Star righties in the NWL. Bergman was 16-5 with a 3.65 ERA in 27 starts for the Modesto Nuts in 2012. He made the California League leaderboard in ERA (third, behind Matt Andriese and Josh Bowman) and wins (first by four over Taylor Rogers). He led Rockies farmhands in wins (two over Ben Alsup) and tied Edwar Cabrera for 4th in strikeouts (121). Despite being in a hitter's league, he was also 5th in the Rockies chain in ERA. He was a California League postseason All-Star (joining Andriese, Kevin Quackenbush and Roenis Elias on the pitching staff) and MiLB.com Organization All-Star. He was named the Cal League Pitcher of the Year; he was the second of at least three straight Nuts to win, following Chad Bettis and preceding Dan Winkler. He tied T.J. McFarland for the most wins in the minor leagues.

In 2013, he was 8-7 with a 3.37 ERA for the Tulsa Drillers, walking only 23 in 171 innings. He was among the Texas League leaders in ERA (4th, between Brandon Hynick and Lay Batista) and strikeouts (111, 9th, between Seth Blair and Keyvius Sampson). He was a TL postseason All-Star, his third All-Star nod in three years; the other pitchers picked were Sampson, Mike Foltynewicz, Jeremy McBryde, David Martinez, Quackenbush, Neil Ramirez and Carlos Hernandez. He began 2014 with the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox and made his big league debut on June 9. He pitched parts of three seasons with the Rockies, never firmly establishing a grasp on a big league roster spot, and signed as a free agent with the Mariners in December 2016. After two up and down years, he signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs for 2019. He was released at the end of spring training, briefly returning to Triple A with the Mariners, while spending time in the Atlantic League.

Notable Achievements

• 2012 Pitcher of the Year California League Modesto Nuts

Sources

• 2014 Rockies Media Guide
• UC Irvine
• The Baseball Cube

Related Sites

• Christian Bergman on mlb.com
• BR Minors page