Daniel Stumpf

Daniel Arthur Stumpf

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
• School San Jacinto College
• High School Atascocita High School
• Debut April 7, 2016
• Final Game September 14, 2019
• Born January 4, 1991 in Humble, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Daniel Stumpf began his professional career in 2012.

Prior to being drafted, he won the Most Outstanding Pitcher honor at the 2012 Junior College World Series. He was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 2012 amateur draft.

With the Burlington Royals in 2012, he posted a 1.55 ERA in 19 relief appearances, striking out 34 batters in 29 innings. He was 10-10 with a 3.07 ERA in 25 starts for the Lexington Legends in 2013, averaging 7.6 Ks per 9 frames. He was a South Atlantic League Post-Season All-Star that year. On July 2, he threw a 7-inning no-hitter against Greenville. In 2014, he had a 3.77 ERA in 32 games (seven starts) for the Wilmington Blue Rocks, striking out 79 batters in 74 innings.

He spent 2015 with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, going 5-4, 3.57 in 42 games with 3 saves. He gave up only 55 hits in 70 2/3 innings while striking out 76. On December 10th, the Philadelphia Phillies took him with the 12th pick of the 2015 Rule V Draft.

Stumpf made his major league debut with the Phillies early in the 2016 season. After three games, he had no decisions and an ERA of 40.50, the result of giving up 3 runs in two-thirds of an inning after surrendering a grand slam to Eugenio Suarez of the Cincinnati Reds in his first game on April 7th. On April 14th however, he was handed an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a PED. It was an old school steroid first developed in East Germany in the days the former communist country was systematically doping its top athletes to give them an unfair edge in the Olympics.

In June of 2018, while sent on an injury rehabilitation assignment with the AAA Toledo Mud Hens by the Detroit Tigers, he became the unwitting cause of the firing of pitching coach Chris Bosio. Bosio was overheard referring to him as "Spider Monkey", a term considered offensive by those who heard it, and was fired for making insensitive remarks in contravention of the the team's code of conduct. Asked about the highly-publicized incident, Stumpf commented he had no knowledge where that particular nickname could have come from as he had never heard it. His teammates' nickname for him was "Donald", based on his last name's resemblance to that of the President.

Related Sites

• Daniel Stumpf on mlb.com
• BR Minors page