Duke von Schamann

Dalton Duke von Schamann

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 5", Weight 220 lb.
• School Texas Tech University
• High School Edmond Santa Fe High School

• Born June 3, 1991 in Tulsa, OK USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Duke von Schamann was drafted in the 15th round of the 2012 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of Texas Tech University. He played for three different professional teams that first season, putting up a combined mark of 6-4, 3.00 in 15 games while making it all the way to the AA Chattanooga Lookouts. He split 2013 between the Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Chattanooga, and had some more solid stats, with a record of 11-7, 4.67 in 27 games.

On April 6, 2014, the Dodgers traded him to the Cleveland Indians in return for another Texas Tech graduate, major leaguer Colt Hynes. Duke had made one start for Chattanooga before the trade, then continued for another AA team, the Akron Aeros of the Eastern League, before finishing the season in AAA with the Columbus Clippers. Altogether, his record was 10-8, 4.16 in 27 games and 151 1/3 innings. He struck out only 72 batters, however, but walked only 36, and recorded his first professional save in one of his few appearances that did not come as a starter.

In 2023, von Schamann joined the staff of Oklahoma Christian University as a graduate assistant.

Duke is the son of former NFL kicker Uwe von Schamann [1], who was born in Germany but moved to the USA as a teenager. Due to his German heritage, the younger von Schamann has represented Germany in international competition. In the 2023 European Championship, he allowed just two runs (one earned) over 11 2/3 innings of work for the Germany national baseball team, helping them to a 4th place finish in the tournament. The following year, von Schamann represented Team Europe in the Samurai Japan Series. He had also represented Germany in 2020 and 2022.

Related Sites

• Texas Tech bio