Sam Street

Samuel James Street

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.

• School University of Texas, Pan American, New Mexico Junior College
• High School St. Leonard's College

• Born March 18, 1992 in Melbourne, Victoria Australia

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Biographical Information

Sam Street has pitched as high as AA and for the Australian national team. He is not to be confused with Sam Streeter, the former Negro League pitcher.

Street had a 6-2, 4.13 record with a save his first year in junior college then improved to 7-2, 2.24 with a save the next year, making All-Conference. was 10-3 with a 2.73 ERA in college in 2012. He was 3rd in the Great West Conference in ERA and led in wins. He joined Mark Leiter Jr. and Ryan Lower as the All-GWC pitchers. Only Kerry Doane pitched more complete games in NCAA Division I than his 8.

The next year, he was even better at 12-2, 1.81. He won the Western Athletic Conference pitching Triple Crown. He was an obvious pick for WAC Pitcher of the Year. He was 42nd in NCAA Division I in ERA (between Craig Schlitter and Joey DeNato), tied for 5th in wins (one off the lead) and led in complete games (11, 2 ahead of Desmond Russell).

The Pittsburgh Pirates took him in the 16th round of the 2014 amateur draft. The scout was Trevor Haley. He was 1-1 with 5 saves and a 0.98 ERA for the Jamestown Jammers, allowing only a .135/.194/.167 batting line. He tied Josh Lucas and Tyler Mapes for 9th in the New York-Penn League in saves. That winter, he was 2-1 with a 4.08 ERA for the Melbourne Aces in the 2014-2015 Australian Baseball League. He went 3-1 with six saves and a 2.10 ERA for the West Virginia Power, walking 13 in 85 2/3 innings.

Street slipped with Melbourne (7.94) in 2015-2016. He was much better that summer at 3-2, 2.26 with a save in 27 games for the Bradenton Marauders. He was 1-0 with two saves and a 3.38 ERA for the 2016-2017 Aces. He was then on Australia's designated pitcher pool for the 2017 World Baseball Classic but was not activated.

Back with Bradenton for 2017, he went 4-2 with two saves and a 2.74 ERA, walking only 14 in 69 innings. He did not pitch in Australia that winter and only saw three games for the 2018 Altoona Curve (Sv, 0 R in 3 IP) before the Bucs cut ties with him. He was picked up by the indy Kansas City T-Bones, going 0-1 with a save and a 4.03 ERA for them.

He made Australia's squad for the 2019 Premier 12. He pitched one game, relieving Daniel Schmidt in the 8th against South Korea, a 4-0 deficit and two outs. For a guy who had such exceptional control in the past, it was a bad day as he hit Kyoung-min Hur and Min-woo Park then walked Ha-seong Kim and Jung-hoo Lee to force in a run. Luke Wilkins relieved him.