Tyler Alexander

Note: This page discusses major league pitcher Tyler Alexander. For the minor league pitcher of the same name, click here.

Tyler John Alexander
(Todd the Painter)

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 203 lb.
• School Texas Christian University
• High School Carroll Senior High School (Southlake)
• Debut July 3, 2019

• Born July 14, 1994 in Chicago, IL USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Tyler Alexander made his major league debut for the Detroit Tigers on July 3, 2019, starting against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader. He gave up 2 runs in 5 innings and was not involved in the decision. He almost ended up facing another pitcher making his debut as the White Sox had Dylan Cease do so that day, but Cease started the opening game.

Alexander was drafted twice by the Tigers: in the 23rd round in the 2013 amateur draft, out of high school, and in the 2nd round in 2015, out of Texas Christian University. At the time of his call-up to the Show, another pitcher with the same name, Tyler Jerome Alexander, was also in Triple A with the Las Vegas Aviators in the Oakland A's organization. For his part, Tyler John was with the Toledo Mud Hens, where he was 2-9, 6.23 after 15 games.

On August 2, 2020, in the first game of the first seven-inning doubleheader in major league history against the Cincinnati Reds, he made some history of his own by striking out the first nine batters he faced in a relief stint. This set a new record for a relief pitcher and tied the American League record held by former Tiger Doug Fister on September 27, 2012. He needed just 39 pitches to rack up all those Ks. He then went to an 0-2 count against Mike Moustakas, who had been his first victim, then hit him with a pitch after he had fouled off two tough pitches. He thus ended one shy of the all-time major league record set by Tom Seaver in 1970. he ended up with 10 strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings in the 4-3 loss, becoming the first reliever with a 10-strikeout game since Randy Johnson's record-setting 16-strikeout performance back in 2001.

Related Sites

• Tyler Alexander on mlb.com