Tyson Brummett

Tyson Colby Brummett

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
• School UCLA, Central Arizona Community College
• High School Spanish Fork High School
• Debut October 3, 2012
• Final Game October 3, 2012
• Born August 15, 1984 in Columbus, MS USA
• Died July 3, 2020 in American Fork Canyon, UT USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Tyson Brummett reached the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies for a single game in 2012.

Brummett was picked in the 35th round of the 2003 amateur draft by the San Francisco Giants out of high school. He went 3-1 with 6 saves and a 2.10 ERA as a college freshman, then was taken by the Giants again in the 38th round of the 2004 amateur draft. As a sophomore, he was 4-6 with a save and a 2.67 ERA. That summer, he had a 5-3, 3.70 record for the Mankato MoonDogs of the Northwoods League. Transferring to UCLA, he posted a 6-7, 4.52 record in 2006. Back with Mankato, he was 4-4 with a 1.40 ERA (4th lowest in the league). As a senior, he went 10-6 with a 4.04 ERA to win All-Pac-10 honors. Among those he beat were Tyson Ross, Preston Guilmet and Barry Enright. The Philadelphia Phillies chose him in the 7th round of the 2007 amateur draft; the scout was Tim Kissner.

Brummett began his pro career with the Williamsport Crosscutters, going 5-5 with a 3.40 ERA and only 14 walks in 76 2/3 innings. In 2008, he was with the Lakewood BlueClaws (3-0, 1.95), Clearwater Threshers (2-3, 3.59) and Reading Phillies (2-0, 7.28, 46 walks in 80 1/3 innings). The next year, he again showed a poor record overall with stops for Clearwater (7 earned runs in 5 innings), Reading (3-9, 2 saves, 5.22) and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (0-1, 6 earned runs in 4 innings). During 2010, the right-hander fared better in a relief role for Clearwater (an earned run, 7 hits in 15 innings; 2 saves) and Reading (1-2, a save, 5.01 in 28 games). In 2011, the Mississippi native pitched for Reading (4-8, 4.52) and Lehigh Valley (1-4, 5.82). Through that season, his career mark was 21-41, 4.74. In the winter of 2011-2012, he was 1-0 with a 1.59 ERA for the Tiburones de La Guaira. That impressed the Tigres de Aragua, who added him to their roster for the 2012 Caribbean Series. In that event, he allowed two runs in six innings and took the loss against the eventual champion Leones del Escogido.

Tyson began 2012 back with Reading and was 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 10 outings before being promoted to the Triple A IronPigs. He was 4-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 34 games for Lehigh Valley and earned a late season call up to the Phillies. He made his big league debut on the season's final day. Facing the Washington Nationals, he relieved Jonathan Papelbon with a 5-1 deficit and one out in the bottom of the 8th. He allowed back-to-back singles to Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa before striking out Jesús Flores and Chad Tracy. He was waived within two weeks off the 40 man and claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays. Tyson was outrighted to Triple A but invited to big league spring training by the Jays in 2013. Failing to impress, he spent the season in Double A with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, making a brief cameo with the Buffalo Bisons. He was cut loose after the year and spent his final professional season on the Chattanooga choo-choo with the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Double A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On July 3, 2020, he was the pilot of a small plane that crashed in a remote part of American Fork Canyon in Utah, killing all four occupants which included a close friend and two of the friend's relatives.

Sources

• UCLA bio
• 2011 Phillies Media Guide
• 2012 Caribbean Series

Further Reading

• Gabe Lacques: "Tyson Brummett, former Phillies pitcher, killed after plane he was piloting crashes in Utah", USA Today, July 4, 2020. [1]

Related Sites

• Tyson Brummett on mlb.com