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Ceremonial First Pitches
Celebrating a birthday? Graduation? Wedding Anniversary?
Come out to the Reading Phillies and celebrate in style.  We offer anyone the opportunity to walk out to the pitchers mound, wind up, and throw a pitch to a player at home plate.  
Information

vs. Akron
Sat May 17 
Seats available More info
6:05 pm 

(4:00 HH / 5:00 gates)

Post-Game Fireworks 
- Literacy Council of Reading - 40th Anniversary
Happy Hour w/ live music from Shame  & $1.00 off selected beers
- All Star Distributing
Post-Game concert w/ Shame  in the Classic Café
- Classic Harley-Davidson

Sun May 18 
Seats available More info
1:05 pm 

(12:00 gates)

R-Phils Mascot Band Hat (K2000) 
- Pepsi
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Reunion w/ Queen of Baseballtown Ruth Hartman and Friends
- 830 AM WEEU
$1.00 Hot Dogs
- Berks Packing / Stroehmann's
Post-Game Run the Bases (ALL AGES)
- 69 News Berks Edition

 

Andrew Carpenter, P

B-T: R-R

HT: 6-3

WT: 225

BORN: May 18, 1985, Grants Pass, OR

RESIDES: Vacaville, CA

HOW OBTAINED: Selected by Phillies in 2nd round of June 2006 draft

EDUCATION: Graduated from Vacaville HS, where he played baseball and basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society ... Earned team MVP three times ... Attended Long Beach State and majored in criminal justice ... Hobby: Restoring cars ... 2007: Spent season with Clearwater (A) ... Led Florida State League in wins and SHO, was T-1st in CG, 2nd in IP and 6th in ERA … Named FSL midseason All-Star ... Struck out a career-best 10 batters in his 1st career SHO, 7/19 vs Dunedin ... Pitched a 7.0-inning perfect game (7 SO), 8/27 vs Ft. Myers ... Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week twice, 7/16-22 and 8/27-9/3 ... Went 7-4, 4.69 in 12 starts prior to the All-Star break and 10-2, 2.05 ERA in 12 starts after the break ... Went 8-1, 2.32 ERA over his final 10 starts of the season ... Pitched 6.0 or more innings 20 times with 19 quality starts ... Made 3 relief appearances (1-1, SV, 5.84 ERA) and 24 starts (16-5, 2.99 ERA) ... Went 2-0, 2.92 ERA in 2 playoff starts as the Threshers won the FSL Championship ... 2006: Made pro debut with Gulf Coast Phillies (R) ... In lone start, pitched 1.0 scoreless inning, 8/14 vs Tigers ... Promoted to Batavia (A), 8/19 ... Had a season-high 7 SO, 8/27 vs Williamsport (4.2 IP).

CAREER STATISTICS: *League leader
                                   # Tied for league lead

YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
2006 Phillies,GCL 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 4
  Batavia 0-0 0.77 3 3 0 0 0 11.2 10 1 1 0 5 12
2007 Clearwater *17-6 3.20 27 24 #3 *2 1 163.0 150 65 58 16 53 116
Minors Totals 17-6 2.99 32 28 3 2 1 177.2 162 66 59 16 58 132