Martin Dewald
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Martin Dewald
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Born March 5, 1986 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Martin Dewald has played for the German national team.
Dewald debuted in Bundesliga-1 at age 16, hitting .250/.345/.271 for the 2002 Heidenheim Heideköpfe while playing six positions; he allowed 3 runs and retired no one as a pitcher. In the 2003 European Junior Championship, Martin was 1-1, allowing 11 runs (5 earned) and walking 12 in 9 innings; at the plate, he was 2 for 9 with a triple, 2 walks, 3 runs and 3 RBI. He hit .230/.377/.246 for Heidenheim that year and went 7-0 with a 1.52 ERA. He split catching duties when not pitching. Martin fanned 51 in 41 1/3 IP and allowed only a .169 average. Had he qualified, he would have been second in ERA behind Martin Almstetter; he was 9th in strikeouts.
In 2004, the right-hander was 1-1 with a 0.93 ERA in five games on the hill; at the plate, he hit .295/.355/.330. He was 8th in the circuit in hits (33), tied for 6th in runs (23), was 4th in errors (14), led in passed balls (9, more than double anyone else) and tied for the most runners thrown out (11).
Dewald hit .355/.387/.533 in 12 games in 2005 and went 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA. In '06, he had a 5-1, 1.23 record, fanning 37 in 29 1/3 IP. Now primarily an outfielder, he batted .319/.421/.396. He tied Alexander Lauterbach and Simon Gühring for 4th in runs (31), tied for 4th in walks (15) and tied for 8th in wins.
Dewald hit .200/.322/.240 for the 2007 Mannheim Tornadoes and was 1-0 with a 4.29 ERA, striking out 30 in 18 1/3 innings. In the 2007 European Championship, he played one game, as a pinch-runner for Klaus Hopfensperger.
In the 2008 season, Martin hit .222/.358/.352 and was 2-1 with a 1.83 ERA and 25 K in 19 2/3 IP. He was Mannheim's main left fielder. Dewald is on Germany's preliminary 40-man roster for the 2009 Baseball World Cup.
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