Liam Hendriks
Liam Hendriks was born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia on February 10th, 1989 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 35, Liam Hendriks biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Professional career
Hendriks debuted in the Twins organization in 2007 while in the Gulf Coast League Twins. With 52, he led the team in strikeouts. He was also rated as a Top 50 prospect for the Twins. He pitched for the Perth Heat in the 2008 Claxton Shield and went 3–0, with a 1.90 earned run average (ERA) and 25 strikeouts, a high level in the sport. Liam was then called to the Australian National Team for the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Pitching five innings of work, but only allowed one unearned run with two hits and a walk while striking out six. Hendriks was born in the United States but made the 2009 World Baseball Classic roster, becoming the youngest Australian player in the Classic, but he did not return to play in the minors in the 2008 season.
Hendriks spent the 2009 season with the Midwest League's Class-A Beloit Snappers and the Rookie-Level Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League. All started as a 5-5 record in 14 games with a 3.55 ERA. Hendriks had been selected for the 2010 All-Star Futures Game, but he had trouble with appendicitis, and was forced to miss the game. In 2010, Hendriks received a Futures Game invite. Hendriks was called up to the Minnesota Twins from Triple-A Rochester on September 5th. He went on to finish the season with a 0-2 record. He was named the Minnesota Twins' Minor League Pitcher of the Year at the end of the 2011 season. He was an All-Star for the New Britain Rock Cats in 2011 and was named as an organizational All-Star for Minnesota at the end of the season. He also received his second invitation to the Futures Game.
Hendriks was named one of the Twins' starting pitchers in 2012 after a fruitful spring training (3–1, 2.84 ERA, 8 games/4 starts). Hendriks defeated the Cleveland Indians 6–4 on September 19, 2012, his first Major League victory in the league. After the signing of pitcher Phil Hughes, the Twins designated Hendriks for assignment on December 5, 2013.
The Chicago Cubs waived Hendriks off waivers on December 13. He was notified of waivers by the Baltimore Orioles ten days later, this time by the Baltimore Orioles. On February 19, the Orioles called him for assignment to make room for Ubaldo Jiménez on the active roster. On February 21, 2014, the Toronto Blue Jays announced Hendriks off waivers. He was admitted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on March 10, 2014. Hendriks had a 5.46 average through nine games (seven starts) with the Bisons before being called up to the Majors on May 23, 2014. He made his Blue Jays debut on that day, winning by 3–2 over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Hendriks started the game with 3 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks, and a strike out 3 runs in 39 innings. Hendriks was optioned back to Triple-A Buffalo on June 1, 2014, following two starts for the Blue Jays. In his two debuts, he had a 1.31 ERA and 8 strikeouts. Hendriks was called up on June 20th to play against the Cincinnati Reds and then sent back to Buffalo the next day after he pitched only 123 innings and gave up 6 earned runs. Hendriks was appointed as the starter in the International League's Triple-A All-Star Game after posting a 7–1 record in 16 starts. He was the fourth pitcher from the Bisons to play in the All-Star Game, being named the starter. Hendriks was voted the Most Popular Player of the Game by the time.
Hendriks and Erik Kratz were traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Danny Valencia on July 28, 2014. He was recalled from the Omaha Storm Chasers on August 27 to get the Royals off to a good start against his former team, the Twins. Moises Sierra was supposed to be sent for service on October 24th, when he was announced on waivers.
Hendriks was traded back to the Toronto Blue Jays for Santiago Nessy on October 30. Hendriks came out of the bullpen exclusively in 2015 and played in a career-high 58 games. In 6423 innings, he will pitch to a 5–0 record, 2.92 ERA, and 71 strikeouts. In Game Four of the 2015 American League Championship Series, Hendriks set a new record in the playoffs. Hendriks came in as the long-awaited reliever and pitched 4.1 runs from the second to the sixth innings, extending the playoff record for more-outs-than-batters-faced performances. When playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, Jim Lindsey made the record out of eight outs from seven batters faced in 1930. Hendriks was suspended in the seventh inning in what was a scathing change and relievers LaTroy Hawkins and Ryan Tepera's seven runs ran out, and with the bullpen depleted at that point, position player Cliff Pennington pitched the final outs as the Blue Jays lost 14-2. Hendriks was voted Male Player of the Year by Baseball Australia and a finalist for the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2014 for his record-breaking appearance in the ALCS.
The Blue Jays cut Hendriks to the Oakland Athletics in November 2015 for Jesse Chavez, the fifth member of the Oakland Athletics. Hendriks had a 3.76 ERA and 0–4 record in 2016 and a 0–4 record, pitching 64+223 innings in 53 appearances. With a 4–2 record and a 4.22 ERA in 2017, he pitched 64 innings in 70 appearances in 70 appearances.
Hendriks was slated for assignment on June 25, 2018, and Triple-A Nashville was sent outright. On September 1, 2018, he was called up to the major leagues. Hendriks appeared in 25 games with Oakland during the regular season, pitching 24 innings with a 0-1 record and a 4.13 ERA. In the 2018 American League Wild Card Game, the Athletics used Hendriks as their opener, becoming the first Australian born player to start a MLB postseason game.
After an injury to Blake Treinen and his first All-Star Game as a replacement for Charlie Morton, Hendriks took over as the Athletics' closer in 2019. He has also received the inaugural All-MLB Second team award. Hendriks had the best season of his career, posting a record of 4-4 with a 1.80 ERA in 75 games, including two starts. While striking out 124 batters in 85 innings, he made 25 saves. Hendriks continued his dominance of 2020 in 2020, finishing with a 3-1 record and a ERA of 1.78 in 24 games. In 2513 innings, he had 14 saves and 37 strikeouts. In the 2020 ALWCS & Houston Astros, Hendriks went 1-0 for a 3.18 ERA against the Chicago White Sox in the 2020 ALDS.
Hendriks agreed to a three-year, $54 million contract with the Chicago White Sox, with a club option for a fourth year. Hendriks was named the AL Reliever of the Month for May and September; he has previously been named the honor twice while working in Oakland.
In the 2021 All-Star Game at Coors Field in Denver, Hendriks earned the save, defeating the American League 5-2. Hendriks gave up two runs and struck out one in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving no runs.
Despite losing a save chance when the White Sox were up 7-4 in the top of the ninth, Hendriks was the first winning pitcher in Iowa during the Field of Dreams game on August 12, 2021. Hendriks gave up four runs with back-to-back two run home run shots to New York Yankees batter Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton to give the Yankees a 7-8 lead after 2 outs. Hendriks was able to win by Tim Anderson's two-run home run to give the White Sox a 9-8 victory. Hendriks played in 69 games in 2021, totaling a record of 8-3. He had an ERA of 2.54 in 71 innings and led all MLB relievers in strikeouts with 113. For the second year in a row, Hendriks received the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award, beating Bobby Thigpen for the second year in a row. Hendriks made his 3rd appearance in an All-Star game in 2022. Travis d'Arnaud, the Atlanta Braves catcher, was the third of the 8th inning to beat Seattle Mariners rookie center Julio Rodro. Hendriks was also yelling at Rodr's foregoing the ball and yelling him to a fan in the stands before yelling the ball back to Hendriks.
International career
Hendriks pitched for the Perth Heat in 2008, going 3–0 with a 1.90 ERA and 25 strikeouts, a high level in the sport. For that year, he was named Rookie of the Year.
Liam was back for the Heat in the Australian Baseball League's inaugural season. Hendriks had a rough second half, ending up 1-4 with a 6.49 ERA in eight total games, after starting the season off with seven scoreless innings over three outings. He is yet to return to his hometown league in the 2020-21 season.
Hendriks' back surgery prevented him from participating in the minors in the 2008 season, but he made the 2009 World Baseball Classic roster, becoming the youngest Australian player in the Classic.
On February 9, 2017, he was selected for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, but he declined to participate in the first round, where Australia was eventually disqualified.