Tim Herrin
Tim Herrin (born October 8, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023. Amateur career
Herrin attended South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he played football, basketball and baseball. After graduating in 2015, he enrolled at Indiana University where he played college baseball for three years for the Indiana Hoosiers. During the summer of 2017, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Harwich Mariners. As a junior in 2018, he appeared in 17 games (making ten starts) and went 6–0 with a 3.22 ERA over  innings. Professional career
The Cleveland Indians selected Herrin in the 29th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Herrin signed with the Indians and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians, going 0–1 with a 6.16 ERA over 19 innings. He opened the 2019 season with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers and was promoted to the Lake County Captains during the season. Over 23 relief appearances between both teams, he went 2–0 with a 2.93 ERA over 43 innings. He did not play minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season. He returned to play in 2021 with Lake County with whom he went 4–3 with a 2.57 ERA and 85 strikeouts over  innings. He opened the 2022 season with the Akron RubberDucks before being promoted to the Columbus Clippers. Over 46 games (two starts) between the two teams, he went 1–4 with a 4.02 ERA and 101 strikeouts over  innings. On November 15, 2022, the Guardians selected Herrin's contract and added him to the 40-man roster. Herrin began the 2023 season on the Guardians' major league roster. Herrin made his debut on April 2, in a game against the Seattle Mariners, Herrin faced four batters and struck them all out. With this, he became the first pitcher to face at least four batters in his debut and strike all of them out since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893. References

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1996 births
Living people
Baseball players from Indiana
Sportspeople from Terre Haute, Indiana
Major League Baseball pitchers
Cleveland Guardians players
Indiana Hoosiers baseball players
Harwich Mariners players
Arizona League Indians players
Lake County Captains players
Mahoning Valley Scrappers players
Akron RubberDucks players
Columbus Clippers players