Brad Ziegler & Devon Harris

Brad Ziegler
CAREER Highlights
Has a 2.51 ERA and 18 saves in 180 relief appearances over three seasons with the A’s…pitched for the United States in the 2009 World Baseball Classic…made his Major League debut in 2008 and started his career with a 39.0 inning scoreless streak, which was a modern ML record to start a career, an American League rookie record and the Oakland record…was named to the Topps Major League All-Rookie team and the Baseball Digest Major League Rookie All-Star team in 2008…has been the epitome of perseverance during his six-year professional career, overcoming two skull fractures (2004, 2008) and an arm injury, and undergoing a transformation to submariner…began his career as a starter and was 33-17 with a 4.05 ERA in 78 games, 73 starts, over his first four years as a professional…converted to reliever in 2007 and was 14-3 with 10 saves and a 1.93 ERA in 69 minor league appearances from 2007-08…was originally drafted by Philadelphia in the 20th round of the 2003 draft but was released prior to the 2004 season and pitched in an independent league before signing with the A’s organization June 18, 2004….was named to the Texas League Postseason All-Star team in 2006 after ranking second in the TL in ERA (3.37).

2010 Highlights
Was 3-7 with a 3.26 ERA in 64 relief appearances…the losses were a career-high and tied for most among American League relievers…his .300 winning percentage tied for second lowest among AL relievers… had the highest ERA of his career and matched his career-high in wins and walks (28)…nine of the walks were intentional, which led all AL pitchers…yielded four home runs in 60.2 innings after allowing just four home runs in 133.0 innings over the first two seasons of his career…did not save a game for the first time in his three seasons…combined for a 2.19 ERA and .200 opponents batting average in 24 games in April and May, posted a 6.57 ERA and .339 opponents average in 15 games in June, and had a 2.66 ERA and .217 opponents average in 25 games over the final three months of the season…allowed a .241 opponents batting average, which broke down to .213 (35-for-164) against right-handed hitters and .317 (19-for-60) against left-handers…surrendered three of his four home runs to lefties…had 17 walks and five strikeouts against lefties, 11 walks and 36 strikeouts against righties…his career splits are .230 (101-for-440) with two home runs, 30 walks and 95 strikeouts against right-handers, .312 (82- for-263) with six home runs, 48 walks and 30 strikeouts against left-handers…opponents were 5-for-28 (.179) with runners in scoring position and two outs…first batters faced were 11-for-60 (.183) with three walks…allowed 7 of 31 (22.6%) inherited runners to score…had a 1.69 ERA and .195 opponents batting average in 33 appearances in Oakland, compared to a 5.02 ERA and .288 opponents average in 31 games on the road…now has a 1.82 ERA (21 er in 103.2 ip) in 95 career outings in Oakland and a 3.30 ERA (33 er in 90.0 ip) in 85 games on the road…allowed all four of his home runs on the road, at night and before the All-Star Break…three came with runners on base…all eight of his career home runs have come at night, six have been hit on the road and six have come with runners on base…did not yield a run in four games and 5.0 innings against New York and now has not allowed a run in 10 career appearances against the Yankees (12.0 ip). OAKLAND: Issued a career-high tying two walks in his first outing April 5 against Seattle, his first of four two-walk games…allowed two unearned runs in the ninth and was tagged with the loss…worked in each of the first three games of the season…since 1995, the only A’s pitcher to appear in each of the teams first three games was Keith Foulke in 2008, but that was the year the A’s opened in Japan and had five days off between games two and three…the last prior to Foulke was Bill Taylor in 1994…allowed three runs at Seattle April 13 for his second loss of the season but did not allow a run in nine of his next 10 appearances (0.87 ERA, .125 opponents average)…compiled a 1.93 ERA in 13 appearances in May, winning each of his two decisions…tossed a season-high 2.1 scoreless innings May 29 at Detroit, his second career outing over 2.0 innings (3.0 vs. Kansas City, July 30, 2008)…was charged with the blown save in back-to-back outings June 27 against Pittsburgh and June 30 at Baltimore…had appeared in 39 of the A’s 79 games through the end of June but pitched in just 25 of 83 games the rest of the way… committed the first error of his career Aug. 6 against Texas, snapping a career opening 163-game errorless streak…the error came on a pickoff attempt and he followed it up with a balk to force in a run… did not pitch again until Aug. 15, but started a season best 12-game, 11.1-inning scoreless streak that day which ran through Sept. 22…the scoreless streak fueled a 1.50 ERA in August but it came to an end Sept. 22 against Chicago when he allowed two runs in the ninth inning for the blown save and loss in a 4-3 decision…took the loss in three of his final four appearances…the three-game losing streak is the longest of his career.


Devon Harris
Born on Christmas Day, 1964 and raised in one of the most violent ghetto environment of Kingston, Jamaica, the greatest gift Devon Harris ever received was the belief that a positive attitude and a never say die philosophy would carry him farther than a sense of injustice and a heart filled with anger.  
 
A graduate of the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England, Devon served in the officer corps of the Jamaica Defence Force until December 1992 when he retired as a Captain.
 
Encouraged by his commanding officer, Devon tried out for and was selected as a member of Jamaica’s first bobsled team which competed in Calgary, Canada in 1988. The Disney blockbuster movie Cool Runnings was based on that experience. Devon also competed in the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France and the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.
 
Through his Keep on Pushing Foundation, Devon aims to bring hope to youths in disadvantaged communities around the globe by creating practical opportunities for them to explore their full potential. 
The Foundation’s initial activities are focused on delivering new desktop computers and a solid breakfast for every elementary school child in Devon's old neighborhood.
For almost a decade, Devon has also worked with Right to Play; an athlete driven humanitarian organization using sports and play in refugee camps to enhance child development and build community capacity.
Devon is married with five children, resides in New York and travels internationally as a Motivational Speaker, offering a captivating message of persistence, teamwork, inspiration and hope. He is the author of the motivational children’s book Yes I Can! and his newly released semi-autobiographical motivational book Keep On Pushing: Hot Lessons From Cool Runnings.