Eddie Bonine #49 | Pitcher (2005-2010)

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

...Attended Mountain Ridge High School.

...attended Glendale Community College (1999-01).

...transferred to Washington State University (2001-02), going 8-8 with a 6.36 ERA - named honorable mention for the All-PAC 10 team.

...transferred to the University of Nevada for the 2002-03 season, going 5-6 with a 5.84 ERA.

...resides in Glendale, AZ.


CAREER TRANSACTIONS

...Originally drafted by Arizona in the 20th round of the 2001 draft (did not sign).

...drafted by San Diego in the 23rd round of the 2003 draft.

...selected by Detroit in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft on December 8, 2005.

CAREER:

2003:
...Spent his first professional season with Single-A Eugene in the Northwest League, going 1-2 with 14 saves and an ERA of 3.78 in 31 games (all relief).

...garnered eight saves in nine games from July 3-21.

...allowed just 1 ER in his final 12 games (14.2 IP).

...named to the Northwest League post-season all-star team.

2004:
...Started the season with Single-A Fort Wayne, going 2-1 with an ERA of 1.98 in 5 starts from April 8-30.

...struck out a season-high 9 batters on April 19 versus Beloit

...promoted to Single-A Lake Elsinore in May and went 5-10 with an ERA of 5.53 the rest of the season in 21 starts.

...struck out six or more batters on 10 occasions on the year.

2005:
...Spent most of the year with Single-A Lake Elsinore, going 5-6 with an ERA of 6.47 (75 ER/104.1 IP) in 36 games (10 starts).

...struck out a season-high 8 batters on August 3.

...made a relief appearance for Triple-A Portland on September 2 and picked up a win (struck out five of the seven batters he faced).

2006:
Spent most of the year with Single-A Lakeland, going 4-4 with an ERA of 3.98 (47 ER/106.1 IP) in 41 games (11 starts).

...worked out of the bullpen from April 6-June 28.

...worked 2.0 innings or more 9 times.

...entered rotation - made 11 starts with Lakeland from July 3-August 28.

...struck out a season-high 9 batters on two occasions.

...made a start for Double-A Erie on September 3 and took the loss (6.0 IP/8 H/6 ER/0 BB/2 K).

2007:
...Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Erie, going 14-5 with a 3.90 ERA (67 ER/154.2 IP) in 25 games (all starts).

...struck out a season-high 7 batters on two occasions with Erie.

...was 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA from June 23-July 16.

...went 6.0 or more innings in 19 of his 26 overall starts on the year.

...made one start for Triple-A Toledo on August 31 at Columbus and earned the win (8.0 IP/7 H/2 ER/1 BB/4 K).

...finished the year 2nd in the Eastern League in wins (14), 3rd in innings pitched (154.2), and 1st in BB/9.0 IP (1.34).

...established career-highs in wins (15), starts (26), and innings (162.2).

2008 SEASON
...Spent most of the season pitching for Triple-A Toledo, going 12-4 with an ERA of 4.15 (49 ER/106.1 IP) in 17 games (all starts).

...was 8-0 with an ERA of 3.09 in his first eight starts of the year.

...struck out a season-high eight batters on April 29 at Louisville.

...had his contract purchased by Detroit on June 14.

...made his MLB debut on the same day vs. Los Angeles (NL) - earned the win (5.1 IP/9 H/6 ER/0 BB/2 K).

...earned his 2nd ML win on June 27 vs. Colorado (8.0 IP/5 H/1 ER/0 BB/2 K).

...went 2-1 in 5 starts before being optioned to Double-A Erie for a start on July 14 (took a loss).

...promoted back to Toledo on July 21.

...named IL Pitcher of the Week July 21-28.

...went 3-2 in 5 more Triple-A starts.

...placed on the disabled list August 11 (right shoulder strain-torn lat muscle) ending his season.

...went 13-0 in 16 starts from 7/27/07 to 5/27/08.