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Nicholas James Adenhart (August 24, 1986 – April 9, 2009) was an American right-handed baseball starting pitcher who played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
As a tribute, the Angels began the season wearing black "PRESTON" patches on their left sleeve. Then, on April 9, rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in Fullerton, California, hours after pitching 6 shutout innings against the Oakland Athletics in his first start of the season. As a tribute, the Angels continued to assign ...
The Nick Adenhart Pitcher of the Year Award, named for former Angels player Nick Adenhart, is given to an Angels pitcher for outstanding performance throughout the regular season. The award is voted on by the players.
He retired at age 41, getting his last hit on the last day of the 1992 season – a single off Angels' pitcher Bert Blyleven. He finished his career with a .267 average, 275 home runs, 1073 runs batted in, and 1188 runs scored. He was an American League All-Star in 1979 when he hit .326 with 12 home runs, 75 runs batted in, and 81 runs scored.
The Angels know it'll be tough to overcome Shohei Ohtani's absence, but Mike Trout is staying optimistic about the team's playoff chances. 'Forgotten' Angels hoping to defy expectations in their ...
Shohei Ohtani allowed one hit but walked five over seven innings in the Angels' 2-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday at Angel Stadium. ... He is an ever-evolving pitcher. Of course he ...
A 6-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull and brain damage when he was accidentally hit by a baseball thrown by a Los Angeles Angels player who was warming up before a 2019 game, according to a ...
Two days later, Nick Adenhart made his first start of the season, pitching six shutout innings before being pulled from the game. Hours later, he and two other friends were killed in a hit-and-run crash. Adenhart's death was a shock to the team and to all baseball fans nationwide.