Born: (2002-05-29) May 29, 2002 (age 21) Fullerton, California, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 11, 2024, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics (through May 11, 2024)
Win-loss record
0–0
Earned run average
6.75
Strikeouts
7
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
College World Series Most Outstanding Player (2023)
Dick Howser Trophy (2023)
National Pitcher of the Year Award (2023)
SEC Pitcher of the Year (2023)
John Olerud Award (2022)
Paul David Skenes (born May 29, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Air Force Falcons and LSU Tigers.
Skenes was born and raised in Orange County, California, where he attended El Toro High School and played three seasons of varsity baseball. Skenes, born into a military family, enrolled in the United States Air Force Academy and won the John Olerud Award, given annually to the best two-way player in college baseball, in 2022. Ahead of his junior season, Skenes departed from the Air Force Academy and transferred to LSU, where he won Southeastern Conference and national pitcher of the year honors as well as the Dick Howser Trophy. Skenes was part of the LSU pitching staff during the team's 2023 Men's College World Series championship win and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Skenes entered the 2023 MLB draft as one of its most anticipated prospects and considered by some as the best pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg.[1] Skenes was selected first overall by the Pirates and signed to a $9.2 million bonus. He made his MLB debut on May 11, 2024.
^Farkas, Brady (June 28, 2023). "ESPN MLB Insider Compares LSU's Paul Skenes to Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg". FanNation. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
Skenes was born and raised in Orange County, California, where he attended El Toro High School and played three seasons of varsity baseball. Skenes,...
boyfriend PaulSkenes during his MLB debut". USA Today. For The Win. Retrieved 12 May 2024. Mackey, Jason (August 18, 2023). "PaulSkenes discusses dating...
winners—Kris Benson, David Price, Stephen Strasburg, Adley Rutschman, and PaulSkenes—went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick. Jason Jennings, Buster...
Pittsburgh Pirates won the inaugural MLB Draft Lottery, and selected PaulSkenes with the first pick in the draft. The first round picks of the New York...
National Football League history, at $57.5 million. As of July 2023, PaulSkenes had received the largest signing bonus in Major League Baseball draft...
first draft pick after being selected by the Kansas City Athletics. PaulSkenes is the most recent first overall pick; he was drafted by the Pittsburgh...
notable transfers come in such as DH Tommy White of NC State and RHP PaulSkenes of Air Force. Ranked Preseason #1 by D1 Baseball, the Tigers would hold...
"Nebraska's Schwellenbach receives college baseball's top two-way honor". "PaulSkenes Honored as John Olerud Two-Way POTY" (Press release). Air Force Falcons...
Previous School Ben Nippolt 5 INF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 173 Jr. St. Paul, Minnesota VCU PaulSkenes 20 RHP/U 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 247 Jr. Lake Forest, California...
their seventh national title, and their first since 2009. LSU pitcher, PaulSkenes, was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Additionally...
the first of two LSU Tigers to have been drafted number one, joined by PaulSkenes in 2023. He signed with the Orioles on August 19, and on September 6...
https://pittsburghbaseballnow.com/pittsburgh-pirates-set-minor-league-rosters-paul-skenes-termarr-johnson/ "'Man, this song is great': Bucs' Johnson rocks to his...
soccer player 2001 – Andrew Torgashev, American figure skater 2002 – PaulSkenes, American baseball player 2006 – Dommaraju Gukesh, Youngest contender...
Stargell (1979) Dave Parker (1978) Roberto Clemente (1966) Dick Groat (1960) Paul Waner (1927) Doug Drabek (1990) Vern Law (1960, MLB) Jason Bay (2004) Clint...
legend to toe the rubber". MLB.com. June 15, 2022. https://www.mlb.com/news/skenes-earns-second-cbf-honor-named-2023-pitcher-of-the-year "National Pitcher...
Glove Award winner, 8-time All-Star, 6-time Platinum Glove Award winner PaulSkenes - Professional baseball pitcher - first overall pick in 2023 Major League...
selections since the draft began in 1965. Another former Air Force player, PaulSkenes, was the first overall pick in 2023. He played two seasons at the Academy...
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game two against the Pirates, the number one pick from the 2023 draft, PaulSkenes, made his MLB debut for the Pirates. He struck out seven batters in four-plus...
game on May 10 against the Cincinnati Reds ending the record at 12 games. Paul Goldschmidt (STL): On June 24, Goldschmidt became the first player in Major...
of The Damned. In May 1980, Carl Skenes performed a bullet catch for the That's Incredible! television show. Skenes has asserted that he was "The first...
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