Steven Gingery

Steven Michael Gingery is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

Career

Gingery attended Marina [High School (Huntington Beach, California)|Marina High School] in Huntington Beach, California. As a senior, he had a 2–4 win–loss record with a 1.30 earned run average. He was not drafted out of high school in the 2015 MLB draft and enrolled at Texas Tech University.
In 2016, as a freshman at Texas Tech, Gingery appeared in 15 games and was 4–2 with a 3.18 ERA. As a sophomore, in 2017, he pitched to a 10–1 record with a 1.58 ERA over 15 starts. He was named the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year along with earning the National Pitcher of the Year Award. In 2018, Gingery appeared in only one game due to a torn Ulnar [collateral ligament of elbow joint|ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow] that required Tommy John surgery.
Despite missing the 2018 season, Gingery was still selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2018 MLB draft, and he signed for $825,000. He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Gulf [Coast League Cardinals], pitching of an inning. He then underwent a second Tommy John surgery. Gingery did not play in a minor league game in 2020 while recovering from surgery alongside due to the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He retired on April 15, 2021.