Michael Joseph Fulmer (born March 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.

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Fulmer attended Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. As a senior he went 10–2 with a 0.72 earned run average (ERA), 127 strikeouts and also hit .436 with six home runs.^[1] Fulmer was drafted by the New York Mets in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.^[2][3] He made his professional debut that season with the Gulf Coast Mets.

Fulmer started 21 games for the Savannah Sand Gnats in 2012.^[4] He went 7–6 during the year with a 2.74 ERA and 101 strikeouts over 108 ¹⁄₃ innings. Prior to the 2013 season, Fulmer was ranked by Baseball America as the Mets seventh best prospect.^[5] He pitched in only nine games that season between the Gulf Coast Mets and St. Lucie Mets due to injuries.^[6] He finished the year with a 3.33 ERA. Fulmer started 2014 with St. Lucie and finished the year with the Double-A Binghamton Mets. He started 20 games, going 6–11 with a 4.38 ERA and 87 strikeouts.

On July 31, 2015, the Mets traded Fulmer and Luis Cessa to the Detroit Tigers for Yoenis Céspedes.^[7] Fulmer was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 9, 2015. He started two games for the SeaWolves during that time and had a 2–0 record with 11 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. He led the league in strikeouts (11) and tied for the lead in wins (2) and ERA (0.00).^[8] On August 28, 2015, Fulmer was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, and was named as the starting pitcher on the Eastern League All-Star team. Fulmer is 10–3 with a 2.06 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 22 starts for Erie and Binghamton.^[9]

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External links[edit]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)