Eric Brodkowitz

Eric Brodkowitz (; born May 14, 1996) is an American-Israeli professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team. Pitching for the Yale Bulldogs, he was named to the 2018 First Team All-Ivy League Team as a unanimous selection. In 2021, he has pitched for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League. Brodkowitz is also an investment banking analyst with Goldman Sachs.

Early and personal life Brodkowitz was born in Potomac, Maryland. He is Jewish, had a bar mitzvah, and went to Israel on Birthright. His parents are Ken and Jill Brodkowitz, and he has two younger siblings.

He attended Winston Churchill High School (Class of 2014), where he played baseball and was First Team All-Division in his junior and senior seasons, and All-Gazette and All-Met honorable mention in junior season. As a pitcher in his high school career he was 5–4 with a 1.36 ERA. He played for the Gaithersburg Giants in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League during the summers of 2014 and 2015.

In October 2018 Brodkowitz became a dual Israeli citizen, partly to help the Israel baseball team make the 2020 Olympics.

College Brodkowitz attended Yale University, double majoring in economics and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology with a concentration in biotechnology.

Minor leagues In 2021, he has pitched for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League.

Israel national team

Brodkowitz competed on the Israel national baseball team for qualification for the 2020 Olympics. He started two games as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He was 1–0 with a 5.79 ERA, as in 9.1 innings he struck out 15 batters, tops in the tournament.

Career outside baseball Brodkowitz is a healthcare investment banking analyst with Goldman Sachs.