Ken Cloude

Kenneth Brian Cloude (born January 9, 1975) is a former professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball from to .

The Mariners drafted Cloude in the sixth round of the 1993 MLB draft out of McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland. He had been named the Player of the Year by the Baltimore Sun in 1992. He was the winning pitcher in the Lancaster JetHawks first home game at the Hangar. He was named the Single-A team's most valuable player after the season by the Mariners. He primarily threw his fastball with Lancaster. He was a California League mid-season and postseason All-Star and named the best fielding pitcher by league managers. He began 1997 with the Memphis Chicks and was named a Southern League All-Star. Cloude won his second, beating the Baltimore Orioles as part of a double-header at Camden Yards. He went 4–2 in his rookie season with a 5.12 ERA. Cloude was in Seattle's starting rotation in 1998 and finished the season with a disastrous 6.37 ERA in 30 starts. He started 2000 in Tacoma, but his season ended in June with an elbow injury. He had Tommy John surgery in August. He missed the 2001 season, also having surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon. Cloude said he began having elbow problems in 1999. He re-signed with the Mariners in 2002, returning to Tacoma. He suffered elbow bursitis that season. He pitched for Tacoma in 2003, then joined the Durham Bulls for four games in 2004.

Personal life Cloude was born in Baltimore, Maryland and lived in Baltimore during his playing career.