Troy Neiman

Troy Davenport Neiman (born November 13, 1990) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He is 6' 6", and weighs 230 pounds.

Neiman pitched in college for the Chico State Wildcats, finishing his career there with the second-lowest ERA in university history (1.89), and the 10th-best career winning percentage (.722) and number of strikeouts (126). In July 2013 the Colorado Rockies signed him as a free agent to a minor league contract. Through 2017, in his minor league career—exclusively as a relief pitcher—he was 23-10 with a 3.34 ERA, had struck out 304 batters in 301.2 innings, and kept opposing batters to a batting average of .230.

Neiman pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

Early life Neiman was born in Castaic, California, and is Jewish. His paternal grandfather is a sound technician who has won an Academy Award for technical innovation and two Emmy Awards. He pitched for Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California. For February 4–10, 2013, he was named Rawlings/California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Baseball Pitcher of the Week. He was voted to the 2013 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-West-Region Second Team and the 2013 All-CCAA Baseball Second Team.

Minor leagues Neiman was undrafted out of Chico State University in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. In July 2013 the Colorado Rockies signed him as a free agent to a minor league contract.

He began his professional career in 2013 with the Tri-City Dust Devils of the A− Northwest League. In 12 games he was 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA. but he did not make an appearance during the tournament.

He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, in March 2017. Neiman pitched against Chinese-Taipei and the Netherlands.