Anthony Paul Claggett (born July 15, 1984, in Hemet, California) is an American Major League Baseball pitcher who plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Claggett was originally selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. The Yankees acquired him from Detroit, along with right-handed pitchers Humberto Sanchez and Kevin Whelan, in exchange for outfielder Gary Sheffield on November 10, 2006.

He spent the majority of the 2008 season with Double-A Trenton, going 4-2 with nine saves and a 2.15 ERA in 29 relief appearances for the Eastern League champions. He began the year on the disabled list with a left hamstring strain, then made one appearance at Single-A Tampa (3.0 IP, 1 ER) before being transferred to Trenton. All but five of his outings in 2008 were more than 1.0 inning. Claggett was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster following the 2008 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[1]

Claggett began the 2009 season with the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. He was called up to the majors on April 18, 2009, making his major league debut that day where he gave up eight runs in 1 2/3 innings and finished with an ERA of 43.20. He was then sent back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Claggett was called up on August 5, 2009, replacing Cody Ransom.^[2][3] He was optioned back to Triple-A on August 7 to make room for infielder Ramiro Peña. On September 14, he was designated for assignment.^[4] On September 24, he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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