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**Clay Mortensen**
Clay Mortensen
	Oakland Athletics — No. 62
	Pitcher
	Born: April 10, 1985 (age 24)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	June 29, 2009 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics; (through August 27, 2009)
Wins-Losses	0-1
Strikeouts	7
ERA	12.86
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (2009); Oakland Athletics (2009-present);

Clayton Grant Mortensen (born April 10, 1985 in Rexburg, Idaho) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals 36th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.^[1] After graduating from Madison High School, Mortensen went on to play at Treasure Valley Community College, then Gonzaga University before being drafted by the Cardinals. He is 6' 4", 180 lbs.

He was invited to Spring Training 2009,^[2] but began the season in the minors. He was called up to the major leagues for the first time on June 29, 2009.^[3]

On 24 July 2009, Mortensen was traded to the Oakland Athletics along with Brett Wallace and Shane Peterson for Matt Holliday. He was called up to the A's to replace Russ Springer on August 8.^[4]

On the night of 2 October 2009, Mortensen was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and spent the night in the Santa Clara County jail.^[5]

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[0] 2007 MLB.com Draft tracker

[1] "Cards offer 20 non-roster invites: Rasmus and Wallace among those to attend big-league camp". MLB.com. January 23, 2009. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090123&content_id=3768070&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl. Retrieved January 26, 2009.

[2] Cards' Greene back on disabled list (June 29, 2009)

[3] ttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?blogid=21&entry_id=45170

[4] ttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?entry_id=48904&tsp=1

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