Nick Additon

Nicholas Scott Additon (born December 16, 1987) is a baseball pitcher for the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He has played in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants.

Prior to playing professionally, he attended Western High School in Davie and then Indian River State College before being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 47th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He began his professional career the next year.

He posted ERAs of 3.41, 2.23 and 3.11 in his first three seasons. Notably, in 2008, he was 9-5 with a 2.50 ERA for the Quad Cities River Bandits and 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA for the Palm Beach Cardinals. He was 9-6 with a 4.43 record for the Springfield Cardinals in 2010 and in 2011, he was 8-9 between Springfield and the Memphis Redbirds. He pitched for the GCL Cardinals and Memphis in 2012 and in 2013, he was 9-7 with a 4.10 ERA for Memphis.

Following the 2013 season, the Cardinals let him go and the Baltimore Orioles signed him. He played in their system in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and also played in the Milwaukee Brewers system in 2015. He joined the Lotte Giants for 2017. At the time of his signing with the Korean club, he had spent part or all of six seasons at Triple-A, going 28-41 with a 4.41 ERA in 559.2 innings.

Additon has also spent multiple seasons in the Mexican Pacific Winter League and Dominican Winter League, playing for the Venados de Mazatlan and Leones del Escogido.

On August 6, 2017, Additon signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies. He elected free agency on November 7, 2017.

On January 17, 2018, Additon signed with the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. ^[1] On June 9, 2018, Additon threw a no-hitter against the Uni-President Lions, becoming the eighth player in the 29-year history of the CPBL to accomplish such a feat.^[2]

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External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)