John Schreiber #46

John resides in Monroe, Mich., with his wife, Becca, and their son, Charlie, who was born on Jan. 19, 2023...John and Becca were married on Jan. 11, 2019...Was teammates with Hunter Renfroe in Boston in 2021 and with Michael Wacha in Boston in 2022... Has participated in the Red Sox Holiday Caravan, the Tigers Winter Caravan and the Tigers Dream Come True program throughout his career...Graduated from the University of Northwestern Ohio in 2016...left as the program’s all-time saves leader (24) despite attending Henry Ford Community College (Mich.) as a freshman...set the Racers program single-season saves record as a junior in 2015 (14)...Pitched for the Alaska Goldpanners in the 2015 Alaskan Collegiate Summer League...Graduated from Gibraltar Carlson (Mich.) HS in 2012.

2023

Schreiber made his second Opening Day roster in 2023, his first with the Red Sox (also 2020 with Detroit)... Pitched to a 2.12 ERA (4 ER in 17.0 IP) through his first 18 games, but was placed on the 15-day Injured List with a right teres major strain on May 16 and missed 58 games... Was reinstated from the Injured List on July 25, but posted a 4.85 ERA (16 ER in 29.2 IP) across his final 28 appearances to finish the year... Pitched twice as an opener, making his first two Major League starts, on July 25 vs. Atlanta and Aug. 5 vs. Toronto... Walked only two batters over 11.1 innings across his first 11 games after returning from the IL (July 25-Aug. 19), but issued 15 free passes over 18.1 innings pitched in his remaining 17 games.

2022

Earned the Red Sox’ Fireman Award (top relief pitcher) from the Boston Baseball Writers. Set career highs in appearances (64), wins (4), saves (8), innings pitched (65.0), strikeouts (74) and holds (22). Led Red Sox relievers in ERA (2.22), WHIP (0.98), opponent AVG (.195), holds, and saves (tied). His 1.7 FanGraphs WAR ranked second among Red Sox pitchers (Hill-1.8) and T-4th among AL relievers. Recorded the Sox’ longest scoreless streaks by innings (17.1) and appearances (19). Posted a 1.32 ERA in 33 home games (5 ER/34.0 IP) and a 3.19 ERA in 31 road games (11 ER/31.0 IP)... Owned the 11th-best home ERA in the majors. Held right-handed hitters to a .193 AVG (29-for-150) and left-handed hitters to a .198 AVG (16-for-81). Posted a sub-3.00 ERA in May (1.74), June (0.00), and September (2.61). Also went 2-1 with a 1.46 ERA (2 ER/12.1 IP) in seven appearances with Triple-A Worcester.

2021

Appeared in one ML game but spent most of the season with Triple-A Worcester, making 33 appearances and leading the WooSox with a 2.71 ERA (min. 25.0 IP)...Made eight starts with Worcester, his first professional starts (0-2, 3.79 ERA, 19.0 IP, 19 H, 8 ER, 9 BB, 22 SO, HBP)...With Worcester, held RHH to a .200 AVG and a .563 OPS (25-for-125, 1 HR)...Designated for assignment by DET on 2/12 and claimed off waivers by BOS on 2/18...Attended Spring Training with the Red Sox...Designated for assignment on 3/30 and outrighted to Worcester on 4/2...Added to the ML roster on 9/1 and made his lone appearance for BOS on 9/5 vs. CLE, allowing only one run in 3.0 IP (4 H, 5 SO, 1 BB)...Set single-game career highs in innings and strikeouts...Returned to the Worcester roster on 9/6 and spent the rest of the season with the WooSox...Did not allow a run over his last seven Triple-A outings from 8/21-10/3 (13.1 IP, 8 H, 5 BB, 12 SO).

2020

Made the Tigers’ Opening Day roster and spent most of the season with the big league club...Walked only four of his 64 batters faced (15.2 IP)...Did not allow a run or issue a walk over his first evens outings, from 7/27-8/15 (8.1 IP, 3 H, 6 SO)...Optioned to the Alternate Training Site on 9/9 and spent the remainder of the season there.

2019

Saw the first Major League action of his career in 2019, appearing in 13 games with the Tigers...also pitched in five games with Double A Erie and 48 games with Triple A Toledo...Made 12 appearances with the Mud Hens in July, compiling a 2-1 record with one save, a 0.61 ERA (14.2IP/1ER) and 19 strikeouts...Had his contract selected from Toledo on August 8 and made his Major League debut the next day vs. Kansas City...Recorded the first strikeout of his big league career on August 10 vs. Kansas City, striking out Ryan O'Hearn...Earned the first win of his Major League career on September 6 at Oakland, throwing a scoreless two thirds of an inning with one strikeout...Tossed 2.1 hitless innings on September 17 at Cleveland, striking out four and walking one...marked a single-game career high in innings pitched and strikeouts.

2018

Named Double A Erie's Pitcher of the Year in 2018 after appearing in 49 games, and going 3-7 with 18 saves, a 2.48 ERA (58.0IP/16ER) and 59 strikeouts...Ranked second in the Eastern League in saves, while he was tied for fourth in appearances...Did not allow an earned run in 22-of-24 outings from May 15-July 23, posting a 1-2 record with 10 saves, a 0.59 ERA (30.1IP/2ER) and 35 strikeouts...Pitched for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League following the season, and went 1-0 with a 7.00 ERA (9.0IP/7ER) and nine strikeouts.

2017

Spent the entire 2017 season with Single A West Michigan...Struck out at least one batter in 25-of-27 outings, while he threw 1.0 inning-or-more in 18-of-27 games...Led all MWL pitchers (min. 50.0 innings) with a 0.54 ERA (50.1IP/3ER), a .147 (25x170) opponent batting average and 0.66 WHIP...ranked tied for fifth in the Midwest League with 11 saves...Did not allow an earned run over his final 21 appearances of the season from June 18-September 3, throwing 39.2 innings over that stretch and compiling a 4-0 record with nine saves, 17 hits allowed and 56 strikeouts...Rated as possessing the best control in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.

2016

Began his professional career in 2016 with Single A Connecticut, appearing in 18 games...Threw more than 1.0 inning in 12-of-18 outings during the season...Pitched in eight games during July, compiling a 0-1 record with a 2.13 ERA (12.2IP/3ER) and 13 strikeouts.