Matt Bischoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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professional baseball player
Date of Birth: 21-May-1987
Place of Birth: Decatur, Indiana, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Matt Bischoff
- Matthew David Bischoff (born May 21, 1987) is a minor league baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Bischoff, a pitcher, bats and throws right-handed.
- He stands at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg).
- Bischoff attended New Haven High School where he set a school career record in wins and strikeouts.
- He then enrolled at Purdue University where he played baseball for four years (2007–2010).
- He was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2007.
- Bischoff holds the career and single season strikeouts record for Purdue's baseball team.
- From Purdue, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners during the 2010 Major League Baseball draft.
- He made his professional baseball debut at the rookie-level level with the Pulaski Mariners that year. Bischoff attended New Haven High School, where he was a four-year letterman.
- During his freshman season, he compiled a record of 3–2 with a 3.20 earned run average (ERA), nine saves, and 63 strikeouts.
- In his sophomore campaign, Bischoff went 9–1 with a 1.20 ERA, and 120 strikeouts.
- His strikeout total broke a school record.
- He was named to the all-conference team after the season.
- Bischoff went 11–2 with a 0.70 ERA, and 137 strikeouts during his junior season.
- He broke the school's strikeout record, which he set the season before.
- He was a first team all-conference, first team all-area, and first team all-state member that season.
- In his senior year, Bischoff went 12–3 with 133 strikeouts.
- After the season, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel named Bischoff as the male athlete of the year.
- He holds the school record in career wins (35), and strikeouts (453).
- Bischoff also played tennis, and basketball while in high school.
- For all four of his years on the school's baseball team, his father, Dave Bischoff, was his coach.Bischoff attended Purdue University from 2007 to 2010.
- In his freshman season, he compiled a record of 3–2 with a 2.85 ERA, one complete game, one shutout, two saves, and 61 strikeouts in 14 games, six starts.
- That season, he was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
- Bischoff was also named a Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American, and a second team All-Big Ten selection.
- During his sophomore season, Bischoff went 6–3 with a 3.96 ERA, and 55 strikeouts in 14 games, all starts.
- He was a first team All-Big Ten selection that year.
- After the season, Bischoff was drafted by the New York Mets in the 47th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.In his junior campaign, Bischoff compiled a 4–5 record with a 5.54 ERA, three complete games, and 80 strikeouts in 14 games, all starts.
- He was a third team All-Big Ten selection that season.
- In his final season at Purdue, Bischoff compiled a 10–2 record with a 3.22 ERA, two complete games, and 95 strikeouts in 13 games, all starts.
- Bischoff was selected in the 20th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners.
- Bischoff currently holds the Purdue career record for strikeouts with 291.
- His 2010 strikeouts total is also a school single-season record.
- He was also the first player in school history to win All-Big Ten honors all four years.After signing with the Seattle Mariners in 2010, Bischoff was assigned to the rookie-level Pulaski Mariners.
- Baseball America described Bischoff as doing an "excellent job of competing with average stuff".
- That season, he compiled a 4–4 record with a 3.30 ERA, five saves, and 45 strikeouts in 17 games, all in relief.
- Bischoff was promoted to the Class-A Clinton LumberKings during their post-season run in the Midwest League playoffs.
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