Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Eric Hanhold was born November 1, 1993, in Bartlett, Tennessee. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

As a junior at Florida, Hanhold was 1–0 with a 4.26 ERA in 25+1⁄3innings pitched, making four starts and ten relief appearances. After his junior year, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the sixth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, and he signed for $250,000.

After signing, Hanhold made his professional debut with the Arizona League Brewers, and after one game, he was promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers where he finished the season with an 0–4 record and a 7.60 ERA in ten games (seven starts). In 2016, he played for the Brevard County Manatees where he was 2–12 with a 4.81 ERA in 19 starts, and in 2017, he pitched with the Carolina Mudcats, posting an 8–3 record and a 3.94 ERA in 64 innings pitched, mainly in relief.

On September 12, 2017, Hanhold was traded to the New York Mets as the player to be named later in the Neil Walker trade that took place in August. He began 2018 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and after posting a 3–1 record and a 2.84 ERA in 17 relief appearances he was promoted to the Las Vegas 51s.

Hanhold was promoted to the Major Leagues on September 1, 2018. He made his Major League debut on September 4 at Dodger Stadium against the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching 1+1⁄3 innings scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit, one walk, and a hit by pitch, as well as recording one strikeout. 

On September 12, 2021, the Orioles selected his contract from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.