Bio

Austin Daniel Pruitt (born August 31, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, and Miami Marlins. Career Amateur career Pruitt attended The Woodlands College Park High School in The Woodlands, Texas, where he was a four-year baseball letterer and two-year football letterer, starting at defensive back on the football team. He played college baseball at Navarro College and was considered a standout junior college baseball player. He transferred to the University of Houston.