Tyler Herron
American baseball player
Died when: 35 years 83 days (422 months)Star Sign: Leo
Tyler Daschiel Herron (August 5, 1986 – October 22, 2021) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher.As a senior at Wellington High School in Florida, Herron led the nation with a 0.25 ERA.
He was drafted by the St.Louis Cardinals in the First Round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.Herron was ranked the Midwest League # 11 prospect in 2007, and the St.
Louis Cardinals # 10 prospect, by Baseball America.He pitched for the Honolulu Sharks in the Rookie 2008 Hawaii Winter Baseball League, and led the league with a 0.69 ERA.
Pitching for the Indios de Mayagüez in the winter of 2014, he was a post-season Puerto Rico Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente All Star and a Caribbean World Series All Star.
He pitched as high as AAA in 2014 and 2016, for the Washington Nationals and New York Mets farm teams.In 2016, pitching for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, he led the independent American Association with a 0.80 ERA.
Herron pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.In total, at all levels he pitched 16 seasons, and had a record of 103-95.
Herron died on October 22, 2021, aged 35.