Peter Lambert (baseball)

Lambert attended San Dimas High School in San Dimas, California. As a senior in 2015, he was the Los Angeles Times prep baseball player of the year after going 13–0 with a 0.34 earned run average (ERA).[1] He committed to play college baseball for the UCLA Bruins.[2]

The Colorado Rockies selected Lambert in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.[3] He signed with the Rockies and made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. He pitched in eight games for Grand Junction, going 0-4 with a 3.45 ERA. Lambert spent 2016 with the Asheville Tourists,[4] where he posted a 5-8 record with a 3.93 ERA. In 2017, Lambert played for the Lancaster JetHawks, pitching to a 9-8 record with a 4.17 ERA in a career high 142.1 innings pitched, and, in 2018, he split time between the Hartford Yard Goats and the Albuquerque Isotopes, going a combined 10-7 with a 3.28 ERA in 26 starts between both teams.[5] He began 2019 back with Albuquerque.[6]

Lambert was promoted to the major leagues by Colorado on June 6, 2019.[7] He made his debut that same day at Wrigley Field versus the Chicago Cubs, giving up one run over seven innings while striking out nine, leading the Rockies to a 3-1 win.[8] In 19 starts for Colorado, Lambert finished with a 3-7 record in ​89 ¹⁄₃ innings.

In late July of 2020, Lambert underwent Tommy John surgery and would miss the 2020 season.

Lambert's brother is Jimmy Lambert is also a professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox.[9]

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