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Born
1977 (49 years old)
Fountain Valley, California, U.S.

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Pitcher

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Retired

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Luke Stephen Hudson (born May 2, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played professionally with the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals.

Amateur career
Hudson was born in Fountain Valley, California and graduated from Fountain Valley High School. He played college baseball at the University of Tennessee. In 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and was named a league all-star.

Professional career
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft, Hudson would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on July 1, 2002. He did not pitch in the majors in 2003, but he made it back with the Reds in 2004, when he had a brief but successful stint in which he had a 4-2 record and a 2.42 ERA in nine starts. In 2005, he struggled, going 6-9 with a 6.38 ERA. He was released by the Reds on March 9, 2006 before being acquired by the Kansas City Royals on March 13.

Hudson began the 2006 season pitching for the Kansas City Royals as a reliever. However, he struggled, going 1-3 with a 7.24 ERA while allowing 11 ER over 132⁄3 IP. He was converted to a starter, and he did well initially, going 4-0 with a 3.68 ERA in his first six starts. However, on August 13, in his seventh start with the team, Hudson had easily the worst start of his career, surrendering 11 runs, 10 of them earned, over just 1/3 of an inning against the Cleveland Indians. The Indians scored seven runs before making an out, one shy of the major league record of eight, and they scored the eighth through eleventh runs when Hudson gave up a grand slam to Travis Hafner, Hafner's Major League record-tying sixth grand slam of the season. After the rough outing against Cleveland, Hudson finished the 2006 season by going 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA over his last eight starts.

In 2007, Hudson remained with the Royals, but was hampered by injuries, including two separate trips to the 15-day disabled list. He had only one appearance, giving up five runs in two innings on May 10 in a 17-3 loss to the Oakland A's. He underwent right shoulder surgery in June, ending his season.

Due to a slow recovery from the surgery, Hudson again began the 2008 season on the disabled list, and on April 1, 2009, he announced his retirement.

Personal
Hudson's father, Bill, a very talented water-colorist, owns an art materials company in California; Luke works as director of marketing in the off season. Luke's brother Will operates the business and can be seen playing softball with brother, Brian, and sisters Kim, Liz, and Sara on the team "Forfeit Please" in Fountain Valley.

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Cincinnati Reds	2002-2005	Permanent	-	-
Kansas City Royals	2006-2007	Permanent	-	-

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	SO/BB	MLB	2007	0.00
	SO9	MLB	2007	0.0
	BB9	MLB	2007	18.0
	HR9	MLB	2007	4.5
	H9	MLB	2007	9.0
	WHIP	MLB	2007	3.000
	Fielding Independent Pitching	MLB	2007	15.74
	ERA+	MLB	2007	30
	Batters Faced	MLB	2007	13
	Wild Pitches	MLB	2007	0
	Balks	MLB	2007	0
	Times Hit by a Pitch	MLB	2007	0
	Strikeouts	MLB	2007	0
	Intentional Bases on Balls	MLB	2007	0
	Bases on Balls/Walks	MLB	2007	4
	Home Runs Allowed	MLB	2007	1
	Earned Runs Allowed	MLB	2007	4
	Runs Allowed	MLB	2007	5
	Hits Allowed	MLB	2007	2
	Innings Pitched	MLB	2007	2.0
	Saves	MLB	2007	0
	Shutouts	MLB	2007	0
	Complete Games	MLB	2007	0
	Games Finished	MLB	2007	0
	Games Started	MLB	2007	1
	Games Pitched	MLB	2007	1
	ERA	MLB	2007	18.00
	Win-Loss Percentage	MLB	2007	.000
	Loss	MLB	2007	1
	Wins	MLB	2007	0
	Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers	MLB	2007	-0.3
	SO/BB	MLB	2006	1.68
	SO9	MLB	2006	5.6
	BB9	MLB	2006	3.4
	HR9	MLB	2006	0.6
	H9	MLB	2006	9.6
	WHIP	MLB	2006	1.441
	Fielding Independent Pitching	MLB	2006	4.02
	ERA+	MLB	2006	92
	Batters Faced	MLB	2006	440
	Wild Pitches	MLB	2006	6
	Balks	MLB	2006	0
	Home Runs Allowed	MLB	2006	7
	Earned Runs Allowed	MLB	2006	58
	Runs Allowed	MLB	2006	62
	Hits Allowed	MLB	2006	109
	Innings Pitched	MLB	2006	102.0
	Saves	MLB	2006	0
	Shutouts	MLB	2006	0
	Complete Games	MLB	2006	0
	Games Finished	MLB	2006	1
	Games Started	MLB	2006	15
	Games Pitched	MLB	2006	26
	ERA	MLB	2006	5.12
	Win-Loss Percentage	MLB	2006	.538
	Loss	MLB	2006	6
	Wins	MLB	2006	7
	Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers	MLB	2006	0.6
	Positions Played	MLB	2006	1
	Intentional Bases on Balls	MLB	2006	0
	Sacrifice Flies	MLB	2006	0
	Sacrifice Hits	MLB	2006	0
	Times Hit by a Pitch	MLB	2006	0
	GIDP	MLB	2006	0
	Total Bases	MLB	2006	0
	Strikeouts	MLB	2006	0
	Bases on Balls/Walks	MLB	2006	0
	Caught Stealing	MLB	2006	0
	Stolen Bases	MLB	2006	0
	Runs Batted In	MLB	2006	0
	Home Runs	MLB	2006	0
	Triples	MLB	2006	0
	Doubles	MLB	2006	0
	Hits	MLB	2006	0
	Runs Scored	MLB	2006	0
	At Bats	MLB	2006	0
	Plate Appearances	MLB	2006	0
	Games Played	MLB	2006	2
	Wins Above Replacement for position players	MLB	2006	0.0

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