{{short description|American baseball player (born 1987)}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Nick Additon | image = | image_size = 280px | caption = | team = CTBC Brothers | number = 53 | position = Pitcher / Coach | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|16}} | birth_place = Davie, Florida, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Left | debut2league = KBO | debut2date = April 9 | debut2year = 2017 | debut2team = Lotte Giants | finalleague = KBO | finaldate = July 11 | finalyear = 2017 | finalteam = Lotte Giants | debutleague = CPBL | debutdate = August 11 | debutyear = 2016 | debutteam = Chinatrust Brothers | final2league = CPBL | final2date = July 10 | final2year = 2019 | final2team = Chinatrust Brothers | stat2league = KBO | stat21label = Win–loss record | stat21value = 2–7 | stat22label = Earned run average | stat22value = 5.91 | stat23label = Strikeouts | stat23value = 60 | statleague = CPBL | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 17–15 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 4.37 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 229 | teams = *Chinatrust Brothers ({{by|2016}}) *Lotte Giants ({{by|2017}}) *Chinatrust Brothers ({{by|2017}}–{{by|2019}}) | highlights = ;CPBL * Pitched a no-hitter on June 9, 2018 }} '''Nicholas Scott Additon''' (born December 16, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants and the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Chinatrust Brothers.
==Career== ===St. Louis Cardinals=== Prior to playing professionally, he attended Western High School in Davie and then Indian River State College before being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 47th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. He began his professional career the next year.
Additon posted ERAs of 3.41, 2.23 and 3.11 in his first three seasons. Notably, in 2008, he was 9–5 with a 2.50 ERA for the Quad Cities River Bandits and 2–0 with a 0.50 ERA for the Palm Beach Cardinals. Additon was 9–6 with a 4.43 record for the Springfield Cardinals in 2010 and in 2011, he was 8-9 between Springfield and the Memphis Redbirds. He pitched for the Gulf Coast League Cardinals and Memphis in 2012 and in 2013, he was 9–7 with a 4.10 ERA for Memphis. On November 4, 2013, Additon elected free agency.
===Baltimore Orioles=== On November 16, 2013, Additon signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles. He played 2014 with the Double-A Bowie Baysox and the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. Additon became a free agent after the season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Additon Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics {{!}} MLB.com|url=https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/nick-additon-502836|access-date=2021-05-01|website=baseballsavant.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
===Milwaukee Brewers=== On November 25, 2014, Additon signed a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers. He was assigned to the Triple–A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. The Brewers released Additon on August 2, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brewers sign Nick Additon to minor league deal|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/brewers-sign-nick-additon-to-minor-league-deal/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=CBSSports.com|date=December 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
===Baltimore Orioles (second stint)=== On August 9, 2015, Additon signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles organization and was assigned to the Double–A Bowie Baysox. Additon played for the Triple–A Norfolk Tides before he was released on August 3, 2016.
===Chinatrust Brothers=== Additon signed with the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League shortly after his release from Baltimore. He also began the 2017 season with Chinatrust before being released partway into the season.
===Lotte Giants=== Additon joined the Lotte Giants of the KBO League for 2017. At the time of his signing with the Korean club, he had spent part or all of six seasons at Triple-A, going 28–41 with a 4.41 ERA in {{fraction|559|2|3}} innings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Herald|first=The Korea|date=2017-07-12|title=Lotte Giants release struggling pitcher Additon|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170712000809|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.koreaherald.com|language=en}}</ref>
===Colorado Rockies=== On August 6, 2017, Additon signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies and was assigned to the Double–A Hartford Yard Goats. In 5 starts with Hartford, Additon registered an 0–4 record and 2.45 ERA with 26 strikeouts in {{fraction|25|2|3}} innings of work. He elected free agency following the season on November 6.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minor League Free Agents 2017|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/minor-league-free-agents-2017/?amphtml|access-date=2023-06-03|website=baseballamerica.com|date=7 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
===Chinatrust Brothers (second stint)=== On January 17, 2018, Additon signed with the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpblstats.com/chinatrust-brothers-bring-back-nick-additon-eyeing-mitch-lively-foreign-players-updates-vol42/|title=Chinatrust Brothers bring back Nick Additon, eyeing Mitch Lively|date=January 17, 2018|accessdate=February 9, 2018}}</ref> On June 9, 2018, Additon threw a no-hitter against the Uni-President Lions, becoming the eighth player in the 29-year history of the CPBL to accomplish such a feat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpblstats.com/chinatrust-brothers-nick-additon-throws-no-hitter-against-uni-lions/|title=Chinatrust Brothers' Nick Additon Throws No-Hitter Against Uni-Lions|date=June 9, 2018|accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref> In December 2018, Additon re-signed with the Brothers for the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpblstats.com/chinatrust-brothers-re-sign-nick-additon-mitch-lively-for-2019-season/|title=Chinatrust Brothers Re-Sign Nick Additon, Mitch Lively for 2019 season|date=December 22, 2018|accessdate=December 24, 2018}}</ref> However, following a start on July 9, 2019, in which he injured his shoulder, he was released by the Brothers the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpblstats.com/brothers-release-nick-additon-call-up-casey-harman/|title=Brothers Release Nick Additon, Call up Casey Harman|date=July 10, 2019|accessdate=July 10, 2019}}</ref>
===Retirement=== Additon retired as an active player following the 2019 season and later was hired as an international scout for the Chinatrust Brothers.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1207945768419512320|user=GOCPBL|title=#CTBros announced they hired former Brothers' pitcher Nick Additon as their international scout. The team also re-s…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
Additon has also spent multiple seasons in the Mexican Pacific Winter League and Dominican Winter League, playing for the Venados de Mazatlan and Leones del Escogido.
==Personal life== Additon's older brother Ryan is an umpire in Major League Baseball.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=David |title=Norfolk Tides pitcher finds himself on the field with his brother, who's busy umpiring the game |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/norfolk-tides/article_b463d0b2-83ec-59aa-bce2-9eb7881851ec.html |access-date=February 7, 2022 |work=Virginian-Pilot |date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=502836|espn=32688|br=|fangraphs=sa393067| brm=addito001nic}} *[http://www.cpbl.com.tw/players/person.html?player_id=E0M0&teamno=E02 CPBL]
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