Joseph Samuel Wagman (born July 25, 1991) is an American-Israeli right-handed former professional baseball pitcher.
Wagman attended college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he was twice voted to the NCAA Big West Conference All-Conference Team, and was named a Louisville Slugger All American.
[2] In October 2018 he became a dual Israeli citizen, partly to help Israel’s baseball team make the 2020 Olympics.
[7][2] There, Wagman was honorable mention All-East Bay Athletic League as a center fielder as he batted .422 as a senior, and also pitched for the Mustangs.
[2][8] Wagman then attended college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he earned a degree in International Business.
[9] In both 2012 and 2013 Wagman was voted to the NCAA Big West Conference All-Conference Team as a starting pitcher.
[15] Wagman began his professional career in 2013 with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Rookie Pioneer League, going 1-0 with a 3.57 ERA in 16 relief appearances.
[1] In 2016, Wagman pitched again for the Stockton Ports, going 4-6 with 2 saves and a 3.67 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 76 innings, and four starts for the Midland RockHounds in which he went 1-1.
[21][22] In 2017, Wagman pitched again for the Stockton Ports, going 4-2 in 37 games (second on the team) with 1 save and a 4.86 ERA in 53.2 innings of relief.
On April 18, 2018, Wagman signed with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, for whom he was 0-4 in 12 games with an ERA of 8.33.
Wagman was on the roster for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier,[32] however he did not make an appearance during the tournament.
[37] He pitched for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, where Wagman led all pitchers in the Championship with a 0.00 ERA over 10.2 innings and was second in batting average with runners on (.059) and eighth in opposing batting average (.189), as he was 1-0 in three games and gave up seven hits and four walks as he struck out eight batters.
[41] Wagman tied for the lead among all pitchers in the tournament with two wins, and led in complete games (1) and strikeouts (14), while going 2-0 with an 0.56 ERA in two starts and pitching 16 innings while giving up nine hits and zero walks, and keeping batters to an opposing batting average of .161.
[46][47][48] He played for Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler, and alongside two-time All Star outfielder Joc Pederson, starting pitcher Dean Kremer, and others.