Current Contract:
Signed a one-year contract on February 27, 2007.

Became a Cardinal:
Selected in the 28th round of the June, 2001 First-Year Player Draft. Signed to a 2002 contract on May 30, 2002. Received a $1,475,000 signing bonus.

2006 Season:
Hawksworth went a combined 11-4 with a 2.92 ERA between Palm Beach and Springfield in 2006. He made 27 starts, allowing 147 hits, striking out 121 and walking 50 in 163.1 innings. He was promoted to Springfield from Palm Beach on June 23. Following the season, he was named Pitcher of the Year by both the Birdhouse and the Cardinals.

Career Notes:
Hawksworth was shut down in July, 2003 to have a bone spur removed in his ankle. He appeared in only two games for high Class A Palm Beach in 2004 before undergoing surgery on July 3 in Los Angeles to repair a partially torn labrum and remove loose cartilage in an operation performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum. He would miss the remainder of the season.

Still recovering from the surgery, Hawksworth missed the first three months of the 2005 season. The Cardinals activated him on July 1, and sent him to short-season Class A New Jersey on a 30-day rehab. He was shut down after his last of seven appearances, on August 24, to allow him to rest his shoulder. His first six appearances were starts. Overall, he posted a 7.98 ERA in 14.2 innings.

MISC:
Hawksworth attended Bellevue (WA) Community College. He pitched alongside Chicago White Sox pitcher Andy Sisco in high school.

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