Background
Augenstein was born in Sebastian, Florida.
Augenstein was born in Sebastian, Florida.
He graduated from Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, where he played for the Sebastian River Sharks high school baseball team
He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Saint Louis Cardinals. Augenstein accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Pat McMahon"s Florida Gators baseball team from 2005 to 2007. Memorably, Augenstein retired twenty-three consecutive batters against the Cincinnati Bearcats in 2006.
He led the Gators in appearances, innings pitched, strikeouts and wins in both 2006 and 2007, and finished his three-year college career with five complete games and 216 strikeouts.
The Arizona Diamondbacks picked Augenstein in the seventh round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut on May 13, 2009, against the Cincinnati Reds.
On October 13, 2010, Augenstein was claimed off waivers by the Saint Louis Cardinals. He spent the 2012 season in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
He signed a minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers on March 26, 2014.
He became a free agent after the 2014 season.
As a freshman in 2005, he was a member of the Gators team that finished as the runner-up in the College World Series. He was also a member of the United States. national baseball team that played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.