FLORIDA MARLINS HEIGHT - 6-2 WEIGHT - 175 BATS - R THROWS - R BIRTHDATE - 01 APR 75 AGE - 25 BIRTHPLACE - NEW KENSINGTON, PA RESIDES - DULUTH, GA
2001: Released by Marlins.
2000: Assigned to Class AA Portland....turned in a pair of scoreless outings in relief before being promoted to Class AAA Calgary 4/14....struck out seven in 2.2 innings of scoreless relief to earn first win 5/5 vs. Memphis....notched first save 6/10 vs. Fresno....placed on disabled list (retroactive to 6/12) with right shoulder tendonitis 6/14....injury eventually diagnosed as a season-ending tear to the labrum in his right shoulder.
1999: Made first appearance in Major League uniform with scoreless inning of relief in Marlins' exhibition game vs. New York Mets 4/2....Made Class AAA debut with two no-hit innings of relief to help preserve Calgary win at Nashville 4/13....Earned first Class AAA save with two innings of scoreless relief in Calgary's 7-5 win vs. Tucson 4/19....Re-assigned to Class AA Portland 4/27. Still earned first Class AAA victory with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief that evening for Calgary at Las Vegas....picked up first Class AA save of season 6/6 vs. Akron.
1998: Began season at Class A Brevard County....promoted to Class AA Portland 5/24....Notched win with two innings of scoreless relief in Eastern League debut 5/25 vs. Binghamton....Collected first Class AA save 7/20 vs. Trenton....averaged 11.62 strikeouts and just 1.68 walks per nine innings....Pitched for Sun Cities in 1998 Arizona Fall League.
RECOMMENDED/SIGNED BY - JOHN CASTLEBERRY (MARLINS)
HOW OBTAINED BY PRESENT CLUB - SELECTED BY MARLINS ORGANIZATION IN 69TH ROUND
SIGNED 6/25/96 FIRST PRO YEAR - 1996 PRIOR TRANSACTION HISTORY (IF ANY)- MARLINS-JUNE 96 (69/1647)
CAREER PITCHING RECORD BAT AVG
YR CLUB LG CLASS W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK AGAINST
1996 UTICA NYP A 2-5 .286 3.79 24 1 0 0 8 2 40.1 46 23 17 3 0 1 4 19 5 52 5 3 .275
1997 KANE COUNTY MID A 7-2 .778 4.07 44 2 0 0 13 1 86.1 85 46 39 7 7 2 5 30 5 96 4 0 .257
1998 BREVARD CO. FSL A 1-3 .250 2.25 17 0 0 0 - 2 32.0 35 15 8 1 2 0 2 9 3 30 2 0 .287
PORTLAND EL AA 9-2 .889 2.83 42 0 0 0 29 11 57.1 39 21 18 2 1 1 6 31 5 74 5 1 .192
1999 CALGARY PCL AAA 1-0 1.000 4.00 5 0 0 0 - 1 9.0 4 4 4 0 2 10 5 1
PORTLAND EL AA 2-3 .400 2.85 43 0 0 0 - 4 66.1 59 24 21 8 2 26 59 3
2000 PORTLAND EL AA 0-0 .000 0.00 2 0 0 0 - 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200
CALGARY PCL AAA 2-0 1.000 8.56 24 0 0 0 - 1 27.1 35 26 26 7 1 15 30 5 .310
W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
1998 Sun Cities AFL 2-3 4.98 20 0 0 0 1 21.2 17 16 12 2 0 14 28 3 .218
At Georgia Tech
W-L ERA SV G GS IP H R ER HR HB BB SO
1994 1-0 5.40 0 15 1 23.1 28 16 14 - - 11 16
1995 6-3 5.91 0 21 13 80.2 97 69 53 8 9 56 66
1996 0-0 9.72 1 16 0 16.2 25 19 18 4 5 11 14
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Totals 7-3 6.34 1 52 14 120.2 150 104 85 - - 78 96