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Single...was an all-league honorable mention pick in his senior season at Simi Valley High School (CA)...his cousin, Jed, plays professional football for the San Francisco 49ers...his brother, Jered, plays baseball at Long Beach State, where he was named the Co-Big West Pitcher of the Year and earned first team All-America honors in 2003...originally selected by the Chicago White Sox in the second round of the June 1997 draft.
CAREER SUMMARY: Has compiled 51 victories during a five-year Major League career with the Tigers and Yankees, including a career-high 13 triumphs in 229.1 innings pitched for Detroit in 2001...led the American LeagueThe American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. It developed from a minor league, the Western League, that aspired to with three shutouts in 2002...has logged more than 199.0 innings in a season three times and in 952.0 career frames, the right-hander has posted a 4.59 ERAIn baseball statistics, the earned run average (denoted by ERA is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by multiplying the number of earned runs allowed by nine, and dividing by the number of innings pitc and struck outIn baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and incompetence on the part of the batter, although for p 627 batters...made Major League debut on April 14, 1999 vs. MinnesotaBaseball teams The Minnesota Twins are a Major League Baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are in the Central Division of the American League. The team is owned (as of 2004) by Minneapolis businessman Carl Pohlad, the third owner of the clu and tossed five scoreless innings to earn the victory...recorded his first big league strikeout against the first batter he faced, fanning Brian Hunter ...became the quickest Tiger draft pick to ever reach the big leagues...recorded his first big league hit on July 19 at Cincinnati, a double off Pete Harnisch .