Jarrod Washburn | |||
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Washburn with the Seattle Mariners
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Pitcher | |||
Born: La Crosse, Wisconsin |
August 13, 1974 |||
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MLB debut | |||
June 2, 1998, for the Anaheim Angels | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
September 15, 2009, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 107–109 | ||
Earned run average | 4.10 | ||
Strikeouts | 1,103 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Jarrod Michael Washburn (born August 13, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and currently resides in his hometown of Webster, Wisconsin in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
Jarrod Washburn graduated from Webster High School, in Webster, in 1992. Washburn attended the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, he redshirted his freshman year. In his freshman season, he won the championship game of the 1994 NCAA Division III World Series, against Wesleyan University (Connecticut). Washburn pitched eight strikeouts in a 6-2 complete game victory. That season he had a 6-1 record, a 2.03 earned run average (ERA) before being named to the NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region second team. In his 1995 sophomore season, he compiled a 9-1 record, 1.93 ERA. In 1996 (after leaving UW-O in 1995). In 2010, he was inducted in the college's sports Titan Hall of Fame. Washburn was named to the NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region first team.
Washburn was drafted by the California Angels in the second round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft as the 31st overall pick. Washburn began his professional career pitching for the Low Single-A Boise Hawks and Cedar Rapids Kernels in 1995. In 1996, he began pitching for High Single-A Lake Elsinore, was promoted mid-season to Double-A Midland, and promoted late-season to Triple-A Vancouver. Washburn began 1997 back in Double-A and was playing for Triple-A Vancouver in 1998 when he was called up and made his major league debut on June 2. He finished 6-3 in 11 starts.