Jay Witasick
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| Jay Witasick | |
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| Free Agent — No. -- | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: August 28, 1972 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| July 7, 1996 for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Career statistics (through 2008 season) |
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| Win-Loss | 32-41 |
| Earned run average | 4.64 |
| Strikeouts | 645 |
| Teams | |
Gerald Alphonse "Jay" Witasick, Jr. (pronounced /wɨˈtɑːsɨk/; born August 28, 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a free agent Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut on July 7, 1996 as a member of the A's versus the California Angels. Since then, Witasick has been mainly used as a middle-reliever and, in addition to the A's and Devil Rays, he has played for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Colorado Rockies. In his time with the New York Yankees, he may be most infamous for allowing nine runs in one and two-thirds innings in Game 6 of the 2001 World Series. On June 2, 2007, Witasick was designated for assignment by the A's and released on June 7, 2007. He felt that he wasn't getting enough work out of the bullpen for the A's. On June 12, he was signed to a one-year deal by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Following the season on October 25, 2007, the Devil Rays released him. He has not played since and is currently considering retirement, but has strongly tried to avoid that option.
Jay joined the Harford Community College baseball team as an assistant coach for the 2009 season.[1]
[edit] High school and college
Witasick attended C. Milton Wright High School (Bel Air, Maryland) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Community College of Baltimore County (Catonsville, Maryland).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
- MLB.com player info page
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