Clayton Andrews (born May 15, 1978) is a former left-handed
pitcher
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in
Major League Baseball
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.
Andrews was taken in the third round of the
1996 amateur draft by the
Toronto Blue Jays
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. His only
major league appearances came with the Blue Jays in the 2000 season, where he racked up an
ERA
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Comp ...
of 10.02 in twenty and two thirds
innings. His record in eight games was 1–2 with one
game finished. His lone
major league win came on May 28 against the
Detroit Tigers at
Comerica Park
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where he pitched four hitless, scoreless innings of relief in a 12-7 Blue Jays victory.
He was traded to the
Cincinnati Reds after the 2000 season with
Leo Estrella
Leoncio Estrella (born February 20, 1975) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Toronto Blue Jays (), Milwaukee Brewers (), and San Francisco Giants
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for
Steve Parris
Steven Michael Parris (born December 17, 1967), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for four teams from 1995- 2003. He played for 14 years, including his time in the minors.
Amateur career
Parris attended Joliet West High School in Joliet, ...
, and last pitched professionally in 2007 for the
Lancaster Barnstormers
The Lancaster Barnstormers (colloquially known as the Stormers) are an United States, American professional baseball team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a ...
of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
External links
Retrosheet
1978 births
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from Florida
Major League Baseball pitchers
Toronto Blue Jays players
Living people
People from Dunedin, Florida
Lancaster Barnstormers players
Lincoln Saltdogs players
Hagerstown Suns players
Northeast League Aces players
Bangor Lumberjacks players
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