Clayton Andrews (born May 15, 1978) is a former left-handed

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. Andrews was taken in the third round of the 1996 amateur draft by the

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. His only major league appearances came with the Blue Jays in the 2000 season, where he racked up an

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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

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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 The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseb ...

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

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of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

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