Evan Alan MacLane (born November 4, 1982) is an American professional

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who is currently a free agent. He played in

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(MLB) for the

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and in

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(NPB) for the

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...

Career

MacLane attended Pleasant Valley High School in Chico and went on to

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. MacLane was taken as the 739th pick (25th round) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by the

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. MacLane signed with the Mets and played in their minor-league system until 2006, rising to the Triple-A level. In 2006, MacLane was traded from the Mets to the

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for

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. He pitched in the Diamondbacks system until 2009, all in Triple-A. In 2009, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as a minor league free agent, and joined the Cardinals' Triple-A franchise, the

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. On May 29, 2010, MacLane was promoted to the big leagues with the

and assigned to the bullpen. He was returned to Memphis two days later, without appearing in a major league game. MacLane was called back up on June 7, 2010. On July 7, 2010, he made his major league debut and allowed a ninth-inning walk-off home run to

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. On January 2, 2011, he signed with the

in Japan. In 2 seasons with Orix, MacLane went 8-7 with a 4.09 ERA over 25 appearances (20 starts), striking out 50 in 99 innings. MacLane has pitched ten seasons in the

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, where he continued to be one of this winter league's more effective starters in 2017-2018. On June 13, 2018, MacLane signed with the

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (''Owls of the Two Laredos''), formerly known as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo (''Owls of Nuevo Laredo''), are a Minor League Baseball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and Laredo, Texas in the Mexican Leagu ...

of the

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. He was released on July 18, 2018.http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_trn&lid=125

References

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