Jeremy Michael Cummings (born November 7, 1976) is a

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right-handed pitcher who last played in the Tampa Bay Rays organization in 2008. He was originally signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in . In his best minor league season he went a combined 12-4 record and 3.76 earned run average in 26 games (18 starts) between the Double-A Springfield Cardinals and Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. The following season, he was signed as a minor league free agent by the

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, and assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the

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. In his final start of the season, he pitched a no hitter. He split the season between the

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and

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, the

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and Toronto Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliates respectively, before landing with the Rays in . At the All Star break, Cummings was 7-2 with a 2.82 ERA to earn himself an

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All Star nod. He only appeared in three games in the second half of the season before shutting it down in order to compete with the United States national baseball team at the

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in Beijing. He and his team won the

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medal.

References

1976 births Living people Baseball players from West Virginia Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in baseball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{US-baseball-pitcher-1970s-stub