Zachary Daniel McClellan (born November 25, 1978) is a former

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. He has played part of one season in

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with the

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in 2007, and is retired from professional baseball. An alumnus of

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, McClellan made his Major League Baseball debut with the

on April 16, 2007, against the

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. He became a free agent at the end of the 2008 season. After not pitching professionally in 2009, he pitched in four games for the

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Gary SouthShore RailCats The Gary SouthShore RailCats are a professional baseball team based in Gary, Indiana, in the United States. The RailCats are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. The Rai ...

in 2010.

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