Jeremy Accardo
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| Toronto Blue Jays — No. 49 | |
| Closing Pitcher | |
| Born: December 8, 1981 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| May 4, 2005 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through October 3, 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 7-13 |
| Earned Run Average | 3.80 |
| Strikeouts | 127 |
| Saves | 33 |
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Jeremy Lee Accardo (born on December 8, 1981 in Mesa, Arizona) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the San Francisco Giants of the National League in 2003 after attending Illinois State University.
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[edit] San Francisco Giants
Accardo made his Major League debut on May 4, 2005 by pitching one perfect inning in relief during a San Francisco Giants road game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He finished the 2005 season with a 1-5 record with a 3.94 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 29 hits, 9 walks and 16 strikeouts in 29⅔ innings of work[1].
In 2006, Accardo became the team's interim closer when Giants closer Armando Benitez suffered an ankle injury. Benitez's return, however, put Accardo back to a role as middle reliever.
[edit] Toronto Blue Jays
On July 21, 2006, Accardo was traded to the Blue Jays for third baseman Shea Hillenbrand and relief pitcher Vinnie Chulk and completed the remainder of the 2006 season with Toronto.
In 2006, he posted a combined 2-4 record with a 5.35 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 76 hits, 20 walks and 54 strikeouts in 69 innings of work.[2]
In 2007, Accardo took the role of closer from Jason Frasor, who only became the closer due to an elbow injury sustained by closer, B.J. Ryan[3]. He began the season posting 21 consecutive scoreless innings until allowing 3 runs on May 26, 2007 in a game against the Minnesota Twins[4]. On September 28th, he recorded his 30th save of the year.
On April 8, 2008, Accardo received his first loss of the season against the Oakland Athletics when he gave up a go-ahead double to Ryan Sweeney in the top of the 9th, in a 9-8 A's victory.[5] The following night, Accardo was once again brought in, this time to save the game for the Jays in a 3-2 game. This time he blew the save and the A's went on to score 4 runs in the inning propelling them to a 6-3 comeback win.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ ESPN - Jeremy Accardo Stats, News, Photos - Toronto Blue Jays
- ^ ESPN - Jeremy Accardo Stats, News, Photos - Toronto Blue Jays
- ^ The Official Site of The Toronto Blue Jays: News: Accardo acclimating nicely
- ^ Team Reports | MLB Baseball at CBSSports.com
- ^ April 8, 2008 Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ April 9, 2008 Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
