Joey Eischen

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Joey Eischen
Pitcher
Born: May 25, 1970 (1970-05-25) (age 38)
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 19, 1994
for the Montreal Expos
Final game
May 29, 2006
for the Washington Nationals
Career statistics
Win-Loss     11-9
ERA     3.67
Strikeouts     244
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Joseph Raymond "Joey" Eischen (born May 25, 1970, in West Covina, California) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.

[edit] High School

Eischen attended West Covina High School in West Covina, California and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, and tennis. Joey Eischen graduated from West Covina High School in 1988.

[edit] Major League Career

Eischen made his Major League debut with the Montreal Expos on June 19, 1994. The following year he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, appearing in 17 games, striking out 15 and walking 11 over 20 innings. He was traded again at the Major League trading deadline in 1996 to the Detroit Tigers. In his first full season, he struck out a career high 51 batters (a number he later tied in 2002). Before the 1997 season, Eischen was traded twice - first to the San Diego Padres, then again to the Cincinnati Reds.

Eischen only pitched in one game for the Reds in 1997 and did not appear in the Major Leagues again until 2001. He returned to the Expos in 2001 and stayed with the franchise until 2006, enjoying moderate success. He had his best season in 2002, finishing with a 6-1 record and an ERA of 1.34. In 2003, he appeared in a career high 70 games and had a very respectable 3.06 ERA. The workload apparently caught up to him the following season, as he pitched in only 21 games and his season was cut short by a shoulder injury.

He managed to come back in 2005 (with the relocated Washington Nationals) and appear in 57 games but was limited to a total of 36 innings. In one not-so-enviable instance, he went 5 consecutive outings without recording an out. In 2006, his last in the Majors, Eischen struggled drastically for the first two months of the season and was eventually put on the 60-day disabled list when he was scheduled to have season-ending surgery on his shoulder. After 6 consecutive seasons with the organization, he was released. His career ended after a failed comeback with the Detroit Tigers in 2007, in which he was cut during spring training.


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