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ORGANIZATION 2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE 001 SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS › JESSE CRAIN COACHES & STAFF RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER JESSE CRAIN 26 40-MAN ROSTER Jesse Alan Crain BATS THROWS HEIGHT WEIGHT RIGHT RIGHT 6'1" 215 MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 8 years, 39 days NON-ROSTER INVITES OPENING DAY AGE 31 BORN 7/5/81 in Toronto, ON RESIDES Sugarland, TX CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2013 ACQUIRED From the Chicago White Sox in ex- change for players to be named later or cash considerations, 7/29/13 RECORDS & HISTORY SIGNING SCOUT Marty Esposito (Twins) FOLLOW HIM @JesseCrain 2012 SEASON ÊÊIn 2011, set career highs in holds (24) and strikeouts (70) after signing with the White ÊÊRecorded career bests in ERA (2.44), oppo- SUMMARIES YEARLY nents’ average (.171) and strikeouts per 9 IP Sox as a free agent…his 8 wins were the most (11.25) in his second season with the White by a White Sox reliever since Antonio Osuna in Sox…appeared in only 51 games, his fewest 2002 (8) and his 24 holds were the most by a since 2007 (18). White Sox righthander since Barry Jones (30) in 1990. ÊÊAmong AL relievers, ranked 6th in opp avg. and 11th in SO/9 IP…right-handed batters hit just ÊÊPosted a 2.19 ERA (53.1-IP, 13-ER) from May 1 OPPONENTS .129 (13-for-101) against him compared to .232 through the end of the season, 8th lowest (16-for-69) for lefties. among AL relievers in that span…had a 1.33 ERA on the road compared to 3.52 at home… ÊÊAllowed just 20.8 pct. (5 of 24) of his inherit- held lefties to a .184 avg. (16-for-87) with no ed runners to score…opponents hit .163 (8-for- homers. MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS 49) with RISP and .125 (3-for-24) with RISP and 2 outs. ÊÊPitched his final season for the Twins in 2010, going 1-1 with a 3.04 ERA (68-IP, 23-ER)…his 71 ÊÊSpent time on the disabled list from April 21– appearances ranked 9th among AL relievers… May 14 with a strained left oblique and again held lefties to a .196 avg. (20-for-102), 3rd low- from June 24–July 21 with a right posterior est among RH relievers in the AL…did not al- shoulder strain. low an earned run in 22 consecutive apps from June 10–Aug 4 (20.2-IP). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS ÊÊIn 2009, pitched to an 8.15 ERA (17.2-IP, 16-ER) BROADCAST INFORMATION ÊÊHis 43 career wins as a reliever rank 3rd from the start of the season through June 14 among active pitchers behind Mariano Rivera and was optioned to Triple-A Rochester…was (73) and Octavio Dotel (50)…his 494 career ap- recalled on July 23 and posted a 2.91 ERA (34- pearances in the AL are 6th-most among ac- IP, 11-ER) through the end of the season. tives behind Mariano Rivera (1,041), Matt Thornton (545), Joe Nathan (526), Jason Frasor ÊÊMissed the final four months of the season (525) and Fernando Rodney (495). in 2007 due to surgery to repair a torn la- brum and rotator cuff in his right shoulder on ÊÊAmong Canadian-born pitchers, his 494 career May 29…only made 18 appearances before the TROPICANA FIELD & MISC. appearances ranks 6th behind Paul Quantrill injury. (841), Rheal Cormier (683), Fergie Jenkins (664), Ryan Dempster (547) and John Hiller ÊÊSpent his second full season with the Twins in (545). 2006 and ranked 9th among AL relievers with 76.2 IP…had a 1.93 ERA (37.1-IP, 8-ER) after the All-Star break. 002 2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS › JESSE CRAIN ÊÊIn 2005, set career highs in wins (12), ap- ÊÊDrafted out of the University of Houston, pearances (75) and innings pitched (79.2) in where he earned All-Conference USA hon- his first full season in the majors…his 12 wins ors as a shortstop and reliever in 2002…was were the most by an AL reliever since TOR a first-team All-America by Baseball America Jeff Musselman (12) in 1987 and have been and Baseball Weekly and was selected to the matched by only one other ML reliever since Conference USA All-Academic Team…also at- 2000: SF Joe Nathan (12) in 2003…led AL rook- tended San Jacinto (Texas) Junior College. ies with 75 apps, establishing a Twins rookie ÊÊIs a 1999 graduate of Fairview (Colo.) High record…set an AL record for consecutive wins School, where he played baseball, basketball to start a career as a relievers (11) on July 1 vs. and football…was named Colorado High School TB…recorded his first career save on July 10 Player of the Year as a senior. at KC…entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 3 prospect in the Twins organization. CAREER HIGHS ÊÊSpent his first time in the majors in 2004, go- LONGEST OUTING RUNS ALLOWED 3.0, 4/20/06 vs. LAA 6, 5/15/07 at CLE ing 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA (27-IP, 6-ER) in 22 re- lief apps with Minnesota…had his contract pur- STRIKEOUTS WIN STREAK 4, 4x-last 9/28/12 vs. TB 11G, 9/1/04 – 7/1/05 chased from Triple-A on Aug 1 and made his major league debut on Aug 5 vs. LAA…was op- WALKS LOSS STREAK 4, 8/7/06 at DET 4G, 4/20/06 – 6/7/06 tioned on Aug 29 and recalled for a second time on Sep 1, the night he earned his first ma- HR ALLOWED 1, 44x-last 9/1/12 at DET jor league win (vs. TEX). PERSONAL & MISC. ÊÊHe and his wife, Becky, have three kids: Hunter, Avery and Caleb. CAREER PITCHING YEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 2002 Elizabethton 2 1 0.57 9 0 0 0 2 15.2 4 2 1 0 1 7-3 18 0 0 Quad City 1 1 1.50 9 0 0 0 1 12.0 6 3 2 0 1 4-0 11 0 0 2003 Fort Myers 2 1 2.84 10 0 0 0 0 19.0 10 6 6 0 0 5-0 25 0 0 New Britain 1 1 0.69 22 0 0 0 9 39.0 13 4 3 0 1 10-1 56 2 1 Rochester 3 1 3.12 23 0 0 0 10 26.0 24 10 9 0 1 10-1 33 2 0 2004 Rochester 3 2 2.49 41 0 0 0 19 50.2 38 20 14 5 1 17-2 64 1 0 Minnesota 3 0 2.00 22 0 0 0 0 27.0 17 6 6 2 1 12-1 14 1 0 2005 Minnesota 12 5 2.71 75 0 0 0 1 79.2 61 28 24 6 5 29-7 25 2 0 2006 Minnesota 4 5 3.52 68 0 0 0 1 76.2 79 31 30 6 2 18-2 60 1 0 2007 Minnesota 1 2 5.51 18 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 16 10 4 1 4-0 10 0 1 2008 Minnesota 5 4 3.59 66 0 0 0 0 62.2 62 29 25 6 1 24-3 50 2 0 2009 Minnesota 7 4 4.70 56 0 0 0 0 51.2 48 28 27 3 5 27-3 43 1 1 Rochester 1 0 2.55 12 0 0 0 1 17.2 13 5 5 0 0 8-0 22 3 0 2010 Minnesota 1 1 3.04 71 0 0 0 1 68.0 53 27 23 5 1 27-4 62 3 0 2011 Chicago-AL 8 3 2.62 67 0 0 0 1 65.1 50 20 19 7 0 31-5 70 0 1 2012 Chicago-AL 2 3 2.44 51 0 0 0 0 48.0 29 14 13 5 1 23-1 60 4 0 Charlotte 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 3 0 0 Minor League Totals 13 7 1.98 128 2 0 0 42 182.0 108 50 40 5 6 61-7 232 8 1 Major League Totals 43 27 3.22 494 0 0 0 4 495.1 418 199 177 44 17 195-26 394 14 3 1: Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 2002 June Draft…signed by Marty Esposito. 2: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as a free agent, December 23, 2010. 3: Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays from Chicago in exchange for players to be named later or cash considerations, July 29, 2013. ORGANIZATION 2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE 003 SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS › JESSE CRAIN CAREER BATTING COACHES & STAFF YEAR CLUB AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP 2010 Minnesota .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 POSTSEASON PITCHING YEAR SERIES CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 2004 ALDS MIN vs. NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 40-MAN ROSTER 2006 ALDS MIN vs.