2011 Additional Bios
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2011 ADDITIONAL BIOS • FURBUSH, Charlie (#41) • GRAY, Jeff (#60) • PEÑA, Wily Mo (#29) • ROBINSON, Trayvon (#12) • RUFFIN, Chance (#52) • WELLS, Casper (#33) Bios for Josh Bard (#3), Blake Beavan (#49), Chris Gimenez (#5), Adam Kennedy (#4), Luis Rodriguez (#1) & Jamey Wright (#50) can be found in the invited players section of the 2011 Media Guide. Kyle Seager (#15) & Anthony Vasquez (#59) are in the minor league section CHARLIE FURBUSH (41) POSITION: Left-Handed Pitcher AGE: 25 BORN: 4-11-86 in South Portland, ME BATS: Left THROWS: Left HEIGHT: 6-5 WEIGHT: 215 ML SERVICE: None CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2011 ACQUIRED: In trade with Detroit along with Casper Wells (of), Franklin Martinez (inf) and PTBNL on July 30, 2011 2010: • Ranked 2nd among all minor league FURBUSH’s CAREER HIGHS pitchers with 183 strikeouts between MOST STRIKEOUTS: A Lakeland, AA Erie and AAA Toledo. 6 — 5/27/11 vs. BOS (with DET) • Fanned season-high 13 batters May LOW-HIT GAME: None 10 vs. Charlotte…had 4 double-digit LONGEST WINNING STREAK: strikeout performances with Lakeland. 1 — 5/23/11 (with DET) • Named FSL Pitcher of the Week May LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 24-30 (1-0, 1.93 ERA, 22 K, 2 GS). 3 — 6/15/11-current • Named the Tigers Minor League MOST INNINGS PITCHED: Pitcher of the Month for May going STARTER: 2-1 with a 1.76 ERA (8 ER, 41.0 IP) 4.2 — 7/4/11 at LAA (with DET) and 61 strikeouts in 6 starts -- led the RELIEVER: FSL with a 1.76 ERA and 61 strikeouts 5.0 — 5/27/11 vs. BOS (with DET) during the month. • Transferred to Erie on June 24…T4th in the Eastern League with 33 strikeouts in 4 starts in July, while he finished 10th with a 3.08 ERA (9 ER, 26.1 IP). • Named the 26th-best prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America. PERSONAL: Charles R. Furbush…resides in South Portland, ME during the off-season… played college baseball at St. Joseph’s College (2005-06) and LSU (2007)…selected the North Atlantic Conference Co-Player of the Year as a freshman with St. Joseph’s going 7-1 with a 1.75 ERA…went 10-1, 2.89 as a sophomore before transferring to LSU for his junior season…played for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League in 2005 and 2006. CAREER: Originally selected by Detroit in the 4th round of the 2007 June draft…signed by Tigers scout Jim Rough. 2007: Made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast League Tigers…transferred from the GCL Tigers to West Michigan on July 17…compiled a 3-0 record, 1.47 ERA (5 ER, 30.2 IP) and 27 strikeouts in 5 appearances (4 GS) in August. 2008: Did not pitch after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his left elbow. 2009: Spent the entire season with Lakeland, finishing 2nd on the staff with 93 strikeouts… selected as the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for July 27-Aug. 2. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None. FURBUSH’s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2007 GCL Tigers 2-0 2.81 4 3 0 0 0 16.0 11 5 5 2 0 3 23 1 0 West Michigan 4-1 2.17 8 7 0 0 0 45.2 40 14 11 2 2 11 46 3 0 2008 Injured-Did Not Pitch 2009 Lakeland 6-7 3.96 24 23 0 0 0 111.1 111 59 49 10 6 32 93 5 0 2010 Lakeland 4-5 3.39 13 13 0 0 0 77.0 68 35 29 7 2 14 109 4 1 Erie 1-0 3.24 5 5 0 0 0 33.1 31 12 12 5 1 10 37 0 0 Toledo 3-4 6.29 9 9 0 0 0 48.2 59 37 34 9 0 16 37 2 1 2011 Toledo 5-3 3.17 10 9 2 1 0 54.0 35 21 19 7 1 16 61 4 0 DETROIT 1-3 3.62 17 2 0 0 0 32.1 36 18 13 5 3 14 26 0 1 Minor Lg Totals 25-20 3.71 73 69 2 1 0 386.0 355 183 159 42 12 102 406 19 2 ML Totals 1-3 3.62 17 2 0 0 0 32.1 36 18 13 5 3 14 26 0 1 *stats are through 7/30/11 FURBUSH’s CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Detroit in the 4th round of the 2007 June draft. — Acquired by Seattle from Detroit along with Francisco Martinez (inf), Casper Wells (of) and PTBNL, July 30, 2011. JEFF GRAY (60) POSITION: Right-Handed Pitcher AGE: 29 BORN: 11-19-81 in Texas City, TX BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 195 ML SERVICE: 0 years, 122 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2011 ACQUIRED: Claimed off waivers from the Chicago White Sox on May 13, 2011 2010: • Spent the majority of the season with GRAY’s CAREER HIGHS Class AAA Iowa but made seven appearances with the Cubs, going 1-0 MOST STRIKEOUTS: with a 6.75 ERA (7 ER, 9.1 IP). 3 — 4 times; last 5/10/11 at LAA (with CWS) • Recalled from Iowa on April 14 and LOW-HIT GAME: None earned his first Major League win that LONGEST WINNING STREAK: afternoon vs. Milwaukee (2 ER, 1.0 IP). 1 — 4/14/10-current (with CHI) • Optioned back to Iowa on May 8… LONGEST LOSING STREAK: went 3-1 with a 5.66 ERA (22 ER/35.0 1 — 10/4/09 (with OAK) IP) over 25 games with Iowa. MOST INNINGS PITCHED: • On the Iowa disabled list from May STARTER: None 25-July 25 with a strained right groin, RELIEVER: 3.0 — 2 times; including three rehab games at the last 5/10/11 at LAA (with CWS) AZL Cubs. • Signed by the White Sox as a minor league free agent on Nov. 23. PERSONAL: Jeffrey Michael Gray…resides in Phoenix, AZ with wife Lisa…attended Southwest Missouri State University…is a 2000 graduate of Lafayette (Mo.) High School. CAREER: Has spent his professional career in the Oakland, Chicago (NL) and Chicago (AL) organizations…originally selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 32nd round of the 2004 June draft…made Major League debut on Sept. 8, 2008 at Detroit with Oakland, allowing one run in 1.0 inning in relief. 2004: Made his professional debut with the Rookie A’s…was signed by Jim Pransky. 2005: Went 4-2 with a 2.51 ERA (13 ER, 46.2 IP) in 12 games (11 starts) with Class A Vancouver. 2006: Combined to go 6-6 with a 4.34 ERA (53 ER, 110.0 IP) in 41 games (11 starts) between A Kane County and A Stockton. 2007: Was 4-4 with a 3.34 ERA (25 ER, 67.1 IP) and 15 saves in 54 combined relief appearances between AA Midland and Sacramento…led all Oakland farmhands in saves. 2008: Made 5 relief appearances with the A’s, posting a 7.71 ERA (4 ER, 4.2 IP)…recalled from AAA Sacramento on Sept. 5…made his Major League debut on Sept. 8 at Detroit (1 ER, 1.0 IP)…also recorded his first strikeout (Ryan Raburn)…went 2-7 with a 4.39 ERA (33 ER, 67.2 IP) and 4 saves over 54 appearances with Sacramento…was 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA (2 ER, 11.0 IP) in 8 appearances with Phoenix in the Arizona Fall League. 2009: Was 0-1 with a 3.76 ERA (11 ER, 26.1 IP) in 24 relief appearances over 4 stints with Oakland…posted a 0.77 ERA (1 ER, 11.2 IP) mark in 9 August appearances…traded by Oakland to Chicago (NL) as part of a 5-player deal on Dec. 3…was 2-2 with a 1.54 ERA (7 ER, 41.0 IP) and 16 saves in 37 games with AAA Sacramento. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None. GRAY’s CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Oakland in the 32nd round of the 2004 June Draft. — Traded by Oakland along with Ronny Morla (rhp) and Matt Spencer (inf) to Chicago (NL) for Aaron Miles (inf) and Jake Fox (of), Dec. 3, 2009. — Signed by Chicago (AL) as a minor league free agent, Nov. 23, 2010. — Acquired by Seattle on a waiver claim from Chicago (AL), May 13, 2011. GRAY (continued) GRAY’s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2004 AZL Athletics 3-0 1.89 14 2 0 0 0 38.0 30 14 8 0 5 3 32 4 1 2005 Vancouver 4-2 2.51 12 11 0 0 0 46.2 33 16 13 0 1 5 24 4 1 2006 Kane County 5-5 4.71 22 11 0 0 0 78.1 77 47 41 2 7 19 62 7 0 Stockton 1-1 3.41 19 0 0 0 1 31.2 32 15 12 0 0 6 26 0 0 2007 Midland 2-0 0 8 0 0 0 3 12.1 7 1 0 0 1 2 12 0 0 Sacramento 2-4 4.09 46 0 0 0 12 55.0 58 27 25 2 3 22 45 2 2 2008 Sacramento 2-7 4.39 54 0 0 0 4 67.2 86 33 33 9 4 23 50 6 0 OAKLAND 0-0 7.71 5 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 2009 Sacramento 2-2 1.54 37 0 0 0 16 41.0 30 8 7 2 2 6 22 1 0 OAKLAND 0-1 3.76 24 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 12 11 3 2 4 19 0 0 2010 CHICAGO (NL) 1-0 6.75 7 0 0 0 0 9.1 12 9 7 1 1 5 4 1 0 AZL Cubs 0-0 2.25 3 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 Iowa 3-1 5.66 25 0 0 0 1 35.0 45 27 22 2 4 15 25 0 0 Minor Lg Totals 24-22 3.56 240 26 0 0 37 409.2 401 189 162 17 27 101 301 24 4 NL Totals 1-0 6.75 7 0 0 0 0 9.1 12 9 7 1 1 5 4 1 0 AL Totals 0-1 4.35 29 0 0 0 0 31.0 38 16 15 4 3 5 23 0 0 ML Totals 1-1 4.91 36 0 0 0 0 40.1 50 25 22 5 4 10 27 1 0 BATTING AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Career .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Hit - None Last Home Run - None DETAILED BREAKDOWN 2010 CAREER CAREER BY BALLPARK W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER — — — — — — Baltimore 0-0-0 9.00 2 2.1 3 2 Camden Yards 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 — — — — — — Boston — — — — — — Fenway Park — — — — — — — — — — — — Chi.