2012 Oakland A’s Supplemental Bios includes bios for: Jeremy Accardo, Travis Blackley, Yoenis Céspedes, Jesse Chavez, Stephen Drew, Brandon Hicks, Brandon Inge, George Kottaras and Pat Neshek The entire A’s Media Guide, including these bios, is available at http://pressbox.oaklandathletics.com SPRING INVITEE ACCARDO (continued) Jeremy Accardo 57 2011 Season Highlights Spent the season in the Baltimore organization, splitting time between the Orioles and Triple-A Norfolk after signing Age: 30, born December 8, 1981 in Mesa, AZ a one-year Major League free agent contract in December 2010...Picked up the win in his Orioles debut on April 2 Resides: Gilbert, AZ Position: Pitcher at Tampa Bay...Worked a season-high 2.1 innings June 7 vs. Oakland...Struck out season-high three batters in 2.0 Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 innings June 3 vs. Toronto... Had a 3.09 ERA in April (9G, 11.2IP, 7H, 4ER)...Allowed at least one run in 16 of his 31 appearances, including seven of his last 12 games and was designated for assignment on June 18 (outrighted on Norfolk ML Service: 4 + 128 6/22)...Spent remainder of minor league season in Norfolk and contract was selected by Baltimore on September 6 Contract Status: Signed thru 2012 DQG¿QLVKHGWKHVHDVRQZLWKWKH2 V Acquired: January 19, 2012; Signed to a free agent minor league contract with Had 12 straight scoreless outings (14.1IP, 7H, 0R) from July 30-August 29 with Norfolk...ERA over his last 20 outings a non-roster invitation to Major League spring training camp. ZDV ,3+(5 DV7ULSOH$EDWWHUVKLWMXVW RIIKLPRYHUDOORIKLV¿QDORXWLQJVZHUH scoreless (17.2IP, 10H, 1ER, 0.51ERA). OPPONENTS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG SLG OBP 2004 Norwich 2-1 5.40 7 0 0 0 1 8.1 9 5 5 1 0 2 5 1 0 .265 .353 .306 Pro Career San Jose 1-2 4.25 50 0 0 0 27 55.0 57 28 26 3 1 15 43 4 0 .257 .365 .307 2010 %HJDQWKHVHDVRQZLWKWKH%OXH-D\VPDNLQJ¿YHDSSHDUDQFHVLQUHOLHIDQGDOORZHGUXQVLQDOOEXWRQHRXWLQJ 2005 San Jose 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .143 .143 .333 SLFNLQJXSWKHORVVLQKLV¿UVWRXWLQJRQ:DVRSWLRQHGWR/DV9HJDV $$$ RIWKH3DFL¿F&RDVW/HDJXHRQ Fresno 2-0 1.95 25 0 0 0 3 32.1 25 7 7 0 0 10 30 2 0 .214 .265 .276 ZKHUHKHZRXOGVSHQGWKHUHVWRIWKHVHDVRQ:DVQDPHGD3&/SRVWVHDVRQ$OO6WDUDIWHU¿QLVKLQJVHFRQGLQWKH San Francisco 1-5 3.94 28 0 0 0 0 29.2 26 13 13 2 1 9 16 1 0 .232 .304 .293 Norwich 1-0 0.93 8 0 0 0 4 9.2 8 3 1 0 0 1 15 0 0 .211 .263 .231 league with 24 saves. 2006 Fresno 0-0 1.80 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 .278 .333 .316 2009 Was promoted to Toronto from Las Vegas of the PCL (AAA) on three separate occasions, totaling 26 games at Toronto 1-1 5.97 27 0 0 0 0 28.2 38 19 19 5 0 9 14 2 1 .325 .538 .373 the big league level…Made his season debut 6/18 at PHI, pitching 0.2 scoreless IP, picking up the save…Pitched to San Francisco 1-3 4.91 38 0 0 0 3 40.1 38 23 22 2 1 11 40 2 0 .247 .331 .294 D(5$LQ,3RYHUJDPHVRYHUKLV¿UVWVWD\«:DVUHFDOOHGIRUWKH¿QDOWLPHRQDQGDSSHDUHGLQVHYHQ 2007 Toronto 4-4 2.14 64 0 0 0 30 67.1 51 19 16 4 2 24 57 0 1 .206 .278 .280 2008 Syracuse 0-0 1.93 5 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 .211 .368 .318 JDPHVWKDWPRQWKSLWFKLQJWRD(5$JRLQJVFRUHOHVVLQ¿YHRIWKRVHRXWLQJV GCL Blue Jays 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .667 .333 2008 Appeared in 16 games, posting a 0-3 record with a 6.57 ERA before having his season ended May 10 with forearm Toronto 0-3 6.57 16 0 0 0 4 12.1 15 10 9 1 1 4 5 1 0 .300 .500 .357 soreness...Posted a 2.08 ERA on the road as opposed to 9.00 at home...Appeared in 13 games at three levels in the Dunedin 0-0 5.14 7 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 4 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 .286 .571 .310 minors attempting to rehab his arm...Was shut down for the season after his 8/20 appearance. 2009 Toronto 0-0 2.55 26 0 0 0 1 24.2 23 8 7 2 2 17 18 0 0 .267 .372 .393 Las Vegas 2-1 3.00 27 0 0 0 13 30.0 32 11 10 1 1 8 27 0 0 .269 .319 .318 2007 Recorded career highs in wins (4), innings pitched (67.1), games (64), strikeouts (57) and saves (30)...Had only 2010 Las Vegas 3-2 3.48 42 0 0 0 24 44.0 52 22 17 1 1 15 26 0 0 .306 .394 .358 ¿YHEORZQVDYHVLQFKDQFHV7LHGIRUWKLQWKH$/LQVDYHV+DGSRVW$OO6WDUEUHDNVDYHVWRUDQNUGLQWKH Toronto 0-1 8.10 5 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 6 6 0 1 3 3 2 0 .400 .533 .471 AL...Began the season with 21.2IP of scoreless baseball, the longest such stretch by a reliever since Paul Quantrill’s 2011 Norfolk 1-1 2.16 26 0 0 0 2 33.1 26 9 8 1 1 11 27 1 0 .222 .291 .295 Toronto club record of 23.0 scoreless IP to begin a season (2001)...It also represented the longest streak to start a Baltimore 3-3 5.73 31 0 0 0 0 37.2 43 24 24 5 1 18 23 0 0 .295 .473 .376 Minor Lge. Totals 12-7 3.10 203 2 0 0 75 232.1 228 92 80 9 5 68 191 8 0 .256 .342 .311 season of any ML pitcher in 2007...Dominated left-handed hitters, holding them to a .161 average (20-164), allowing CLEVELAND TOTALS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- only three extra-base hits, all doubles...Allowed only three of 23 inherited runners to score (team-best 13%). American League 8-12 4.11 169 0 0 0 35 177.1 182 86 81 17 7 75 120 5 2 .269 .405 .346 2006 Traded to Toronto from the San Francisco Giants on July 22 for DH/IF Shea Hillenbrand, and RHP Vinnie Chulk... National League 2-8 4.50 66 0 0 0 3 70.0 64 36 35 4 2 20 56 3 0 .241 .320 .294 (DUQHGKLV¿UVWYLFWRU\DVD%OXH-D\RQYV%$/SLWFKLQJVFRUHOHVVLQQLQJV6XIIHUHGKLV¿UVWORVVDVD%OXH M.L. TOTALS 10-20 4.22 235 0 0 0 38 247.1 246 122 116 21 9 95 176 8 2 .261 .381 .332 Jay on Sept. 5 vs. CLE, surrendering a grand slam to Andy Marte...Prior to his arrival in Toronto, posted a 1-3 record, with a 4.91 ERA, including three saves with San Francisco. CAREER TRANSACTIONS 2005 Had 3 stints with San Francisco...Logged 20 scoreless efforts in 28 ML outings, holding opponents to .232 avg. 2003 Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a free agent, 8/12. DQGVWUDQGLQJRILQKHULWHGUXQQHUV 0DGH¿UVWDSSHDUDQFHRQ0/URVWHUZKHQKHKDGFRQWUDFW 2006 Acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Giants in exchange for Shea Hillenbrand and Vinnie Chulk, 7/22. purchased prior to 5/2 game in Arizona...Made ML debut 5/4 in front of hometown crowd at Bank One Ballpark...Was 2008 DL – forearm soreness, 5/10-remainder of season…rehab at A Dunedin, 6/10-14…rehab at GCL Blue Jays, 7/30-8/2… RSWLRQHGWR)UHVQR $$$ (DUQHG¿UVW0/YLFWRU\ZLWKVFRUHOHVVIUDPHDW&RORUDGR rehab at A Dunedin, 8/3-12…rehab at AAA Syracuse, 8/13-21. 2010 Granted free agency, 12/2. 2004 After signing late in 2003, made professional debut by leading SF chain with 28 saves...Spent majority of campaign 2010 Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent, 12/17. with San Jose, helping club capture North Division crown with California League-leading 27 saves.. 2011 Granted free agency, 10/11. ACCARDO'S CAREER GAME HIGHS 2012 Signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, 1/19 K's: 4, two times, last June 19, 2009 at Washington; BB: 2, 16 times; LONGEST OUTING: 3.0 innings, April 21, 2007 at Baltimore; HR: 2, Sept. 8, 2007 at TB; WINNING STREAK: 3 games, July 8-September 5, 2007; LOSING STREAK: FIELDING BY POSITION 5 games, September 8, 2007-April 12, 2010; SAVE STREAK: 10, July 31-Sept 1, 2007; SCORELESS IP STREAK: 19 2011 CAREER PCT G PO A E TC DP PCT G PO A E TC DP games/21.0IP, April 4-May 24, 2007 LAST WIN: May 26, 2011 vs. KC; LAST SAVE: June 18, 2009 at Philadelphia. 1.000 31 1 5 0 6 1 Pitcher .975 235 11 28 1 40 3 Personal/Miscellaneous PITCHERS HITTING 2011 CAREER Full name JEREMIAH LEE ACCARDO….Married, Carly…They have a son, Larson, and a daughter, Leighton...Signed AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI by the Giants as a non-drafted free agent on August 12, 2003 out of Illinois State University where he pitched and played -- -- -- -- -- .143 7 1 0 0 VKRUWVWRS«+ROGVWKHFDUHHUVDYHVUHFRUGDW,68ZLWK«$VDVKRUWVWRSEDWWHGDVDMXQLRUDQGZDVQDPHG¿UVW Team All-Missouri Valley Conference and second Team All-Midwest Region...Graduate of Mesa (AZ) High School.