Jeremy Fikac
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Jeremy Joseph Fikac
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
- School Southwest Texas State University
- Debut August 16, 2001
- Final Game June 19, 2004
- Born April 8, 1975 in Shiner, TX USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Jeremy Fikac pitched four seasons in the majors. His 65 appearances with the 2002 Padres were tops on the team, beating out Trevor Hoffman by four games.
Fikac was born in Shiner, TX and went to college at Southwest Texas State University. His time there overlapped with that of Scott Linebrink.
Jeremy was picked in the 19th round of the 1998 draft, and pitched in the San Diego Padres organization from 1998-2002. Primarily a reliever, he had a winning record each season and a high of 20 saves in 2000.
He came up to the majors in August 2001 and pitched well for the 2001 Padres, posting a 1.37 ERA in 23 games with a record of 2-0. After the 2002 season, in which he was heavily used, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics.
The A's had him up for 14 games, during which he posted an ERA of 4.50 (the league ERA was 4.52). In the minors that year, he had an ERA of 2.25 for Sacramento in 42 games.
After the season he signed as a free agent with Montreal, and was up with the 2004 Montreal Expos for 19 games. In the minors he was in 28 games with Edmonton.
In 2005 he was in the San Francisco Giants organization at Fresno, appearing in 50 games with an ERA of 4.42. He was one of the older pitchers on a Fresno team which also featured 21 other future or former major league pitchers.
In 2008 he joined the staff of the Texas State baseball team and in 2009 he became an assistant coach.
