Jerry Blevins
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Jerry Richard Blevins
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6'6", Weight 180 lb.
- School University of Dayton
- Debut September 16, 2007
- Born September 6, 1983 in Johnson City, TN USA
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Jerry Blevins pitched for Team USA in the 2007 Baseball World Cup a couple of months after his major league debut. He was 1-0 and allowed one hit and two runs in three innings in the Cup while striking out four to help the Americans win their first Baseball World Cup Gold Medal in over 30 years. He gave up two unearned runs in the US's lone loss, to the Italian national team, with his error playing a key role. In the Gold Medal game, he retired the only two batters he faced from the Cuban national team before giving way to closer Jeff Stevens for the save.
He was originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 2004 amateur draft, then was traded to the Oakland Athletics with Rob Bowen for Jason Kendall on July 16, Cubs. He made his major league debut with the A's in September of that year. Exclusively used as a relief pitcher in the majors, and almost always as a LOOGY, his career high is 63 appearances in 2010, the year he earned his first major league save. He has struck out almost a batter per inning during his big league career, in spite of shuffling continually between the majors and AAA since his debut.
