Jesse English
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Jesse Logan English
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.
- High School Rancho Buena Vista High School
- Born September 13, 1984 in Oceanside, CA USA
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Jesse English is a pitcher who is currently (Dec. 2008) on the San Francisco Giants 40-man roster. He attended Rancho Buena Vista High School and was drafted in the sixth round by the Giants in 2002.
English played for the AZL Giants in 2002 and 2003. In 2002, he went 4-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 12 games started, striking out 68 batters in 47 innings while allowing just 33 hits. He was 6th in the Arizona League in ERA. Baseball America rated him as the circuit's #4 prospect after Felix Pie, Micah Schnurstein and Justin Jones. In 2003, he went 0-1 with a 3.98 ERA in seven games (six starts), striking out 31 batters in 20 1/3 innings. He played for the Hagerstown Suns in 2004, going 0-1 with a 7.48 ERA in 17 games (four starts). He missed all of 2005 due to injury, and in 2006 he went 3-0 with a 6.35 ERA in 17 relief appearances with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. He struck out 40 batters in 28 1/3 innings that season.
He split the 2007 season between the Volcanoes and San Jose Giants, going a combined 5-1 with a 1.31 ERA in 15 games. In 34 1/3 innings, he struck out 57 batters. In 2008, he played for the San Jose Giants, going 13-7 with a 3.19 ERA in 26 games started. He struck out 135 batters in 135 1/3 innings of work. Finally healthy again, the 23-year-old southpaw was third in the California League in strikeouts, tied Tim Alderson for third in wins and was 3rd in ERA among hurlers with 130+ innings.
