Greg Kubes

Gregory Joe Kubes

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 6' 6", Weight 205 lb.

• School Sam Houston State University
• High School East Bernard High School

• Born November 10, 1976 in Wharton, TX USA

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Greg Kubes pitched in the minors, peaking at AAA, and for the USA national baseball team.

Kubes represented the USA in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup, striking out 12 and allowing 3 runs in 9 innings; only Monty Ward and Jeff Austin had more Ks for the US. The Philadelphia Phillies picked him in the 14th round of the 1998 Amateur Draft, and he was 7-3 with a 3.23 ERA for the Batavia Muckdogs in his first season. He tied for 6th in the New York-Penn League in wins and his 79 K were two behind #10 Travis Harper. Kubes went 11-12 with a 2.62 ERA in 1999 for the Piedmont Boll Weevils, and he tied Pasqual Coco, Travis Hughes, Pat Lynch, Carlos Silva and Rene Vega for 8th in the South Atlantic League in wins. His four complete games tied John Stephens and Derrick Turnbow for the league lead and he was 9th with 147 strikeouts. Among Phils farmhands, only Robert Dodd and Turnbow won more games, while he tied Turnbow and Rod Bolton for the lead in complete games and was second in strikeouts, two behind Turnbow.

He then had a 5-9 record with a 4.56 ERA for the Clearwater Phillies in 2000, and he went 10-6 with a 3.79 ERA in Clearwater in 2001. Kubes also had a 3.67 ERA in 6 games for the Reading Phillies that season.He tied Thomas Jacquez for 6th in the Philadelphia minor league chain in wins and tied Cameron Reimers, Phil Seibel and Andy Van Hekken for 8th in the Florida State League. He was 13-7 with a 3.46 ERA in Reading in 2002, tying Billy Traber for third in the Eastern League in victories; only Ryan Madson and Joe Roa had more in the Phils system. He notched 3 saves with a 6-3 record and a 4.26 ERA in 37 appearances for the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 2003. His ERA was 3.84 in 49 relief outings in 2004 (only Spike Lundberg and Dan Giese pitched more games by a Phils farmhand; every IL hurler with more appearances spent time in MLB during their career), and his professional career ended.

Overall, Kubes was 57-44 with a 3.62 ERA, struck out 611 and pitched 859 1/3 innings in 7 seasons as a professional player.