Jason Stanford

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**Jason Stanford**

Free Agent — No. --
Starting pitcher
Born: January 23, 1977 (1977-01-23) (age 31)
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
July 6, 2003 for the Cleveland Indians
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Win-Loss	2-5
Earned run average	3.61
Innings pitched	87 1/3
Strikeouts	51
Teams
Cleveland Indians (2003-2004, 2007)

Jason John Stanford (born January 23, 1977 in Tucson, Arizona) is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is a 1995 graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson. Stanford attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas in 1996 and 1997, where he was an Academic All-American. In 1998 and 1999, he attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and was an All-Conference USA selection both years. The Cleveland Indians signed Stanford as an amateur free agent in November 1999.^[1]

He made his major league debut with the Indians in 2003. In June 2007, Stanford was promoted to the Indians from Buffalo after the team optioned the struggling starter Jeremy Sowers to the Triple-A club. He made his season debut against the Florida Marlins on June 14 during interleague play, but soon found himself moved to the bullpen, and then demoted to AAA Buffalo, where he finished the season. After signing a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals, Stanford was released on April 21, 2008. On April 25, 2008, Stanford signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians, but was released on May 21.