| Jesse Crain | |
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| Chicago White Sox – No. 26 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: July 5, 1981 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| August 5, 2004 for the Minnesota Twins | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Wins-Loss | 41-24 |
| Earned run average | 3.30 |
| Strikeouts | 334 |
| Teams | |
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Jesse Alan Crain (born July 5, 1981) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.
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Crain was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He was named 1999 All-State and Colorado High School Player of the Year. He was a 2001 graduate of San Jacinto Junior College in Texas, where he was an All-Conference shortstop. In 2002, he was transferred to the University of Houston and was named an all-conference shortstop and relief pitcher. He was named first team All-America by Baseball America and Baseball Weekly and second team All-America by the ABCA. He was also named to Conference USA All-Academic team.
Crain was drafted and signed in 2002, playing at the rookie level, and low-A minor league levels going 3-2 (wins/losses) with an 0.99 Earned Run Average combined. In 2003, he managed to pitch at all three levels in the minor leagues, going 6-3 with a 3.00 ERA. In 2004 he pitched with the AAA-ball Rochester Red Wings and went 3-2 with a 2.49 ERA before being called up by the Minnesota Twins.
Crain was called up by the Minnesota Twins in early August 2004, going 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA. In 2005 he made the major league roster. Starting the season 8-0, he set a record for most consecutive wins in relief to start a career.
On May 17, 2007, Crain was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a torn rotator cuff and labrum. He missed the rest of the season after undergoing surgery.
Crain returned to the team in 2008. He stepped up, along with Craig Breslow, to fill the eighth-inning setup role formerly occupied by Pat Neshek, who was placed on the 60-day disabled list on May 29 with an acute tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm. He went 5-4 for the season, with a 3.59 ERA in 66 games.
After the 2010 season, Crain signed a three year contract with the Chicago White Sox.[1]
Crain was selected to represent Canada at the World Baseball Classic. In the first game of the 2006 edition of the Classic, Crain came into the game in the 9th inning. He got the save as Canada beat the South Africans 11-8.
In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Crain struck out all four batters he faced in the bottom of the ninth. Canada ended up losing the game to Italy.[2]
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