Jermaine Van Buren

Jermaine Van Buren

Infobox MLB player


name=Jermaine Van Buren
position=Relief pitcher
team=La New Bears
number=33
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|7|2
birthplace=city-state|Laurel|Mississippi
debutdate=August 31
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
statyear=2006
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=1-2
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=9.00
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=11
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (by|2005)
*Boston Red Sox (by|2006)
*La New Bears (by|2008-present) (CPBL)

Jermaine Russell Van Buren (born July 2, 1980 in Laurel, Mississippi) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Early career

Van Buren graduated from Hattiesburg High School, where he earned Mississippi Player of the Year honors in 1998 as a senior. He was drafted in the 2nd round of the by|1998 draft by the Colorado Rockies.

Professional career

Van Buren spent four years playing Single-A baseball for the Rockies before being released in by|2003 and signing with the Fort Worth Cats of the independent Central Baseball League.

He would get a second shot at the major leagues when the Chicago Cubs signed him as a free agent in by|2004. He would quickly go from being a low-ranked prospect to becoming part of the Cubs Triple-A team in Iowa.

In by|2005, he finished second in the Pacific Coast League with 25 saves and posted up a 1.98 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 54 2/3 innings pitched before receive a late call-up to the majors. He appeared in six games for the Cubs, ending with a 0-2 record, a 3.00 ERA, nine walks, and six strikeouts in 6.0 innings. At the end of the season, he was dealt by Chicago to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor league outfielder Matt Ciaramella.

In by|2006, Van Buren was called up when David Wells went on the disabled list and made his Red Sox debut against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 21. He was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket a day later, and was recalled by Boston on May 24. Van Buren was optioned to Pawtucket June 19, but would return once again on July 28.

He was signed by the Washington Nationals to a minor league deal on November 7, 2006.

On December 3, 2006, he debuted with the [http://www.caguascriollos.com Criollos de Caguas (Caguas Creoles)] in the Puerto Rico Winter Professional baseball, as a closing pitcher.

On June 26, by|2007, the Oakland Athletics acquired Van Buren from the Nationals for a player to be named later. In by|2008, he joined CPBL's La New Bears.

In the off-season, he teaches baseball at J. Paul Dodson's Buffalo Baseball Academy in Amarillo, Texas.

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=7642 ESPN page]
* [http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=435278 MLB page]


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