Jeff Housman

Jeff Donald Housman (born August 4, 1981 in Visalia, California) is a professional baseball pitcher. He most recently filled the position of middle reliever and was assigned to the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds.

Career

Housman broke into the minors in the by|2002 season, playing with the Milwaukee Brewers' rookie farm team, the Ogden Raptors. He went 1-3 with a 8.16 ERA in 32 innings pitched. For the by|2003 season, he started the year with the Class A Beloit Snappers, where he went 2-7 and had a 1.82 ERA. He was bumped up to the Double-A Huntsville Stars later in the year. Playing with Huntsville for the rest of the season and part of the by|2004 season, he accumulated an 8-10 record with them in that time period. Again, he was bumped up near the end of the 204 season to Triple-A Indianapolis. He played the entire by|2005 season with the Brewers' new Triple-A affiliation, the Nashville Sounds, but a 5-12 record and a 6.54 ERA demoted him back down to Huntsville for the by|2006 and by|2007 seasons. In 2007, he earned a spot on Milwaukee's forty-man roster. During spring training by|2008, Housman was released by the Brewers. [ [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=2613 "Sounds Edged By River Cats In Spring Action."] "Nashville Sounds". 24 March 2008. 25 March 2008.]

References

* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=22113 Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/stats/player.php?id=434522 Stats at BaseballAmerica.com]