Brian Keith Mazone (born July 26, 1976) is an American former

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. He played in the

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for the

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Career

Mazone was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

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in 1998 straight out of the

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. He had played ball at

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. He played one season in the Braves minor league system, with the Class A

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. After playing 20 games with the Emeralds and performing poorly (1-6, 5.53 ERA) he was released. In 1999 and 2000, he went to spring training with the

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and the

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respectively but failed to secure a spot. He consequently pitched for the Zion Pioneerzz of the independent Western League. He led the Western League in shutouts in 2000 and finished fifth in the league in complete games. He missed all of the 2001 season while recovering from an injury. Mazone returned to action with the

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of the Northern League in 2002, leading the league in starts, innings and strikeouts. He was picked up by the

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after the season and went 0-7 with their Class-A team before he was released and finished the year with Joliet. In 2004 with Joliet, Mazone finished 1st in the Northern League in shutouts and ERA and 2nd in complete game. He was signed by the

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in August and assigned to AA, eventually finishing the season with the AAA

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. He remained in the Giants system in 2005 and then signed a minor league contract with the

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in 2006. Mazone pitched in the Phillies system from 2006–2008, primarily at the AAA level. In 2006, he was selected as the "Most Spectacular Pitcher in Triple-A" by Minor League Baseball. Mazone was to start a game for the 2006 Philadelphia Phillies on September 5, but the game was rained out and the Phillies did not formally add him to their roster. "That's a tough thing to shake," Mazone said. "I was getting called up by the Phillies in 2006 to make a start eplacing Randy Wolf">Randy_Wolf.html" ;"title="eplacing Randy Wolf">eplacing Randy Wolf and the game got rained out and they sent me back down without activating me. Randy came up to me here and apologized. Not that he did anything wrong, he just felt bad."mlb.com
Mazone pitched briefly in 2007 with the

of the

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, and he was selected to the International League mid-season All-Star team in 2008. He was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2009 and pitched for the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes. On June 30, he was traded back to the

for future considerations. He became a free agent after the 2010 season.

References

External links

Career statistics and player information
from

Brian Mazone on "MILB.com"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazone, Brian 1976 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players American expatriate baseball players in Canada American expatriate baseball players in South Korea Eugene Emeralds players Fresno Grizzlies players High Desert Mavericks players Joliet JackHammers players KBO League pitchers Lehigh Valley IronPigs players Norwich Navigators players Ottawa Lynx players Reading Phillies players Samsung Lions players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players Baseball players from Mission Viejo, California Baseball players from Orange County, California Zion Pioneerzz players