Jamie Chancellor Brewington (born September 28, 1971) is an American former professional
baseball player
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. The right-handed
pitcher
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played for the
San Francisco Giants
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in
1995
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and the
Cleveland Indians
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in
2000
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. He stood tall and weighed during his active career.
Career
Brewington attended
Junius H. Rose High School in Greenville and
Virginia Commonwealth University
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. Selected by the Giants in the tenth round of the
1992 Major League Baseball draft
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, Brewington was recalled from the
Double-A Shreveport Captains
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in July 1995 and made 13
starts from July 24 through season's end. He won his first two Major League starts, on July 24 against the
Florida Marlins
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and July 30 against the eventual
1995 world champion Atlanta Braves
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. Altogether, as a
rookie
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he compiled a 6–4
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, allowing 68
hits
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(including eight
home runs
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) in
innings pitched
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; he had the same number of
walks and
strikeout
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s (45).
However, Brewington failed to make the Giants and was ineffective in
Triple-A, posting a 6–9 record and poor 7.02 ERA with the
Phoenix Giants
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. He then was traded to the
Kansas City Royals
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during the off-season. His struggles continued during the 1997 minor league campaign, with his earned run average ballooning to 7.84 in 23
games pitched
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. He was traded to the
Milwaukee Brewers
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' organization on July 29 and then released on April 25, 1998. Brewington did not pitch professionally during the 1998 season.
He then signed with the Indians and struggled through another difficult season in the minors in 1999, going 1–10 with the
Class A Kinston Indians
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. But Brewington lowered his ERA to a respectable 3.84 and earned a promotion in 2000 to the Indians' Triple-A affiliate, the
Buffalo Bisons
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of the
International League
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. Pitching exclusively in
relief
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for the 2000 Bisons, he won his only
decision
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, and further improved his earned run average to 3.02. Cleveland recalled him in June and used him in 26 games (all in relief). Brewington won his three decisions with Cleveland, with no losses, but allowed 56 hits and 19 walks in innings pitched (he struck out 34). He had no
saves and his ERA was a high 5.36.
Granted
free agency
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at the end of the 2000 season, Brewington signed with the
Minnesota Twins
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, but never returned to the Majors. He spent his last year in minor league baseball in 2002, then played one more professional season, in the
independent leagues, in 2004.
He remains in baseball as a
scout
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for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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.
As a Major Leaguer, Brewington won nine games, losing four (
.692), with an ERA of 4.85 in 39
games
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and innings pitched. He gave up 124 hits and 64 bases on balls, striking out 79.
External links
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Retrosheet
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1971 births
Living people
African-American baseball players
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from North Carolina
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Cleveland Indians players
Clinton Giants players
Clinton LumberKings players
Edmonton Trappers players
Everett Giants players
Gulf Coast Twins players
Kinston Indians players
Long Island Ducks players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Navegantes del Magallanes players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Omaha Royals players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
Sportspeople from Greenville, North Carolina
Phoenix Firebirds players
Pittsburgh Pirates scouts
San Francisco Giants players
San Jose Giants players
Shreveport Captains players
Tucson Toros players
VCU Rams baseball players
Wichita Wranglers players
21st-century African-American sportsmen
21st-century American sportsmen
20th-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century American sportsmen