Jason Charles Phillips (born March 22, 1974) is a former

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

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. He played for the

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in 1999, and he played for the

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in 2002 and 2003. Phillips batted and threw

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. In a three-season career, Phillips posted a 1–4 record with a 6.20

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s and

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, six as a starter. After his major league career, Phillips pitched parts of two seasons (2003-) in Japan for the

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