Vital Statistics:
Born: March 6, 1979
Hometown: Navan, Ontario
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Family: Single
Primary position: Starting pitcher
Before The Bigs:
- Did not play baseball competitively until he walked on to the Norwalk Community College team in Connecticut. He was a late-bloomer, growing seven inches as a senior in high school, and he became a junior college All-American.
- Drafted in the sixth round (187th overall) in the 1999 draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
- Went 6-3 with a 1.97 ERA at Double-A Bowie in 2002, the year he made his big-league debut.
- Had elbow ligament transplant surgery in September 2002, which cost him almost all of the 2003 season.
- Made the big leagues for good in 2004, and went 6-10 as a rookie for Baltimore.
- Improved to 6-8 in 2005 and 15-11 with a 3.76 ERA in 2006.
- Struck out 15 batters in a win over the Rangers on July 7, 2007, matching an Orioles record.
- Set the Orioles season strikeout record in 2007.
