Britt Reames

Britt Reames
Britt Reames
	Pitcher
	Born: August 19, 1973 (age 50); Seneca, South Carolina, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 20, 2000, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
	August 27, 2006, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	7–13
Earned run average	5.28
Strikeouts	204
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (2000); Montreal Expos (2001–2003); Oakland Athletics (2005); Pittsburgh Pirates (2006);

Britt William Reames (born August 19, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of six seasons in the major leagues, between 2000 and 2006, for four teams.

Amateur career[edit]

Reames attended Seneca Senior High School in Seneca, South Carolina. He was selected out of high school 46th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers, but opted to play college baseball for the Citadel Bulldogs. In 1994, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.^[1] He was selected 17th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Professional career[edit]

A promising minor league prospect early on, Reames had an impressive 1996 season with single-A Peoria, Reames was named St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Year when finished with 15 wins and a 1.90 ERA. However, he sat out the 1997 and 1998 seasons while he recovered from Tommy John surgery.

After recovering, Reames made his debut in the major leagues for the Cardinals in 2000. In that year he started seven games, managed a 2.88 ERA, and contributed to his team's World Series contention, giving up one run in 9.2 playoff innings.

Over the next several years, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics, the Montreal Expos, and the Pittsburgh Pirates, always switching between the majors and the minors. On August 11, 2006 he was called up by the Pirates when Josh Sharpless went on the disabled list. On August 28, 2006, he was designated for assignment. He has not pitched professionally since 2006.

He spent three years as the pitching coach at Furman from 2008 through 2010 before taking the same position at his alma mater prior to the 2011 season. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame at The Citadel in November 2008.

References[edit]

^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

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