Joba Chamberlain
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| Born: September 23, 1985 Lincoln , United States 
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| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| August 7, 2007 with the New York Yankees | |
| MLB stats (through April 30, 2016) |
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| Win-loss | 25-21 |
| Earned Run Average | 3.82 |
| Strikeouts | 530 |
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Joba Chamberlain (* as Justin Louis Heath September 23, 1985 in Lincoln , Nebraska ) is an American baseball player who has been under contract with the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball since 2016 .
Career
Joba Chamberlain began his career as a baseball player on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln team , with which he won the College World Series for the first time in its history in 2005. In the 2006 MLB Draft , he was selected as the 41st player by the New York Yankees.
After he was not used in the minor leagues in 2006 , he played in the 2007 season with various Yankees farm teams. On August 7, 2007, he made his MLB debut in defeating the Toronto Blue Jays . His greatest success so far was winning the World Series 2009 , in which he was used in three games as a reliever (with a win in game 4).
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
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| SURNAME | Chamberlain, Joba |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lincoln , Nebraska , USA |