Jason Rakers

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1973)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jason Rakers |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1973|6|29}} |birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 6 |debutyear=1998 |debutteam=Cleveland Indians |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 5 |finalyear=2000 |finalteam=Kansas City Royals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=2–0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=8.76 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=16 |teams= *Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|1999}}) *Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|2000}}) }} '''Jason Paul Rakers''' (born June 29, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player. A pitcher, Rakers played for the Cleveland Indians in 1998 and 1999, and the Kansas City Royals in 2000. He last played professional baseball in 2003 with both the Akron Aeros and Buffalo Bisons.<ref name=brm>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rakers002jas|title=Jason Rakers Minor League Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=November 13, 2024}}</ref>

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rakers attended the University of Pittsburgh and New Mexico State University. In 1993, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> He was selected by the Indians in the 25th round of the 1995 MLB draft.<ref name=br>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rakerja01.shtml|title=Jason Rakers Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 2, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== {{baseballstats|br=r/rakerja01|fangraphs=1010660|brm=rakers002jas}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Prakej001.htm Retrosheet]

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