{{short description|American baseball player (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |image=Here's the pitch (208183013) (cropped).jpg |caption=Shiell with the Atlanta Braves in 2006 |name=Jason Shiell |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1976|10|19}} |birth_place=Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 8 |debutyear=2002 |debutteam=San Diego Padres |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 5 |finalyear=2006 |finalteam=Atlanta Braves |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=2–2 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=6.92 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=38 |teams= *San Diego Padres ({{By|2002}}) *Boston Red Sox ({{By|2003}}) *Atlanta Braves ({{By|2006}}) }} '''Jason Alexander Shiell''' (born October 19, 1976) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves. Listed at {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m}} and {{convert|180|lb|kg}}, he threw and batted right-handed.
==Career== Shiell attended Windsor Forest High School in Savannah, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/25584/jason-shiell/ |title=Jason Shiell Stats & Scouting Report |website=Baseball America |accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref> He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 48th round of the 1995 MLB draft.<ref name=Retro/> He pitched in the Braves' farm system from 1995 through 1999, reaching the Class A-Advanced level. In December 1999, he was part of a multi-player trade with the San Diego Padres.<ref name=Retro/> He pitched in the minor leagues for the Padres in 2000 and 2001, reaching the Double-A level. In 2002, pitched at the Triple-A level, and was a late-season call-up to the Padres, appearing in three MLB games while allowing four runs in {{frac|1|1|3}} innings (27.00 ERA).
In October 2002, Shiell was claimed off of waivers by the Boston Red Sox. In 2003, he pitched for Boston at the Triple-A level, and made 17 MLB appearances (2–0 record with 4.63 ERA in {{frac|23|1|3}} innings). One highlight of his MLB career came on April 27, 2003, when he picked up his only MLB save during an extra innings win over the Angels. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA200304270.shtml|title=Boston Red Sox at Anaheim Angels Box Score, April 27, 2003}}</ref> He underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2004,<ref name="bosox">{{cite news|last1=Hartwell|first1=Darren|title=Red Sox pitchers and Tommy John surgery|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/11337/delcarmen-gordon-among-sox-p-who-had-tommy-john|accessdate=21 March 2018|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> and became a free agent in October 2004.<ref name=Retro/> As a result of the surgery, he did not pitch professionally in 2004 or 2005.
In 2006, he resumed pitching professionally with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, until his contract was purchased by the Atlanta Braves in June 2006.<ref name=Retro/> He pitched in Triple-A for Atlanta, and made four MLB appearances with the Braves (0–2 with 8.62 ERA in {{frac|15|2|3}} innings). He again became a free agent in October 2006.<ref name=Retro/>
Shiell spent the 2007 season with the Kansas City Royals organization, at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. His final professional season was 2008, when he pitched in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, again at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He was released by Milwaukee on August 14, 2008.<ref name=Retro>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Pshiej001.htm |title=Jason Shiell |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
Overall, Shiell appeared in 24 MLB games, compiling a 2–2 record with 6.92 ERA in {{frac|40|1|3}} innings pitched. He played in 294 minor league games, where he was 43–44 with 3.85 ERA in {{frac|786|1|3}} innings.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb=425126 |br=s/shielja01 |brm=shiell001jas |retro=S/Pshiej001}}
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