Adam L. Peterson is a former pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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. Peterson appeared in three games with the Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

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 in .

Peterson was traded by the Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

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 on January 12, 2005, in exchange for Shea Hillenbrand

Shea Hillenbrand

Shea Matthew Hillenbrand is a professional baseball player who last played for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League....

. The Diamondbacks placed him on waivers, and he was claimed by the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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. He pitched in the Tigers' farm system in , his last year in professional baseball.

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