Jay C. Voss is a professional baseball

Baseball

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 player who plays in the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

 organization. He was selected in the eighth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft

2007 Major League Baseball Draft

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. He attended Mater Dei High School

Mater Dei High School (Breese, Illinois)

Mater Dei High School is a Catholic, co-educational high school in Breese, Illinois in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville. It was founded in 1954 through the merger of St. Dominic’s High School in Breese and St...

 and Kaskaskia College

Kaskaskia College

Kaskaskia College, located in Centralia, Illinois, is the oldest community colleges in the U.S. state of Illinois and serves 11,500 students. The college provides accredited degree programs in Arts, Science, General Studies, and 18 other vocational Associate degree programs. Currently presided by...

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Florida Marlins

In 2007 Voss made his professional debut with the Short-Season Jamestown Jammers

Jamestown Jammers

The Jamestown Jammers are a minor league baseball team in Jamestown, New York, United States. The team is the Short-Season A classification affiliate of the Miami Marlins and plays in the New York - Penn League...

. He was 0–7 with 35 strikeouts and a 7.63 earned run average

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 in 15 games—11 of them starts.

Voss spent the 2008 season with the Class-A Greensboro Grasshoppers

Greensboro Grasshoppers

The Greensboro Grasshoppers are a minor league baseball team in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA...

 of the South Atlantic League

South Atlantic League

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. After 11 starts

Starting pitcher

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, Voss was moved to the bullpen to become a relief pitcher

Relief pitcher

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 on July 19. He went 2–5 with a 7.24 ERA as a starter and 1–1 with a 4.15 ERA in 15 relief appearances. He went a total 3–6 with a 6.39 ERA with 55 strikeouts in 69 innings pitched

Innings pitched

In baseball, innings pitched are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two...

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In 2009 Voss split the season between the Class-A Advanced Jupiter Hammerheads

Jupiter Hammerheads

The Jupiter Hammerheads are a minor league baseball team based in Jupiter, Florida, named for the hammerhead shark.The team, which plays in the Florida State League, is the Class A Advanced affiliate of the Miami Marlins major-league club....

 and the Double-A Jacksonville Suns

Jacksonville Suns

The Jacksonville Suns are a minor league baseball team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The team is currently a member of the Southern League and is the class Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team...

. He went 0–1 with 10 strikeouts and a 2.03 ERA in 10 games with Jupiter. With Jacksonville, Voss went 3–0 with 36 strikeouts and a 2.97 ERA in 30 games. Voss went a combined 3–1 with 46 strikeouts and a 2.72 ERA in 49⅔ innings pitched. After the 2009 season Voss was assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox

Mesa Solar Sox

The Mesa Solar Sox are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of the Arizona Fall League. They play their home games in Mesa, Arizona at HoHoKam Stadium, which is also the spring training facility of the Chicago Cubs....

 of the Arizona Fall League

Arizona Fall League

The Arizona Fall League is an off-season league owned and operated by Major League Baseball which operates during the fall in Arizona, United States at five spring training complexes...

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Detroit Tigers

On March 30, 2010, Voss was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Nate Robertson

Nate Robertson

Nathan Daniel "Nate" Robertson, is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently pitches in the Seattle Mariners organization.-Florida Marlins:...

 and cash considerations. As of June 10, 2011, Voss was pitching for the Tigers' AA affiliate, the Erie Seawolves

Erie SeaWolves

The Erie SeaWolves are a minor league baseball team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball club....

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