Thomas Patrick Jacquez is a former professional baseball

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 player. A left-handed pitcher

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, he played part of one season in Major League Baseball

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 in 2000 for the Philadelphia Phillies

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.

Jacquez was drafted by the Phillies in the 1997 amateur draft

1997 Major League Baseball Draft

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. He played for the minor-league Piedmont Boll Weevils, Batavia Clippers, Clearwater Phillies, Reading Phillies

Reading Phillies

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, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons

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 before being called up to the Phillies in September 2000. Jacquez pitched in nine games for the Phillies in September 2000, earning an earned-run average of 11.50.

After 2000, Jacquez played in the minor leagues for several seasons. He played for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2001 before joining the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 farm system for the 2002 season. Jacquez played for the Charlotte Knights

Charlotte Knights

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 and Great Falls White Sox

Great Falls White Sox

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 over 2002 and 2003. He entered the Baltimore Orioles

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 farm system and played for the Bowie Baysox

Bowie Baysox

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 in 2004, after which he left pro baseball.

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