finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2004 right yakima , washington 2002 may 8 0-0 5.55 5 pitcher st. louis cardinals win-loss earned run average strikeouts april 20 20 august 1977 josh pearce
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josh pearce

joshua ray pearce -lrb- born august 20 , 1977 , in yakima , washington -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher who played for the st. louis cardinals from to .
pearce was drafted by the new york mets out of west valley high school in yakima , washington in the 1996 major league baseball draft , but did not sign .
instead , he attended portland state university -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , the university of arizona and was drafted by the st. louis cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1999 major league baseball draft .
though not dominant in the minors , he steadily worked his way up the ranks and made his major league debut on april 20 , 2002 ; he pitched 4.2 innings and gave up 3 earned runs , getting a no-decision .
in , pearce pitched in relief for triple-a memphis and had a 3.56 era in 26 games .
in , his last professional season , he pitched for double-a springfield and memphis .
