Jeff Jeffords

Jeff Jeffords Career Stats 2007 – 2007 MLB Draft Selection (19th round/Cincinnati Reds) … Appeared in 24 games, went 6-1 with a 3.12 ERA and six saves … Hurled 49.0 innings with 19 runs allowed, 17 earned, on 31 hits with 21 walks and 60 strikeouts … – Picked up save with 1.1 scoreless innings of work vs. Charlotte (6/4) … Picked up save with two innings of work against Florida; allowed just one run on one hit (5/25) … Earned a win at SEC Tournament with one inning of work against Florida; allowed just one hit (5/23) … Worked 4.1 hitless innings without allowing a run and striking out six to pick up a win in 7-1 victory at Tennessee (5/11) … Worked 3.1 innings and allowed two runs on four hits with five strikeouts to pick up a save in 13-6 win over Kentucky (5/6) … Pitched two scoreless innings of relief in 8-1 win over Kentucky (5/6) … Pitched 1.1 perfect innings of relief to earn a save in 4-1 win at Alabama (4/28) … Pitched two scoreless innings to earn first career save in 11-9 win at Ole Miss (4/22) … Picked up win vs. Auburn (4/15); pitched 3.1 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and just one hit allowed in 18-4 victory … Key relief performance at Florida (4/8); pitched career-high 6.2 innings and picked up win allowing just one run, unearned, to win series … Pitched one scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts in 10-0 win over Furman (4/4) … Earned second win of the season with 3.2 innings of work at Mississippi State (3/23); tied career-high with six strikeouts, allowed just one run … Pitched 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts in 9-2 win over UNC Asheville (3/20) … Pitched two scoreless innings of relief and earned a win in 4-1 victory over Appalachian State (3/14) … Worked one scoreless inning of relief in 11-2 win over Brown (3/10) … Worked 1.2 perfect innings and struck out three batters in 12-0 win over Western Kentucky (2/10). 2006– Appeared in 17 games with one start, posted an 0-1 record with a 5.79 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 23.1 innings pitched … Worked 3.1 scoreless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts in 9-2 win over Tennessee (5/14) … Pitched three scoreless innings of relief allowing no hits while striking out one in 6-3 win over Ole Miss (4/15) … Longest stint of the season was four innings of work vs. Alabama (4/9); allowed just two runs on four hits with four strikeouts.

2005 — Appeared in 17 games with one start in first season at Carolina … Compiled 1-0 record with a 3.58 ERA and 26 strikeouts and 13 walks in 27.2 innings of work … – Won first game as a Gamecock in first career start of 6-1 win over Georgia (4/3/05), in which he worked five 2/3 innings and allowed one run on three hits … Hurled five scoreless innings of relief allowing just one hit with three strikeouts and no walks in 7-2 win over Brown (3/29/05) … Pitched for the Florence Red Wolves of the Coastal Plains League this summer.

JUNIOR COLLEGE — Enrolled at Carolina in the fall of 2004 after one season at Spartanburg Methodist Community College under Coach Tim Wallace … Played at New Market, Va. in the Shenandoah Valley League in the summer of 2004 … Drafted in June 2004 in the 32nd round by the Baltimore Orioles.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played three seasons at Lamar High School under Coach J. R. Boyd … Senior season was 11-2 with 158 strikeouts and 24 walks … Played for Florence American Legion team in 2003 … Named to high school math team.

PERSONAL — Born Raymond Franklin Jeffords II 11/4/84 at Florence, SC … Parents are Raymond F. and Tonya Jeffords … Has an older sister, Kristan, who played four seasons of softball at Robert E. Lee Academy … Chose Carolina because ‘I have always wanted to play baseball for the Gamecocks’… Favorite food is cheese sticks … Hobbies include Play Station 2 and sleeping … Favorite actress is Cameron Diaz…Favorite actor is Adam Sandler.