Jason Robert Beverlin (born November 27, 1973) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current pitching coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He played college baseball at Western Carolina as well as in Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played one season in the United States and three seasons in Japan. He also served as the head coach of Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (2012–2017).[1]
| Jason Beverlin | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 27, 1973 Ashtabula, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: July 29, 2002, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| NPB: April 13, 2003, for the Yakult Swallows | |
| Last appearance | |
| MLB: September 28, 2002, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| NPB: August 19, 2006, for the Yokohama BayStars | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–3 |
| Earned run average | 8.69 |
| Strikeouts | 16 |
| NPB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 17–19 |
| Earned run average | 5.08 |
| Strikeouts | 204 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Playing career
editBeverlin attended Western Carolina University, and in 1993 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2]
Beverlin was selected in the fourth round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft by the Oakland Athletics. The next summer, he was traded to the New York Yankees along with Rubén Sierra in exchange for Danny Tartabull. He became a minor league free agent following the 2000 season and signed with the Anaheim Angels. After a single season in their farm system, he again became a free agent and signed with the Cleveland Indians.
In 2002, Beverlin made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut. That year he played with both the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. He spent three of the next four seasons pitching in Japan with the Yakult Swallows and Yokohama BayStars. In 2007, he briefly played for the Buffalo Bisons, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.
Coaching career
editFollowing his professional playing career, Beverlin became a college baseball coach. Prior to the start of the 2008 season, he was named the pitching coach at Georgia Southern, where he coached from 2008 to 2009. From 2010 to 2011, he was the pitching coach at Tennessee.[1]
Prior to the start of the 2012 season, Beverlin was named the head coach at Bethune-Cookman.[3]
Head coaching records
editThe following is a table of Beverlin's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach.[4][5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2012–2017) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Bethune-Cookman | 34–27 | 18–5 | 1st (South) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2013 | Bethune-Cookman | 34–25 | 17–7 | t-1st (South) | |||||
| 2014 | Bethune-Cookman | 27–33 | 14–10 | t-1st (South) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2015 | Bethune-Cookman | 19–40 | 14–10 | 2nd (South) | |||||
| 2016 | Bethune-Cookman | 29–27 | 17–7 | 2nd (South) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Bethune-Cookman | 36–25 | 15–8 | 1st (South) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Bethune-Cookman: | 179–177 | 95–47 | |||||||
| Total: | 179–177 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "#34 Jason Beverlin". B-CUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ Butler, Andreas (May 10, 2012). "B-CU Hires Former MLB Player as Head Baseball Coach". Florida Courier. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Tennessee Volunteers profile
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers profile
