Career Highlights: Intimidating flamethrower with size…2008 will be 11th year in professional baseball…drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 35th round in 1996, signing the following year…also selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 33rd round of the 1995 draft…has struck out more batters than innings pitched in nine of 10 years in pro ball…has averaged a remarkable 11.08 K/9 IP for career…has 57 career saves…was a member of a co-championship team in 1999 with Myrtle Beach of the Carolina League…has had a season ERA under 3.00 seven different times…has pitched more than 50 innings in a season seven times in his career…this will be the third time he has played under Kash Beauchamp…the other two were in 2000 with New Jersey and in 2001 with Lincoln…one of two Wingnuts on the opening day roster to have played in the American Association in 2007
2007
St. Paul (American Association/Ind.): Reached the American Association Championship Series with the Saints, falling in five games to the Fort Worth Cats…all 19 appearances came out of the bullpen…allowed one run in a span of 14.0 IP from 7/8-7/28, striking out 18…struck out the side in consecutive innings, fanning six in 2.0 IP, on 7/19 vs. Sioux City…struck out the side on 8/6 vs. El Paso…2.08 ERA on the road in 8.2 IP, 3.00 at home in 21.0 IP…nine of 19 outings were more than 1.0 IP…struck out at least one batter in 18 of 19 games pitched
Tacoma (Pacific Coast/AAA): Logged 36.1 IP in second stint in AAA, striking out 41…all 25 games were in relief…3.98 ERA at home in 20.1 IP, 7.88 on the road in 16.0 IP…saved four games…allowed one run in 9.2 IP from 4/8-4/29, striking out 11 in that stretch…struck out the side on 4/23 at Salt Lake…finished 19 games for the Rainiers
2006
San Antonio (Texas/AA): Did not allow a run in 4.1 IP on the road…all 12 appearances were in relief…finished 10 of 12 games, including five saves…did not allow a run in final nine appearances, spanning 9.2 IP, striking out 19…threw a perfect inning to earn the save vs. Midland on 8/22, striking out two
Kansas City (Northern/Ind.): Pitched to a 1.27 ERA in 35.1 IP before being picked up by San Antonio…all 29 games were in relief…saved 14 games, good for third in the Northern League…did not allow a run in 7.2 IP in May…struck out the side four times, including three in a six-game stretch…allowed one run in 10.1 IP over eight games while striking out 12 from 5/18-6/7…had a 7-game scoreless streak over 5.2 IP from 6/13-6/27, striking out 14…did not allow a run in final nine appearances, totaling 8.2 IP and striking out 11 from 7/8-8/1…pitched a season-high 5.0 IP on 7/5 at Joliet, striking out six
2005
Lincoln (Northern/Ind.): Pitched in six games and 4.0 IP for the Saltdogs…allowed only one run in his final five games, over 3.0 IP…struck out the side on 9/4 vs. Sioux City in his final game of the year…all games were in relief
Omaha (Pacific Coast/AAA): Pitched in 16 games in first experience of AAA level ball…saved eight games, pitching to a 5.02 ERA in 14.1 IP…finished 14 of his 16 appearances, all of which came out of the bullpen…earned first AAA win on 4/19 vs. Albuquerque, allowing one earned run in one inning
2004
Lincoln (Northern/Ind.): Had arguably his best season, finishing 5th in the Northern League in saves (10) and 4th in games pitched (42), with a 1.46 ERA….struck out 90 batters in just 55.1 IP, averaging 14.63 K/9 IP…had a 12.2 IP scoreless streak from 7/3-7/28, spanning 11 games and striking out 20…allowed just one run in final 12 games from 8/11-9/5, spanning 19.0 IP and striking out 28…did not allow a single walk in his final 16 games and 25.2 IP…had a 0.77 ERA in 11.2 IP in June…0.61 ERA in 14.2 IP in July…struck out a season-high eight batters in 4.0 IP on 8/20 vs. Kansas City…struck out the side four times, including all three batters to face him in his final appearance of the season on 9/5 vs. Sioux Falls
2003
Joliet (Northern/Ind.): Pitched in 26 games for the Jackhammers, striking out 47 in 35.2 IP…allowed one earned run in 13.2 IP from 8/2-8/22, striking out 22…struck out a season-high seven batters in 5.0 IP on 8/27 at Sioux Falls…2.03 ERA in 13.1 IP at home, 3.22 ERA in 22.1 IP on the road...all 26 games came in relief
Gary (Northern/Ind.): 0-1 with a 4.19 ERA in 16 games for the Railcats…struck out 20 in 19.1 IP…finished nine games…walked only four
2002
Gary (Northern/Ind.): Appeared in 43 games, all in relief, going 1-3 with one save and a 3.17 ERA…2.05 ERA in 26.1 IP on the road, 4.05 in 33.1 IP at home…had an 8.2 IP scoreless streak from 6/11-6/21, striking out nine over the seven games…had another 8.2 IP scoreless streak from 7/25-8/13 over six appearances…struck out a season-high four on two occasions, 6/12 at Fargo-Moorhead and7/8 at Duluth-Superior
2001
Lincoln (Northern/Ind.): Pitched in 11 games for the Saltdogs in their inaugural season before suffering a season-ending injury in mid-June…had a 3.38 ERA in 5.1 IP in May…pitched a season-high 3.0 IP and struck out a season-high three batters on 6/2 vs. Sioux City
2000
New Jersey (Northern/Ind.): Played under Kash Beauchamp, appearing in 32 games…also made a career-high five starts, going 1-2 with a 5.71 ERA as a starting pitcher…pitched six innings allowing one run and striking out four in his first win as a starter on 8/4 at Elmira…3.86 ERA in 30.1 IP on the road, 5.08 ERA in 28.1 IP at home…struck out the side twice, 6/17 vs. Catskill and 8/25 at Adirondack…struck out a season-high six batters three separate times
1999
Myrtle Beach (Carolina/A+): Pitched six innings in two games and did not allow a run…struck out five…team was named Co-Champions of the Carolina League
Macon (South Atlantic/A): Won five of seven decisions…1.29 ERA on the road in 21.0 IP, 3.33 ERA at home in 24.1 IP…appeared as a reliever in all 25 games…allowed just one run in 20.2 IP over 12 games while striking out 19 from 7/20-8/27…struck out a season-high five on two occasions, picking up the win in both of those outings…finished four games
1998
Macon (South Atlantic/A): 2-5 with a 4.39 ERA in 50 games…struck out 71 in 69.2 IP
1997
Danville (Appalachian/R): Made professional debut posting a 1.97 ERA in 32.0 IP…made one start…struck out 56…allowed just 14 hits
Kash Beauchamp on Byron: Byron is a legitimate closer. He throws extremely hard, topping out at close to 100 mph at certain times in his career. Being a veteran, he will be the workhorse out of the bullpen. He has great passion for the game which will carry over and make him an excellent coach one day.
