Jordan William Zimmerman (born on April 28, 1975 in Kelowna

Kelowna

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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) is a former Major League

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners

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. Zimmerman also pitched for the Long Island Ducks

Long Island Ducks

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 in .

Zimmerman was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

 in in the 32nd round, 886th overall. He re-entered the draft in and was picked by the Seattle Mariners in the 32nd round, 889th overall. Zimmerman played in 12 games, including once against his brother Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman

Jeffrey Ross Zimmerman is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1999-2001 for the Texas Rangers.-Independent baseball:...

. He ended his career with a no decision in every appearance he made. He had an ERA

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 of 7.88 in only 8 innings

Innings

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 pitched.

After his playing career ended, Zimmerman became a real estate salesman in Arizona.

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