Jeff Criswell #46

Jeffrey Kelley Criswell … son of Brian and Patti … has one sister, Natalie, who swam collegiately at Bowling Green...Father pitched at Western Michigan University and played five seasons in Oakland’s Minor League system (1984-88) after being drafted in the 1984 June Amateur Draft...Majored in sport management at the University of Michigan... Earned All-Big Ten First Team honors as a sophomore in 2019 and was selected to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team... 2.88 career ERA (162.1 IP, 52 ER) with the Wolverines with 78 walks and 174 strikeouts.

2023

Set career highs in starts (26), innings pitched (121.0) and strikeouts (135) with Triple-A Albuquerque... Finished the season 5-10 with a 7.51 ERA (121.0 IP, 101 ER) in 29 games (26 starts) with the Isotopes... Ranked third in the PCL in strikeouts (135), fifth in games started (26) and seventh in innings (121.0 IP)... Struck out a season-best nine batters twice: July 1 vs. El Paso (5.0 IP) and Sept. 1 at Sacramento (6.1 IP)... 9.51 ERA (53.0 IP, 56 ER) through his first 14 appearances … 5.96 ERA (68.0 IP, 45 ER) in 15 games from June 25 through the end of the season. 

2022

Made 21 combined starts between High-A Lansing (10), Double-A Midland (nine) and Triple-A Las Vegas (two), going 4-10 with a 4.03 ERA (118.1 IP, 53 ER)...Went 2-3 with a 3.78 ERA (50.0 IP, 21 ER) and 58 strikeouts with Lansing, holding opponents to a .206 average (37-for-180)...Earned Midwest Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of May 1 after tossing a complete game shutout in game two of a doubleheader against Lake County (7.0 IP, H, BB, 6 SO)...2-6 with a 4.21 ERA (57.2 IP, 27 ER) in 12 outings (nine starts) with Midland and 0-1 with a 4.22 clip (10.2 IP, 5 ER) in two starts with Las Vegas.

2021

Made five starts for High-A Lansing in his first professional season, logging a 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 6 ER) with four walks and 12 strikeouts.

2020

Originally selected by Oakland in the second round of the First-Year Player Draft but did not play due to the cancellation of the Minor League season.