Jamal Strong Baseball player

Jamal Najar Strong (born August 5, 1978 in Pasadena, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder.Strong was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. Strong made his major league debut in 2003 and was called up again in 2005. Strong became a free agent after the 2005 season and signed with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs released him on April 25, 2006, and he signed with the Atlanta Braves on April 28. The Braves released him on October 15, 2006, and he later signed with the New York Yankees in 2007. After becoming a free agent after the 2007 season, Strong signed with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League for 2008. On June 6, the Ducks traded him to the Camden Riversharks for pitcher Abe Alvarez.On April 26, 2005, Strong became the fourth baseball player to be suspended for testing positive on illegal performance-enhancing drugs under Major League Baseball's new drug policy. He was suspended for 10 days without pay as the policy dictates for a first offense.

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Jamal Strong
Birth dateAugust 05, 1978
Birth place
Pasadena California

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 02, 2003
Career endSeptember 11, 2005
batting sideRight
former teams
Seattle Mariners
position
Outfielder
teams
Seattle Mariners
throwing sideRight

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