David Marchbanks

Robert David Marchbanks

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
• School University of South Carolina
• High School Mauldin High School

• Born February 3, 1982 in Spartanburg, SC USA

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Biographical Information

David Marchbanks was a college star whose pro career peaked in AA.

Marchbanks was 13-4 with a 1.12 ERA as a high school senior and was named South Carolina Player of the Year. The Anaheim Angels took him in the 40th round of the 2000 amateur draft. He was 7-1 with a 3.63 ERA as a freshman in college in 2001 and won two games in 24 hours in the 2001 CWS Regionals. As a sophomore, he fell to 9-4, 4.98. In the Cape Cod League that summer, he was with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.

David turned in a 15-3, 2.73 record as a junior with only 25 walks in 135 1/3 IP. He led the Southeastern Conference in wins and was third in ERA behind Levale Speigner and Jeremy Sowers. He and Paul Maholm were the All-Star starting pitchers and Marchbanks was named SEC Pitcher of the Year. He helped South Carolina to the 2003 College World Series. In NCAA Division I, he was second in wins, behind Jeff Niemann. Only John Hudgins and Niemann worked more innings. He was named All-American by both Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America (Niemann, Jered Weaver and Ryan Wagner were the other pitchers named by both publications).

The Florida Marlins took Marchbanks in the 7th round of the 2003 amateur draft. He split the summer between the Jamestown Jammers (1.23 ERA in 5 G), Greensboro Bats (0-1, 2.12 in 3 G) and Carolina Mudcats (0-1, 3.00 in 1 G) for a 1.91 ERA as a pro that year. With the 2004 GCL Marlins, he had a 2-1, 4.20 record. He was let go and signed with the independent Mid-Missouri Mavericks for 2005 but struggled (0-2, 13.50 ERA, 10 BB, 17 H in 11 1/3 IP) to finish his professional career at 2-5, 4.42 in 27 G.

Sources

• USC bio
• 2004 Baseball Almanac