Todd Ozias

Todd Joseph Ozias

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
• School Miami Dade College, University of Miami
• High School Taravella High School

• Born August 19, 1976 in Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Todd Ozias was drafted three times before beginning his professional career. The first was out of high school, by the Seattle Mariners in the 34th round of the 1994 amateur draft. the second time, he was in junior college and was selected by the Mariners again, this time in the 58th round in the 1995 amateur draft. Finally, in the 1998 amateur draft, he was taken by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round out of the University of Miami, and this time came to an agreement.

His first professional team in 1998 was the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League, for whom he went 3-4, 3.94 in 27 games as a reliever (he would not be used as a starter until 2004. He then spent the next two seasons, 1999 and 2000, in the Giants system, making stops with the Bakersfield Blaze, the San Jose Giants and the Shreveport Captains. He had a 2.56 ERA with 26 saves with Bakersfield the first year, and 3.67 with 21 saves mainly for San Jose the second.

On July 24, 2001, he was one of three players sent by the Giants to the Texas Rangers to acquire first baseman Andres Galarraga; the others were Chris Magruder and Erasmo Ramirez. He had started that season with Shreveport, going 3-3, 2.73 in 30 games, then after the trade moved to the Tulsa Drillers, remining in the Texas League, and going 0-0, 7.30. Contrary to the previous two seasons, he did not record a single save that year. His stay with the Rangers was a short one, as in 2002 he pitched for affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies in AA. going 3-1, 3.03. In 2003, he had a very good year with the Altoona Curve, the AA farm team of the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 2-2, 1.62 in 51 games, with 21 saves, but by then he was in the nomadic phase of his career and was signed by teams for depth, and not as a potential prospect. In 2004, he was in the Toronto Blue Jays chain, with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and in his only season as a starter, went 8-4, 3.43 in 18 games. 2005 saw him back with the Pirates, but this time in A ball, with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League, where he was 1-1, 3.38 with 13 saves in 25 games. He played one final season, this time in the independent leagues in 2006, but retired after going 0-3, 7.52 in 4 starts for the Joliet Jackhammers of the Northern League.

After baseball, he settled in Knoxville, TN where he became a sales consultant in the automotive industry.