James Dion Leverton (born May 13, 1986 in Dallas, Texas) is a baseball pitcher, who is currently a free agent.
He was taken in the 8th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago Cubs, with Trey Forkaway being the signing scout. He has had multiple seasons of note, including 2010, when he was 10-1 with nine saves a 2.75 ERA in 49 games for the Peoria Chiefs and Daytona Cubs and 2011, when he was 11-6 with a 2.19 ERA in 19 games (15 starts) for the independent New Jersey Jackals and Greensboro Grasshoppers of the Marlins (who signed him partway through the year) organization.
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