Justin Morgan Wayne is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played for the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball for 3 seasons.
Education
Wayne is from Honolulu, Hawaii, and an alumnus of Punahou School. In high school, Wayne played baseball and soccer, and was a cross country runner. He was named to the All-Hawaii baseball team
In his freshman year studying economics at in 1998, Wayne"s record as a relief pitcher was 6–0 with 6 saves.
He was named by Collegiate Baseball to their first freshman All-American team and by The Sporting News as second team Freshman All-American.
In his sophomore year, Wayne became a starting pitcher, and had a 10–0 record. His team finished in third place at the World Series.
In 2000, Wayne was named co-Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year, with a 15–4 record and a 3.21 European Research Area, with Stanford reaching the finals of the World Series. Wayne had 363 strikeouts while playing at Stanford, tied for first in that statistic.
Career
Wayne was first drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. After being chosen 5th overall by the Montreal Expos in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft, he decided to forego his senior season at Stanford to start his baseball career. In 2001, he ended his first full minor league season at Double-A for the Harrisburg Senators, where he went 9–2 with a 2.62 European Research Area in 14 starts for a losing team (465 West-L percentage).
Pitching at Harrisurg, where he spent most of the season, he went 5–2 with a 2.37 European Research Area in 17 starts, giving up only 6.75 hits per 9 innings.
In August 2006, Wayne signed with the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League. He held opponents to a.197 batting average.
Major league career He debuted in the major leagues in 2002 at the age of 22. In 2002, over 23.2 innings opposing hitters batted.244 against him.
He held batters to a.154 batting average in tie games.
From 2002–2004, Wayne was 5–8 for the Marlins, while he held batters to a.048 batting average and.095 slugging percentage with 2 outs and runners in scoring position. In April 2005, he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In May 2005, he signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
The following month, they released him before he saw any action.
Foreign his major league career through 2007, he held batters to only 1 hit in 25 plate appearances with 2 out and runners in scoring position.