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Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #48 Paul Quantrill
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Paul John Quantrill | RP,SP | 1996-2001
Paul Quantrill was born November 3, 1968, in Kingsville, Ontario. A good Canadian boy. He was a 26th round draft pick in the 1986 draft. But then he didn’t sign with the Dodgers. Paul chose the University of Wisconsin instead. After three years there and a Top Pitcher and Team MVP award in 1989, the Red Sox drafted him in the 6th round of the 1989 draft. Mike Mordecai and Doug Mirabelli came out of that round as well.
Quantrill quickly moved through the minors and made his Red Sox debut July 20, 1992. In May 1994, they traded him to the Phillies, where he played for the rest of that season and 1995. On December 6, 1995, Gord Ash made, likely, the best trade of his time as Jay GM sending Howard Battle and Ricardo Jordan to get Quantrill.