He played college baseball at Rutgers University where he was three times All-Big East First Team.

[4][5] He recorded his first Major League hit on September 9 against Tim Redding of the Houston Astros.

[6][7] Following the season, the Texas Rangers selected him from the Brewers in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.

[2][4] After spending the 2005 season in the minors with the St. Louis Cardinals,[8] he signed a contract with the Colorado Rockies.

[2] In 2011, he was living in Randolph, New Jersey, working as a salesman for Enzo Clinical Labs and coaching youth baseball.