Jason Scott Marquis...he and his wife, Debbie, have two children, Reese Madison and Andrew...graduated in 1996 from Tottenville (N.Y.) High School, where he played baseball and basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Went 11-9 with a 4.53 ERA (167.0 ip, 84 er) in 29 games (28 starts) for the Central Division champion Chicago Cubs in 2008...was 7-3 with a 3.25 ERA (80.1, 29 er) in 13 road starts...his 7 road vic- tories were tied with Carlos Zambrano for 2nd-most on the team (Ted Lilly, 10)...boasted a 7-3 mark with a 4.20 ERA (96.1 ip, 45 er) in 16 starts during the day, compared to a 4-6 record with a 4.73 ERA (70.1 ip, 37 er) in 12 night games...the team scored 3 or fewer runs while he was on the mound in 15 of his 28 starts, including three of his final five starts of the season...pitched into the 6th inning in his final 13 starts of the season dating to 7/1 at SF...was 5-4 in 11 starts after the All-Star break, recording a 4.41 ERA (67.1 ip, 33 er) in that span...went 6-5 with a 4.44 ERA (99.1 ip, 49 er) in 17 starts prior to the break...did not allow a home run in a career-high six consecutive starts, 8/13 (G1)-9/17...broke his previous run of four consecutive starts without allowing a long ball, done multiple times including 5/29-6/14 of this season...enjoyed a season- high, 5-game winning streak, 5/18-6/21...had a 3.64 ERA (42.0 ip, 17 er) in seven starts during the streak, limiting the opponent to a .237 batting average...the club scored one or no runs while he was on the mound in five of six starts from 6/26-8/1, in which he went 0-4 with a 5.25 ERA (36.0 ip, 21 er)...belted his first career grand slam and had career-best 5 RBI on 9/22 at New York against the Mets; was the first Cub pitcher to hit a slam since Kevin Tapani on July 20, 1998 (off of Atlanta's Denny Neagle at Turner Field)...tied the Cubs single-game mark with 5 RBI by a pitcher (Milt Pappas had 5 RBI 8/11/72 vs. the Mets...batted .203 (12-for- 59) with 2 homers and 10 RBI, tying his career high also done in 2005 with St. Louis...appeared in Game 1 of the NLDS vs. the Dodgers, allowing a 9th-inning run in Chicago's 7-2 defeat (Cubs lost the series).