Eshelman was born at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia and lived in western Pennsylvania and Dayton, Ohio until his family moved to Houston in 1980. He pitched for Westfield High School in Houston, Blinn College, and the University of Houston before being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth round of the 1991 amateur draft. Eshelman signed with the Orioles on June 5, 1991. The Red Sox organization acquired him in the Rule 5 draft on December 5, 1994. In his debut with Boston\'s major league club on May 2, 1995, he hurled six shutout innings in an 8-0 victory over the New York Yankees.\n', '

In a three-season career, Eshelman posted a 15–9 record with a 6.07 ERA and 118 strikeouts and in 83 appearances, including 30 starts, 11 games finished, four shutouts, and 212 innings of work. \n', '

He was sidelined during Spring Training in 1996 after a bizarre non-sports injury, burning his hands on a candle in his hotel room. His wife, Julie, was trying to warm a bottle for their baby son, Evan, when a washcloth caught fire. Eshelman suffered second-degree burns putting it out. \n', '

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