Aaron Small

Full Name: Aaron James Small Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 5"/200 First Game: June 11, 1994 Birthdate: November 23, 1971 MLB Experience: 9 years Birthplace: Oxnard, California Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on November 23, 1971 in Oxnard, California, Aaron Small (Aaron James Small) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career. Small broke into the bigs on June 11, 1994 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.28 ERA in 96.2 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Aaron Small's best season was 1997, when he posted a 4.28 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1994	TOR	A	1	0	0	0	9.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	2	0	0	0
1995	FLA	N	7	0	1	0	1.42	5	2	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	1	6	0	0	0
1996	OAK	A	12	3	1	3	8.16	17	28	26	0	0	0	28.2	37	3	22	1	2	1
1997	OAK	A	71	0	9	5	4.28	57	50	46	0	0	4	96.2	109	6	40	6	4	3
1998	OAK	A	24	0	1	1	7.25	19	34	29	0	0	0	36	51	3	14	3	4	3
1998	ARI	N	23	0	3	1	3.69	14	14	13	0	0	0	31.2	32	5	8	1	0	1
1998	Total		47	0	4	2	5.59	33	48	42	0	0	0	67.2	83	8	22	4	4	4
2002	ATL	N	1	0	0	0	27.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	2	0	1	0
2004	FLA	N	7	0	0	0	8.27	8	15	15	0	0	0	16.1	24	5	7	0	1	0
2005	NY	A	15	9	10	0	3.20	37	27	27	1	1	0	76	71	4	24	0	0	5
2006	NY	A	11	3	0	3	8.46	12	29	26	0	0	0	27.2	42	9	12	1	0	1
Total	NL		38	0	4	1	4.94	28	32	30	0	0	0	54.2	65	11	23	1	2	1
Total	AL		134	15	21	12	5.26	142	170	156	1	1	4	267	315	26	114	11	10	13
Total			172	15	25	13	5.20	170	202	186	1	1	4	321.2	380	37	137	12	12	14

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1994	TOR	A	P	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1995	FLA	N	P	7	0	6.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1996	OAK	A	P	12	3	28.2	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1997	OAK	A	P	71	0	96.2	5	15	1	2	0	0	9	3	0	.952
1998	OAK	A	P	24	0	36	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1.000
1998	ARI	N	P	23	0	31.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	Total		P	47	0	67.2	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1.000
2002	ATL	N	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	FLA	N	P	7	0	16.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2005	NY	A	P	15	9	76	1	7	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1.000
2006	NY	A	P	11	3	27.2	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	172	15	321.2	13	38	1	2	0	3	19	8	1	.981

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1994	TOR	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	FLA	N	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	OAK	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	OAK	A	71	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	OAK	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	ARI	N	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Total		47	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	ATL	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	FLA	N	7	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2005	NY	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	NY	A	11	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		38	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		134	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total			172	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 8, 1989).
• Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Florida Marlins in exchange for a player to be named later (April 26, 1995); Toronto Blue Jays received Ernie Delgado (September 19, 1995).
• Claimed on waivers by Seattle Mariners from Florida Marlins (January 23, 1996).
• Claimed on waivers by Oakland Athletics from Seattle Mariners (January 29, 1996).
• Claimed on waivers by Arizona Diamondbacks from Oakland Athletics (June 26, 1998).
• Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (March 30, 1999).
• Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 12, 1999).
• Released by Milwaukee Brewers (May 23, 1999).
• Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (May 27, 1999).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 1999).
• Signed by Colorado Rockies (November 23, 1999).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 2000).
• Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 21, 2000).
• Released by Anaheim Angels (May 4, 2001).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (May 10, 2001).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (October 26, 2001).
• Released by Atlanta Braves (September 30, 2002).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 13, 2003).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (March 29, 2003).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (April 30, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 4, 2004).
• Signed by New York Yankees (January 21, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 2, 2006).