Jason Michael Hirsh was born 02/20/1982 in Santa Monica, California. He attended and graduated from St. Francis High School, but since he threw only in the high eighties, he went undrafted and ended up at Division III school Cal Lutheran. Hirsh compiled a 26-6 record with a 2.96 ERA, and graduated with a degree in multimedia. He was taken with the Houston Astros' top pick (second round, 59th overall) in the 2003 amateur entry draft and signed for $625,000. He made his major-league debut in 2006 and saw limited action as a starter, going 3-4 with a 6.04 ERA in 9 games started for Houston.
After the 2006 season, Hirsh was traded to Colorado as part of a package including CF Willy Taveras and RHP Taylor Buchholz, in return for starter Jason Jennings. He emerged as the number-four starter out of spring training and to date has gone 3-6 with a 4.78 ERA in Colorado's rotation. He resides in Burbank, California during the offseason and also works for the San Diego Chargers football team.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2006
HOU
N
9
9
3
4
6.04
29
32
30
0
0
0
44.2
48
11
22
2
4
3
2007
HOU
N
19
19
5
7
4.81
75
63
60
1
0
0
112.1
103
18
48
5
5
2
Total
28
28
8
11
5.16
104
95
90
1
0
0
157
151
29
70
7
9
5
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2006
HOU
N
P
9
9
44.2
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
.833
2007
COL
N
P
19
19
112.1
0
12
0
1
0
0
4
0
1
1.000
Total
P
28
28
157
2
15
1
1
0
0
6
1
1
.944
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2006
HOU
N
9
15
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
9
0
2
0
0
0
2007
COL
N
19
31
0
3
0
2
.097
.125
.097
0
0
1
17
0
2
0
0
1
Total
28
46
0
3
0
2
.065
.085
.065
0
0
1
26
0
4
0
0
1
Transactions
Selected by Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 2003 - signed July 3, 2003).
Traded by Houston Astros with Taylor Buchholz and Willy Taveras to Colorado Rockies in exchange for Jason Jennings (December 12, 2006).
