Jay Witasick

Full Name: Gerald Alphonse Witasick Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 4"/250 First Game: July 7, 1996 Birthdate: August 28, 1972 MLB Experience: 12 years Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland College: Maryland-Baltimore County Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on August 28, 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland, Jay Witasick (Gerald Alphonse Witasick) played for the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, and Tampa Bay Rays over the course of his 12 year career. Witasick broke into the bigs on July 7, 1996 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 5.57 ERA in 158.1 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jay Witasick's best season was 2001, when he posted a 3.30 ERA and struck out 106 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	BAA
1996	OAK	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	13.0	12	9	9	5	5	12	6.23	1.31	.245
1997	OAK	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	7	2	6	8	5.73	1.82	.304
1998	OAK	7	3	1	3	0	0	0	27.0	36	24	19	9	15	29	6.33	1.89	.310
1999	KC	32	28	9	12	0	1	1	158.1	191	108	98	23	83	102	5.57	1.73	.304
2000	KC	22	14	3	8	0	2	0	89.1	109	65	59	15	38	67	5.94	1.65	.301
2000	SD	11	11	3	2	0	0	0	60.2	69	42	38	9	35	54	5.64	1.71	.284
2001	SD	31	0	5	2	1	0	0	38.2	31	14	8	3	15	53	1.86	1.19	.218
2001	NYY	32	0	3	0	0	0	0	40.1	47	27	21	5	18	53	4.69	1.61	.283
2002	SF	44	0	1	0	0	0	0	68.1	58	19	18	3	21	54	2.37	1.16	.234
2003	SD	46	0	3	7	2	0	0	45.2	42	24	23	6	25	42	4.53	1.47	.244
2004	SD	44	0	0	1	1	0	0	61.2	57	28	22	8	26	57	3.21	1.35	.244
2005	OAK	28	0	1	1	1	0	0	27.2	26	15	10	2	17	33	3.25	1.55	.239
2005	COL	32	0	0	4	0	0	0	35.2	27	11	10	2	12	40	2.52	1.09	.209
2006	OAK	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	22.2	25	17	17	3	21	23	6.75	2.03	.281
2007	OAK	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	15.0	14	6	6	1	9	10	3.60	1.53	.255
2007	TB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.1	17	13	12	1	18	8	6.61	2.14	.279
Career		405	56	32	41	5	3	1	731.1	775	429	377	97	364	645	4.64	1.56	.272

Fielding Stats

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
1997	OAK	P	8	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	OAK	P	7	3	27	1	3	2	0	1	1.000
1999	KC	P	32	28	158	4	18	12	2	0	.889
2000	KC	P	22	14	89	5	12	6	1	0	.917
2000	SD	P	11	11	60	5	15	10	0	1	1.000
2001	SD	P	31	0	38	1	8	5	2	1	.750
2001	NYY	P	32	0	40	0	5	3	2	0	.600
2002	SF	P	44	0	68	2	7	5	0	0	1.000
2003	SD	P	46	0	45	0	8	7	1	0	.875
2004	SD	P	44	0	61	2	9	7	0	0	1.000
2005	OAK	P	28	0	27	1	2	1	0	1	1.000
2005	COL	P	32	0	35	1	5	4	0	1	1.000
2006	OAK	P	20	0	22	2	3	1	0	1	1.000
2007	OAK	P	16	0	15	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
2007	TB	P	20	0	16	2	4	1	1	0	.750
Total		P	401	56	727	26	101	66	9	6	.911

Batting Stats

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1996	OAK	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1997	OAK	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1998	OAK	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1999	KC	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2000	KC	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2000	SD	11	22	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	10	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310
2001	SD	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2001	NYY	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2002	SF	44	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2003	SD	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2004	SD	44	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2005	COL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2006	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2007	TB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		323	42	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	22	0	0	.071	.093	.071	.164

Transactions

• Selected by the Houston Astros in the 63rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1991).
• Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 17, 1993).
• Traded from the St. Louis Cardinals with Allen Battle, Carl Dale, and Bret Wagner to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Todd Stottlemyre (January 9, 1996).
• Traded from the Oakland Athletics to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (March 30, 1999); Oakland Athletics received Scott Chiasson (June 10, 1999).
• Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Brian Meadows (July 31, 2000).
• Traded from the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees in exchange for D'Angelo Jimenez (June 23, 2001).
• Traded from the New York Yankees to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for John Vander Wal (December 13, 2001).
• Granted free agency (December 21, 2002).
• Signed with the San Diego Padres (December 24, 2002).
• Released from the San Diego Padres (October 7, 2004).
• Signed with the Baltimore Orioles (January 18, 2005).
• Released from the Baltimore Orioles (April 7, 2005).
• Signed with the Colorado Rockies (April 9, 2005).
• Traded from the Colorado Rockies with Joe Kennedy to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Eric Byrnes and Omar Quintanilla (July 13, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
• Signed with the Oakland Athletics (November 9, 2005).
• Signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (June 12, 2007).