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Full Name: Jeffrey Charles Weaver Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/200 First Game: April 14, 1999
Birthdate: August 22, 1976 MLB Experience: 8 years
Birthplace: Northridge, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on August 22, 1976 in Northridge, California, Jeff Weaver (Jeffrey Charles Weaver) played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Anaheim Angels over the course of his 8 year career. Weaver broke into the bigs on April 14, 1999 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.55 ERA in 163.2 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jeff Weaver's best season was 2005, when he posted a 4.22 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 157 batters.

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
1999 DET A 30 29 9 12 5.55 114 104 101 0 0 0 163.2 176 27 56 2 0 17
2000 DET A 31 30 11 15 4.32 136 102 96 2 0 0 200 205 26 52 2 3 15
2001 DET A 33 33 13 16 4.08 152 116 104 5 0 0 229.1 235 19 68 4 3 14
2002 NY A 15 8 5 3 4.04 57 38 35 0 0 2 78 81 12 15 3 2 3
2002 DET A 17 17 6 8 3.18 75 50 43 3 3 0 121.2 112 4 33 1 4 8
2002 TOT A 32 25 11 11 3.52 132 88 78 3 3 2 199.2 193 16 48 4 6 11
2003 NY A 32 24 7 9 5.99 93 113 106 0 0 0 159.1 211 16 47 2 2 11
2004 LA N 34 34 13 13 4.01 153 103 98 0 0 0 220 219 19 67 9 9 14
2005 LA N 34 34 14 11 4.22 157 111 105 3 2 0 224 220 35 43 1 2 18
2006 STL N 15 15 5 4 5.18 45 49 48 0 0 0 83.1 99 16 26 1 1 6
2006 ANA A 16 16 3 10 6.29 62 68 62 0 0 0 88.2 114 18 21 0 4 4
2006 Total 31 31 8 14 5.76 107 117 110 0 0 0 172 213 34 47 1 5 10
2007 SEA A 27 27 7 13 6.20 80 105 101 3 2 0 146.2 190 23 35 5 3 8
Total NL 83 83 32 28 4.28 355 263 251 3 2 0 527.1 538 70 136 11 12 38
Total AL 201 184 61 86 4.91 769 696 648 13 5 2 1187.1 1324 145 327 19 21 80
Total 284 267 93 114 4.72 1124 959 899 26 7 2 1714.2 1862 215 463 30 33 118

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1999 DET A P 30 29 163.2 9 18 0 3 0 0 5 5 1 1.000
2000 DET A P 31 30 200 17 28 1 0 0 0 4 11 3 .978
2001 DET A P 33 33 229.1 21 28 0 4 0 4 17 8 3 1.000
2002 NY A P 15 8 78 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .875
2002 DET A P 17 17 121.2 9 22 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 .969
2002 TOT A P 32 25 199.2 13 32 3 3 0 0 1 4 2 .938
2003 NY A P 32 24 159.1 8 18 1 1 0 1 4 5 0 .963
2004 LA N P 34 34 220 12 32 0 1 0 0 11 7 1 1.000
2005 LA N P 34 34 224 11 26 2 1 0 0 20 6 1 .949
2006 STL N P 15 15 83.1 6 10 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1.000
2006 ANA A P 16 16 88.2 7 8 3 0 0 0 6 5 2 .833
2006 Total P 31 31 172 13 18 3 0 0 1 9 8 2 .912
2007 SEA A P 27 27 146.2 5 11 1 0 0 0 9 3 1 .941
Total P 284 267 1714.2 109 211 11 13 0 6 80 57 14 .967

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1999 DET A 31 4 2 2 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2000 DET A 31 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 DET A 33 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2002 NY A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 DET A 17 7 0 2 0 1 .286 .286 .286 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TOT A 32 7 0 2 0 1 .286 .286 .286 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NY A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 LA N 35 70 3 15 0 2 .214 .225 .271 2 1 1 26 0 7 0 0 0
2005 LA N 39 70 6 16 0 7 .229 .250 .257 2 0 2 19 0 6 0 0 0
2006 STL N 17 27 1 3 0 3 .111 .200 .148 1 0 3 12 0 5 0 0 1
2006 ANA A 16 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2006 Total 33 30 1 4 0 3 .133 .212 .167 1 0 3 12 0 6 0 0 1
2007 SEA A 27 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Total NL 91 167 10 34 0 12 .204 .231 .246 5 1 6 57 0 18 0 0 1
Total AL 202 23 3 5 0 1 .217 .250 .261 1 0 0 7 1 4 0 0 0
Total 293 190 12 39 0 13 .205 .234 .247 6 1 6 64 1 22 0 0 1

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1997).
  • Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (14th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed August 1, 1998).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees as part of 3-team trade in which Detroit Tigers sent cash to Oakland Athletics; Oakland Athletics sent Carlos Pena and Franklyn German to Detroit Tigers; New York Yankees sent Ted Lilly, Jason Arnold and John-Ford Griffin to Oakland Athletics (July 5, 2002); and Oakland Athletics sent Jeremy Bonderman to Detroit Tigers (August 22, 2002).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Brandon Weeden, Yhency Brazoban and cash to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Kevin Brown (December 13, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
  • Signed by Anaheim Angels (February 23, 2006).
  • Traded by Anaheim Angels with cash to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Terry Evans (July 5, 2006).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 2006).

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