John Wasdin

Full Name: John Truman Wasdin Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190 First Game: August 24, 1995 Birthdate: August 5, 1972 MLB Experience: 11 years Birthplace: Fort Belvoir, Virginia Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on August 5, 1972 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, John Wasdin (John Truman Wasdin) played for the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers over the course of his 11 year career. Wasdin broke into the bigs on August 24, 1995 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 5.96 ERA in 131.1 innings pitched in 1996, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Wasdin's best season was 1999, when he posted a 4.12 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
1995	OAK	A	5	2	1	1	4.67	6	9	9	0	0	0	17.1	14	4	3	0	0	1
1996	OAK	A	25	21	8	7	5.96	75	96	87	1	0	0	131.1	145	24	50	5	2	4
1997	BOS	A	53	7	4	6	4.40	84	68	61	0	0	0	124.2	121	18	38	4	4	3
1998	BOS	A	47	8	6	4	5.25	59	57	56	0	0	0	96	111	14	27	8	1	2
1999	BOS	A	45	0	8	3	4.12	57	38	34	0	0	2	74.1	66	14	18	0	2	0
2000	COL	N	14	3	0	3	5.80	35	23	23	1	0	0	35.2	42	6	9	2	2	3
2000	BOS	A	25	1	1	3	5.04	36	25	25	0	0	1	44.2	48	8	15	1	1	2
2000	Total		39	4	1	6	5.38	71	48	48	1	0	1	80.1	90	14	24	3	3	5
2001	COL	N	18	0	2	1	7.03	17	19	19	0	0	0	24.1	32	7	8	2	1	1
2001	BAL	A	26	0	1	1	4.17	47	25	23	0	0	0	49.2	54	4	16	4	2	5
2001	Total		44	0	3	2	5.11	64	44	42	0	0	0	74	86	11	24	6	3	6
2003	TOR	A	3	2	0	1	23.40	5	13	13	0	0	0	5	16	2	4	0	0	0
2004	TEX	A	15	10	2	4	6.78	36	52	49	0	0	0	65	83	18	23	2	0	3
2005	TEX	A	31	6	3	2	4.28	44	37	36	0	0	4	75.2	77	9	20	2	2	1
2006	TEX	A	9	5	2	2	5.10	16	19	17	0	0	0	30	33	6	13	0	0	4
Total	NL		32	3	2	4	6.30	52	42	42	1	0	0	60	74	13	17	4	3	4
Total	AL		284	62	36	34	5.17	465	439	410	1	0	7	713.2	768	121	227	26	14	25
Total			316	65	38	38	5.26	517	481	452	2	0	7	773.2	842	134	244	30	17	29

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	OAK	A	P	5	2	17.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1996	OAK	A	P	25	21	131.1	9	12	1	1	0	3	14	3	0	.955
1997	BOS	A	P	53	7	124.2	5	11	2	0	0	2	18	2	0	.889
1998	BOS	A	P	47	8	96	5	15	1	1	0	0	11	2	0	.952
1999	BOS	A	P	45	0	74.1	3	5	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	.889
2000	COL	N	P	14	3	35.2	2	3	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	P	25	1	44.2	2	2	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.000
2000	Total		P	39	4	80.1	4	5	0	1	0	1	17	0	0	1.000
2001	COL	N	P	18	0	24.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
2001	BAL	A	P	26	0	49.2	4	4	0	0	0	1	12	1	0	1.000
2001	Total		P	44	0	74	5	6	0	0	0	1	12	2	1	1.000
2003	TOR	A	P	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TEX	A	P	15	10	65	3	6	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	1.000
2005	TEX	A	P	31	6	75.2	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
2006	TEX	A	P	9	5	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
Total			P	316	65	773.2	36	66	5	3	0	9	92	13	1	.953

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	OAK	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	OAK	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	BOS	A	53	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	BOS	A	47	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	BOS	A	45	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	COL	N	14	8	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
2000	BOS	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	Total		39	8	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
2001	COL	N	18	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	BAL	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	Total		44	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	TOR	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	TEX	A	15	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2005	TEX	A	31	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	TEX	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		32	11	1	3	0	1	.273	.273	.364	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		284	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			316	15	2	3	0	1	.200	.250	.267	1	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by New York Yankees in the 41st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1990).
• Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (25th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 15, 1993).
• Traded by Oakland Athletics with cash to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jose Canseco (January 27, 1997).
• Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jeff Frye, Brian Rose and Jeff Taglienti to Colorado Rockies in exchange for Rolando Arrojo, Rich Croushore, Mike Lansing and cash (July 27, 2000).
• Released by Colorado Rockies (June 5, 2001).
• Signed by Baltimore Orioles (June 11, 2001).
• Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Chris Brock (December 13, 2001).
• Granted free agency (December 21, 2001).
• Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 1, 2002).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Rich Thompson (July 8, 2003).
• Granted free agency (September 29, 2003).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (October 22, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (November 15, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (December 7, 2005).
• Released by Texas Rangers (March 29, 2006).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (April 1, 2006).
• Released by Texas Rangers (July 31, 2006).
• Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 25, 2006).

Trivia

Nicknamed "Way Back" Wasdin