Steve Trachsel

Full Name: Stephen Christopher Trachsel Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185 First Game: September 19, 1993 Birthdate: October 31, 1970 MLB Experience: 14 years Birthplace: Oxnard, California Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on October 31, 1970 in Oxnard, California, Steve Trachsel (Stephen Christopher Trachsel) played for the Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and New York Mets over the course of his 14 year career. Trachsel broke into the bigs on September 19, 1993 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.21 ERA in 146 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Steve Trachsel's best season was 1996, when he posted a 3.03 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 132 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1993	CHI	N	3	3	0	2	4.58	14	10	10	0	0	0	19.2	16	4	3	0	1	0
1994	CHI	N	22	22	9	7	3.21	108	57	52	1	0	0	146	133	19	54	4	6	3
1995	CHI	N	30	29	7	13	5.15	117	104	92	2	0	0	160.2	174	25	76	8	2	0
1996	CHI	N	31	31	13	9	3.03	132	82	69	3	2	0	205	181	30	62	3	5	8
1997	CHI	N	34	34	8	12	4.51	160	110	101	0	0	0	201.1	225	32	69	6	4	5
1998	CHI	N	33	33	15	8	4.46	149	107	103	1	0	0	208	204	27	84	5	3	8
1999	CHI	N	34	34	8	18	5.56	149	133	127	4	0	0	205.2	226	32	64	4	8	3
2000	TOR	A	11	11	2	5	5.29	32	40	37	0	0	0	63	72	10	25	1	1	0
2000	TB	A	23	23	6	10	4.58	78	76	70	3	1	0	137.2	160	16	49	1	3	6
2000	TOT	A	34	34	8	15	4.80	110	116	107	3	1	0	200.2	232	26	74	2	4	6
2001	NY	N	28	28	11	13	4.46	144	90	86	1	1	0	173.2	168	28	47	7	4	3
2002	NY	N	30	30	11	11	3.37	105	80	65	1	1	0	173.2	170	16	69	4	4	0
2003	NY	N	33	33	16	10	3.78	111	90	86	2	2	0	204.2	204	26	65	9	5	3
2004	NY	N	33	33	12	13	4.00	117	104	90	0	0	0	202.2	203	25	83	9	4	5
2005	NY	N	6	6	1	4	4.14	24	20	17	0	0	0	37	37	6	12	0	1	1
2006	NY	N	30	30	15	8	4.97	79	94	91	1	0	0	164.2	185	23	78	1	4	4
2007	BAL	A	25	25	6	8	4.48	45	73	70	1	0	0	140.2	151	16	69	0	6	2
2007	CHI	N	4	4	1	3	8.31	11	16	16	0	0	0	17.1	25	3	7	1	1	0
2007	Total		29	29	7	11	4.90	56	89	86	1	0	0	158	176	19	76	1	7	2
Total	NL		351	350	127	131	4.27	1420	1097	1005	16	6	0	2120	2151	296	773	61	52	43
Total	AL		59	59	14	23	4.67	155	189	177	4	1	0	341.1	383	42	143	2	10	8
Total			410	409	141	154	4.32	1575	1286	1182	20	7	0	2461.1	2534	338	916	63	62	51

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1993	CHI	N	P	3	3	19.2	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.000
1994	CHI	N	P	22	22	146	10	33	2	0	0	1	7	8	4	.956
1995	CHI	N	P	30	29	160.2	7	13	1	0	0	1	20	6	1	.952
1996	CHI	N	P	31	31	205	16	30	1	0	0	3	15	8	2	.979
1997	CHI	N	P	34	34	201.1	17	26	2	0	0	1	27	12	4	.956
1998	CHI	N	P	33	33	208	23	34	2	1	0	0	8	8	4	.966
1999	CHI	N	P	34	34	205.2	18	20	0	3	0	0	19	6	1	1.000
2000	TOR	A	P	11	11	63	8	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.000
2000	TB	A	P	23	23	137.2	12	18	0	4	0	0	7	7	0	1.000
2000	TOT	A	P	34	34	200.2	20	29	0	4	0	0	10	7	1	1.000
2001	NY	N	P	28	28	173.2	15	20	1	3	0	1	22	3	0	.972
2002	NY	N	P	30	30	173.2	12	37	2	3	0	0	21	11	1	.961
2003	NY	N	P	33	33	204.2	16	30	2	2	0	2	17	8	4	.958
2004	NY	N	P	33	33	202.2	13	37	0	4	0	2	19	7	1	1.000
2005	NY	N	P	6	6	37	2	8	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	.909
2006	NY	N	P	30	30	164.2	7	28	1	1	0	1	12	7	1	.972
2007	BAL	A	P	25	25	140.2	16	30	0	2	0	3	17	6	3	1.000
2007	CHI	N	P	4	4	17.1	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.000
2007	Total		P	29	29	158	17	35	0	2	0	3	19	7	4	1.000
Total			P	410	409	2461.1	194	385	15	24	0	16	222	98	29	.975

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1993	CHI	N	3	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CHI	N	22	43	3	8	0	2	.186	.205	.209	1	0	0	9	1	8	0	0	2
1995	CHI	N	30	49	3	13	0	4	.265	.288	.306	2	0	2	17	0	6	0	0	0
1996	CHI	N	31	66	3	7	1	5	.106	.119	.182	2	0	1	20	0	6	0	0	0
1997	CHI	N	34	60	5	7	0	4	.117	.185	.167	3	0	5	19	0	11	0	0	3
1998	CHI	N	33	64	11	17	1	8	.266	.338	.359	3	0	7	18	0	9	0	0	1
1999	CHI	N	34	63	4	7	0	0	.111	.125	.127	1	0	1	25	0	7	1	0	0
2000	TOR	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	TB	A	23	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	TOT	A	34	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	NY	N	28	56	2	9	0	2	.161	.161	.179	1	0	0	13	0	5	0	0	0
2002	NY	N	31	46	4	5	0	4	.109	.128	.152	0	1	1	19	0	9	0	0	2
2003	NY	N	36	58	3	11	0	4	.190	.213	.224	2	0	2	16	0	11	0	0	1
2004	NY	N	35	59	6	11	0	5	.186	.200	.203	1	0	1	17	0	11	0	0	1
2005	NY	N	6	15	0	1	0	0	.067	.067	.067	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
2006	NY	N	30	50	4	7	1	2	.140	.218	.220	1	0	4	13	1	4	0	0	0
2007	BAL	A	25	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2007	CHI	N	4	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007	TOTAL		29	12	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		357	642	49	105	3	40	.164	.197	.207	17	1	25	196	2	87	1	0	10
Total	AL		59	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total			416	651	49	106	3	40	.163	.197	.206	17	1	26	200	2	87	1	0	10

Transactions

• Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 10, 1991).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 1999).
• Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (January 28, 2000).
• Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Mark Guthrie to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Brent Abernathy (July 31, 2000).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2000).
• Signed by New York Mets (December 14, 2000).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
• Signed by New York Mets (December 7, 2002).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).