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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.

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
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).

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