Jason Berken

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Born: November 27, 1983 in Green Bay, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: West De Pere HS (De Pere, WI)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: May 26, 2009 (Age 25-180d, 19,554th in major league history)
vs. TOR 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 2012 (Age 28-309d)
vs. HOU 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Jason Thomas Berken

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

5.36

110

248.2

163

WHIP

1.653

Summary of 39 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 11 go ahead

2 Tms
BAL	36
CHC	3

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	16

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	16

Outs
1	17
0	12
2	10

18 Opps
NYY	6
TOR	6
TBR	5
BOS	4
TEX	2
CLE	2
WSN	2
CHW	2
COL	1
STL	1
OAK	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
DET	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
HOU	1

35 Batters
Vernon Wells	2
Jorge Posada	2
Pat Burrell	2
B.J. Upton	2
Jim Thome	1
Andrew McCutchen	1
José Bautista	1
Charlie Blackmon	1
J.D. Drew	1
Josh Hamilton	1
Andruw Jones	1
Matt Holliday	1
Michael Saunders	1
Michael Young	1
Yunel Escobar	1
Alex Ríos	1
Fernando Martínez	1
Nick Swisher	1
Eric Hinske	1
Roger Bernadina	1
Jayson Werth	1
Marco Scutaro	1
Gabe Gross	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Torii Hunter	1
Landon Powell	1
Curtis Granderson	1
Paul Konerko	1
Billy Butler	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Andy Marte	1
Kevin Youkilis	1
Randy Ruiz	1
Russell Martin	1
Jacoby Ellsbury	1

9 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	21
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1

Where Hit
7	11
9	10
78	8
89	6
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
2	9
1	5
7+	4
5	4
4	3
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	20
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	11
-2-	3
12-	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

62 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	20
1 on	15
2 on	4
Any on	19

Inning
1	4
2	4
3	5
4	8
5	3
6	4
7	3
8	5
9	3

1-3	13
4-6	15
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	2
+2	6
+1	5
Tied	9
-1	4
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	22
Tied	9
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	6
1-1	6
0-0	5
2-0	5
3-2	4
2-1	3
3-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
1-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	9
RF	9
DH	6
1B	5
LF	4
C	3
SS	2
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	7
4th	7
5th	6
6th	6
8th	4
1st	3
7th	2
9th	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-05-31	Curtis Granderson	DET	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	8	12%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	2009-06-12	Yunel Escobar	ATL	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	3,(0-2) FFX	2	2	6	14%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. McLouth Scores
3	3	3	1	2009-06-29	J.D. Drew	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	1	9	14%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Varitek Scores
4	4	4	1	2009-07-17	Paul Konerko	CHW		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	9,(3-2) CBBFFFBFX	1	5	3	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	2009-07-17	Jim Thome	CHW		BAL	tied 3-3	b 5	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	DH	25%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Podsednik Scores; J. Dye Scores
6	6	6	1	2009-07-22	Jorge Posada	NYY		BAL	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	4%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	2009-07-28	Billy Butler	KCR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	6,(1-2) 1BFF>FF1X	2	3	3	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Bloomquist Scores
8	8	8	1	2009-08-07	Vernon Wells	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	8	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	2	2009-08-07	Alex Ríos	TOR		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	9	9%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	2009-08-12	Landon Powell	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) 11X	2	8	2	17%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Sweeney Scores
11	11	11	1	2009-08-18	Gabe Gross	TBR		BAL	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	23%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Burrell Scores
12	12	12	2	2009-08-18	Pat Burrell	TBR		BAL	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	DH	10%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	13	3	2009-08-18	B.J. Upton	TBR		BAL	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	8	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	14	1	2009-09-02	Eric Hinske	NYY	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	7,(3-2) CFBBFBX	1	8	9	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	15	1	2009-09-15	Pat Burrell	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	5	DH	14%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Longoria Scores; B. Zobrist Scores
16	16	16	1	2009-09-26	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE		BAL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) LBX	1	3	9	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	17	2	2009-09-26	Andy Marte	CLE		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	16%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Hafner Scores
18	18	18	1	2009-10-02	Edwin Encarnación	TOR	@	BAL	behind 0-4	t 4	0	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	3	5	17%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bautista Scores; A. Hill Scores
19	19	19	2	2009-10-02	Randy Ruiz	TOR	@	BAL	behind 3-4	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	DH	12%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2010-04-14	B.J. Upton	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 8-1	t 7	2	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	6	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	2	1	2010-05-29	Vernon Wells	TOR		BAL	tied 2-2	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	4	8	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	2010-07-04	Kevin Youkilis	BOS		BAL	behind 0-6	b 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	4	1	2010-07-17	José Bautista	TOR	@	BAL	behind 1-2	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	9	41%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Escobar Scores
24	24	5	1	2010-08-05	Torii Hunter	LAA	@	BAL	behind 1-4	t 8	2	1-3	3,(2-0) .B*BX	3	4	9	35%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Izturis Scores; B. Abreu Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2011-04-23	Jorge Posada	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	7	DH	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Canó Scores
26	26	2	2	2011-04-23	Russell Martin	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 8-3	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	3	1	2011-05-11	Michael Saunders	SEA	@	BAL	behind 1-4	t 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	9	8	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	2011-05-20	Roger Bernadina	WSN	@	BAL	ahead 8-5	t 5	1	1--	4,(2-1) B+1BCX	2	1	8	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Espinosa Scores
29	29	5	2	2011-05-20	Jayson Werth	WSN	@	BAL	ahead 10-5	t 5	2	-2-	7,(3-2) B.BCBCFX	2	4	9	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); I. Desmond Scores
30	30	6	1	2011-06-28	Matt Holliday	STL	@	BAL	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	3	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	7	1	2011-07-07	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS		BAL	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	1	8	10%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Scutaro Scores
32	32	8	1	2011-07-30 (2)	Nick Swisher	NYY		BAL	ahead 10-0	b 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	DH	0%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Canó Scores/Team unER; N. Swisher Scores/Team unER
33	33	9	2	2011-07-30 (2)	Andruw Jones	NYY		BAL	ahead 15-1	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	10	1	2011-09-27	Marco Scutaro	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 5-3	t 6	1	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	9	6	9%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Crawford Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2012-05-07	Michael Young	TEX	@	BAL	ahead 7-3	t 9	0	-2-	5,(3-1) .BSB*BX	2	5	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Murphy Scores
36	36	2	2	2012-05-07	Josh Hamilton	TEX	@	BAL	ahead 12-3	t 9	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Andrus Scores/unER; J. Hamilton Scores/unER
37	37	3	1	2012-09-15	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	7,(3-2) CFBBBFX	1	3	8	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	2012-09-26	Charlie Blackmon	COL		CHC	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) LBX	1	2	7	7%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39	39	5	1	2012-10-01	Fernando Martínez	HOU	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)