Jason Simontacchi

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: November 13, 1973 in Mountain View, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 21st round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Albertson College (Caldwell, ID).

High School: Fremont HS (Sunnyvale, CA)

Schools: De Anza College (Cupertino, CA), San Jose State University (San Jose, CA), Albertson College (Caldwell, ID)

Debut: May 4, 2002 (Age 28-172d, 18,059th in major league history)
vs. ATL 7.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: July 15, 2007 (Age 33-244d)
vs. FLA 4.1 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Gus Dominguez

Full Name: Jason William Simontacchi

Pronunciation: \sy-muhn-TAH-chee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

ERA

5.09

355.2

191

WHIP

1.473

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 19 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	44
WSN	13

Platoon
vs RHB	31
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	26

Outs
0	24
1	20
2	13

18 Opps
MIL	9
PIT	8
CIN	6
HOU	5
CHC	4
FLA	4
SDP	3
NYY	3
ATL	3
SFG	2
MON	2
TOR	2
MIN	1
ARI	1
DET	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
CLE	1

50 Batters
Prince Fielder	3
Adam Dunn	2
Brian Giles	2
Miguel Cabrera	2
Lance Berkman	2
Reggie Sanders	2
Franklin Gutiérrez	1
Aaron Boone	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Austin Kearns	1
Matt Stairs	1
Ryan Freel	1
Ryan Braun	1
Juan Encarnación	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
Marcus Giles	1
Jason Kubel	1
Rob Mackowiak	1
Sean Casey	1
Brian Schneider	1
Mike Lowell	1
Ron Gant	1
Hiram Bocachica	1
Todd Hundley	1
Junior Spivey	1
Jeremy Giambi	1
Eddie Pérez	1
Jason Bay	1
Craig Biggio	1
José Cruz	1
Hee-Seop Choi	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Chad Moeller	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Jason Kendall	1
Keith Ginter	1
Kenny Lofton	1
Josh Bard	1
Chipper Jones	1
Moisés Alou	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Josh Willingham	1
Luis Gonzalez	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
Reed Johnson	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Wes Helms	1

12 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	24
RFK Stad (WAS)	7
PNC Pk (PIT)	5
SunLife Stad (MIA)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	18
9	15
89	9
8	8
78	7

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	14
3	13
1	10
2	8
5	7
7+	3
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	25
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	11
12-	3
--3	2
-2-	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

87 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	35
1 on	15
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	10
2	7
3	8
4	6
5	8
6	7
7	7
8	3
9	1

1-3	25
4-6	21
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	6
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	15
-1	5
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	21
Tied	15
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	10
0-0	10
1-1	9
0-1	6
0-2	4
2-2	4
3-2	3
2-1	3
3-1	3
1-0	2
2-0	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	15
RF	9
CF	8
3B	8
1B	7
C	6
2B	2
DH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	13
3rd	10
5th	10
6th	8
7th	6
8th	5
1st	4
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-05-04	Marcus Giles	ATL	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	2	4	11%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2002-05-26	Aramis Ramírez	PIT		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	5	19%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); B. Giles Scores
3	3	3	2	2002-05-26	Brian Giles	PIT		STL	behind 2-7	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	2002-06-15	Carlos Beltrán	KCR	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 6	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	8	7%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2002-06-23	Alex Gonzalez	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	6	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	2	2002-06-23	Moisés Alou	CHC		STL	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	5	7	13%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); S. Sosa Scores
7	7	7	1	2002-06-28	Juan Encarnación	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	9	25%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Casey Scores
8	8	8	1	2002-07-03	Ron Gant	SDP	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) BCCFX	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	2002-07-17	Reggie Sanders	SFG	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 4	0	1--	4,(0-2) FFFX	2	5	9	16%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); B. Bonds Scores
10	10	10	1	2002-07-27	Todd Hundley	CHC	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BSSX	1	8	2	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	2002-08-02	Wes Helms	ATL		STL	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	123	5,(2-2) BCCBX	4	7	5	23%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Jones Scores; A. Jones Scores; K. Lockhart Scores
12	12	12	2	2002-08-02	Chipper Jones	ATL		STL	ahead 6-1	b 2	0	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	4	7	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Franco Scores; G. Sheffield Scores
13	13	13	1	2002-08-07	Vladimir Guerrero	MON	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	5,(2-2) FFBBX	2	3	9	13%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Macias Scores
14	14	14	2	2002-08-07	Brian Schneider	MON	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	9%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
15	15	15	1	2002-08-17	Jeremy Giambi	PHI		STL	behind 0-5	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	5	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	16	1	2002-08-22	Brian Giles	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	17	1	2002-09-08	Hee-Seop Choi	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	11%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	18	1	2002-09-27	Matt Stairs	MIL	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	21%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2003-04-13	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		STL	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	3	3	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	2	2	2003-04-13	Lance Berkman	HOU		STL	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	7	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	3	3	2003-04-13	Craig Biggio	HOU		STL	ahead 5-3	b 4	1	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	1	8	8%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	2003-04-19	Luis Gonzalez	ARI	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 5	1	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	3	7	25%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Counsell Scores
23	23	5	1	2003-04-26	Mike Lowell	FLA		STL	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	5	14%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
24	24	6	1	2003-05-07	Aaron Boone	CIN		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	5	5	11%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	7	2	2003-05-07	Adam Dunn	CIN		STL	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	7	18%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Boone Scores
26	26	8	1	2003-05-13	Austin Kearns	CIN	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	8	15%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Guillén Scores
27	27	9	2	2003-05-13	Adam Dunn	CIN	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	7	11%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Boone Scores
28	28	10	1	2003-05-23	Kenny Lofton	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	7,(1-2) CBCFFFX	1	1	8	10%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	11	2	2003-05-23	Jason Kendall	PIT		STL	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	2	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Simon Scores
30	30	12	1	2003-05-28	Lance Berkman	HOU	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	7	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	13	1	2003-06-04	Reed Johnson	TOR	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	1	9	18%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lidle Scores
32	32	14	2	2003-06-04	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	STL	behind 4-6	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	15	1	2003-06-13	Hideki Matsui	NYY		STL	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	6	8	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	16	2	2003-06-13	Rubén Sierra	NYY		STL	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	DH	13%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	17	3	2003-06-13	Raúl Mondesí	NYY		STL	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	9	12%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sierra Scores
36	36	18	1	2003-06-18	Eddie Pérez	MIL		STL	behind 0-8	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	19	1	2003-07-03	José Cruz	SFG	@	STL	behind 1-8	t 6	1	-2-	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	4	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Snow Scores
38	38	20	1	2003-08-11	Reggie Sanders	PIT		STL	behind 2-6	b 7	0	--3	1,(0-0) ..X	2	4	9	9%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Giles Scores
39	39	21	1	2003-08-20	Rob Mackowiak	PIT	@	STL	ahead 13-0	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2004-04-06	Chad Moeller	MIL	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) .CBBX	2	8	2	13%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Grieve Scores
41	41	2	1	2004-04-08	Keith Ginter	MIL	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	1-3	3,(1-1) .1BCX	3	6	5	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Jenkins Scores; L. Overbay Scores
42	42	3	2	2004-04-08	Junior Spivey	MIL	@	STL	ahead 7-4	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) FBBFX	1	3	4	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
43	43	4	1	2004-04-13	Richard Hidalgo	HOU	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	6,(2-2) .FFBBFX	1	6	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	5	1	2004-08-22	Jason Bay	PIT	@	STL	behind 2-7	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	5	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2007-05-08	Prince Fielder	MIL		WSN	tied 1-1	b 6	0	-23	4,(1-2) SSBX	3	3	3	14%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Weeks Scores; J. Hardy Scores
46	46	2	1	2007-05-23	Ryan Freel	CIN		WSN	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	8	9%	45%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	3	1	2007-06-03	Josh Bard	SDP	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	4	2	22%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Giles Scores; T. Sledge Scores
48	48	4	2	2007-06-03	Hiram Bocachica	SDP	@	WSN	tied 3-3	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	8	15%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	5	1	2007-06-08	Jason Kubel	MIN		WSN	behind 0-8	b 7	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Morneau Scores; M. Redmond Scores
50	50	6	1	2007-06-19	Sean Casey	DET	@	WSN	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	6	3	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Ordóñez Scores; C. Guillén Scores
51	51	7	1	2007-06-24	Franklin Gutiérrez	CLE	@	WSN	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	6,(3-2) CBBCBX	1	7	7	11%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	8	1	2007-07-07	Ryan Braun	MIL	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	7,(3-2) BFFBBFX	1	3	5	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	9	2	2007-07-07	Prince Fielder	MIL	@	WSN	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
54	54	10	3	2007-07-07	Prince Fielder	MIL	@	WSN	behind 2-4	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	11	1	2007-07-15	Josh Willingham	FLA		WSN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
56	56	12	2	2007-07-15	Miguel Cabrera	FLA		WSN	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	11%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
57	57	13	3	2007-07-15	Miguel Cabrera	FLA		WSN	ahead 3-2	b 5	0	---	7,(3-2) FCBBFBX	1	3	5	10%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)