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Aaron Small

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: November 23, 1971 in Oxnard, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 22nd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from South Hills HS (West Covina, CA).

High School: South Hills HS (West Covina, CA)

Debut: June 11, 1994 (Age 22-200d, 16,533rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 15, 2006 (Age 34-204d)
vs. CLE 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Aaron James Small

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

ERA

5.20

172

321.2

170

WHIP

1.607

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1989	17	TOR-min	Rk	1	7	.125	5.86	15	14	0	0	0	0	70.2	80	55	46	2	31	1	40	3	5	9				1.571	10.2	0.3	3.9	5.1	1.29	MDH PION
1990	18	TOR-min	A	9	9	.500	2.80	27	27	0	1	0	0	147.2	150	72	46	6	56	2	96	4	5	16				1.395	9.1	0.4	3.4	5.9	1.71	MYR SALL
1991	19	TOR-min	A+	8	7	.533	2.73	24	23	0	1	0	0	148.1	129	51	45	4	42	1	92	5	0	7	595			1.153	7.8	0.2	2.5	5.6	2.19	DUN FLOR
1992	20	TOR-min	AA	5	12	.294	5.27	27	24	0	2	1	0	135.0	152	94	79	13	61	0	79	6	0	14	610			1.578	10.1	0.9	4.1	5.3	1.30	KNX SOUL
1993	21	TOR-min	AA	4	4	.500	3.39	48	9	32	0	0	16	93.0	99	44	35	5	40	4	44	2	0	8	408			1.495	9.6	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.10	KNX SOUL
1994	22	TOR-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	2.83	42	11	19	1	1	5	120.2	111	45	38	6	47	2	90	4	1	7	504			1.309	8.3	0.4	3.5	6.7	1.91	KNX,SYR SOUL,IL
1994	22	TOR	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	62	12.63	3.500	22.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00
1995	23	FLA-TOR-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.98	34	0	17	0	0	10	42.1	39	16	14	3	11	1	33	2	0	3	179			1.181	8.3	0.6	2.3	7.0	3.00	CHR,SYR IL
1995	23	FLA	NL	1	0	1.000	1.42	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	1	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	32	311	6.42	2.053	9.9	1.4	8.5	7.1	0.83
1996	24	OAK-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.29	25	19	4	1	1	1	119.2	111	65	57	9	28	0	83	5	0	9	492			1.162	8.3	0.7	2.1	6.2	2.96	EDM PCL
1996	24	OAK	AL	1	3	.250	8.16	12	3	4	0	0	0	28.2	37	28	26	3	22	1	17	1	0	2	144	63	5.75	2.058	11.6	0.9	6.9	5.3	0.77
1997	25	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	16			0.200	1.8	0.0	0.0	7.2		EDM PCL
1997	25	OAK	AL	9	5	.643	4.28	71	0	22	0	0	4	96.2	109	50	46	6	40	6	57	3	0	4	425	104	4.07	1.541	10.1	0.6	3.7	5.3	1.43
1998	26	TOT	MLB	4	2	.667	5.59	47	0	13	0	0	0	67.2	83	48	42	8	22	4	33	4	0	4	304	79	4.85	1.552	11.0	1.1	2.9	4.4	1.50
1998	26	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	7.25	24	0	4	0	0	0	36.0	51	34	29	3	14	3	19	3	0	4	174	63	4.58	1.806	12.8	0.8	3.5	4.8	1.36
1998	26	ARI	NL	3	1	.750	3.69	23	0	9	0	0	0	31.2	32	14	13	5	8	1	14	1	0	0	130	115	5.16	1.263	9.1	1.4	2.3	4.0	1.75

1999	27	TBD-MIL-min	AAA	5	7	.417	6.88	32	18	3	0	0	0	120.1	156	104	92	19	47	3	63	3	0	8	555			1.687	11.7	1.4	3.5	4.7	1.34	DHM,LOU IL
2000	28	COL-min	AAA	11	6	.647	5.61	36	18	2	0	0	0	131.2	152	87	82	14	43	0	85	13	0	3	596			1.481	10.4	1.0	2.9	5.8	1.98	CSP PCL
2001	29	ATL-ANA-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.72	44	11	10	0	0	0	101.2	105	51	42	15	32	5	66	1	0	2	435			1.348	9.3	1.3	2.8	5.8	2.06	RMD,SLK IL,PCL
2002	30	ATL-min	AAA,Rk	0	3	.000	6.32	19	9	3	0	0	0	37.0	57	31	26	2	14	1	22	2	0	2	179			1.919	13.9	0.5	3.4	5.4	1.57	RMD,BVS IL,GULF
2002	30	ATL	NL	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	32	14.96	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50

2003	31	FLA-min	AAA,AA	9	8	.529	4.70	22	21	0	0	0	0	130.1	142	73	68	17	32	0	80	4	0	3	562			1.335	9.8	1.2	2.2	5.5	2.50	ABQ,CAR PCL,SOUL
2004	32	FLA-min	AAA	9	9	.500	5.06	27	24	1	2	0	0	154.2	199	95	87	18	29	2	109	3	0	5	671			1.474	11.6	1.0	1.7	6.3	3.76	ABQ PCL
2004	32	FLA	NL	0	0		8.27	7	0	0	0	0	0	16.1	24	15	15	5	7	0	8	0	0	1	78	51	7.33	1.898	13.2	2.8	3.9	4.4	1.14
2005	33	NYY-min	AAA,AA	2	4	.333	4.83	12	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	69	33	29	6	9	0	24	1	0	3	234			1.444	11.5	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.67	CLB,TRE IL,EL
2005	33	NYY	AL	10	0	1.000	3.20	15	9	1	1	1	0	76.0	71	27	27	4	24	0	37	5	0	0	316	133	3.88	1.250	8.4	0.5	2.8	4.4	1.54
2006	34	NYY-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.62	11	8	1	0	0	0	41.2	64	29	26	4	12	0	17	1	0	0	197			1.824	13.8	0.9	2.6	3.7	1.42	CLB IL
2006	34	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	8.46	11	3	2	0	0	0	27.2	42	29	26	9	12	1	12	1	0	0	137	54	7.92	1.952	13.7	2.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
9 Yrs				25	13	.658	5.20	172	15	45	1	1	4	321.2	380	202	186	37	137	12	170	14	0	12	1454	86	4.95	1.607	10.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.24
162 Game Avg.				9	5	.658	5.20	63	5	16	0	0	1	117	138	73	68	13	50	4	62	5	0	4	529	86	4.95	1.607	10.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.24

OAK (3 yrs)				11	9	.550	5.63	107	3	30	0	0	4	161.1	197	112	101	12	76	10	93	7	0	10	743	82	4.48	1.692	11.0	0.7	4.2	5.2	1.22
NYY (2 yrs)				10	3	.769	4.60	26	12	3	1	1	0	103.2	113	56	53	13	36	1	49	6	0	0	453	94	4.95	1.437	9.8	1.1	3.1	4.3	1.36
FLA (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	6.35	14	0	1	0	0	0	22.2	31	17	16	6	13	0	13	0	0	1	110	67	7.08	1.941	12.3	2.4	5.2	5.2	1.00
ARI (1 yr)				3	1	.750	3.69	23	0	9	0	0	0	31.2	32	14	13	5	8	1	14	1	0	0	130	115	5.16	1.263	9.1	1.4	2.3	4.0	1.75
ATL (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	32	14.96	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	62	12.63	3.500	22.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00

AL (6 yrs)				21	12	.636	5.26	134	15	34	1	1	4	267.0	315	170	156	26	114	11	142	13	0	10	1209	86	4.73	1.607	10.6	0.9	3.8	4.8	1.25
NL (4 yrs)				4	1	.800	4.94	38	0	11	0	0	0	54.2	65	32	30	11	23	1	28	1	0	2	245	87	6.02	1.610	10.7	1.8	3.8	4.6	1.22

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