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Tanyon Sturtze

Q: How old is Tanyon Sturtze?

Tanyon Sturtze is 52 years old.

Q: When was Tanyon Sturtze born?

Tanyon Sturtze was born on October 12, 1970.

Q: Where was Tanyon Sturtze born?

Tanyon Sturtze was born in Worcester, MA .

Q: How tall is Tanyon Sturtze?

Tanyon Sturtze is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Tanyon Sturtze weigh when playing?

Tanyon Sturtze weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Tanyon Sturtze play?

Tanyon Sturtze played 12 seasons.

Q: Is Tanyon Sturtze in the Hall of Fame?

Tanyon Sturtze has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Tanyon Sturtze drafted?

Tanyon Sturtze was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester, MA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Tanyon Sturtze have?

Tanyon Sturtze had 480 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Tanyon Sturtze played for?

Tanyon Sturtze played for 7 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 190lb (196cm, 86kg)

Born: October 12, 1970 in Worcester, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester, MA).

High School: St. Peter-Marian HS (Worcester, MA)

School: Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester, MA)

Debut: May 3, 1995 (Age 24-203d, 16,638th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 25, 2008 (Age 37-318d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Pat Rooney • Previously: Bob Gilhooley, Eric Goldschmidt, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Tanyon James Sturtze

Pronunciation: \Sturts\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

ERA

5.19

272

797.0

480

WHIP

1.529

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
1990	19	OAK-min	Rk	2	5	.286	5.44	12	10	1	0	0	0	48.0	55	41	29	3	27	0	30	4	2	5				1.708	10.3	0.6	5.1	5.6	1.11	ATH ARIZ
1991	20	OAK-min	A	10	5	.667	3.09	27	27	0	0	0	0	163.0	136	77	56	5	58	5	88	5	5	10	686			1.190	7.5	0.3	3.2	4.9	1.52	MAD MIDW
1992	21	OAK-min	A+	7	11	.389	3.75	25	25	0	1	0	0	151.0	143	72	63	6	78	1	126	4	0	5	656			1.464	8.5	0.4	4.6	7.5	1.62	MOD CALL
1993	22	OAK-min	AA	5	12	.294	4.78	28	28	0	1	1	0	165.2	169	102	88	16	85	2	112	6	1	11	734			1.533	9.2	0.9	4.6	6.1	1.32	HVL SOUL
1994	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	10	8	.556	3.54	28	26	2	1	0	0	168.0	173	76	66	10	73	3	91	5	0	7	729			1.464	9.3	0.5	3.9	4.9	1.25	HVL,TAC SOUL,PCL
1995	24	CHC-min	AAA	4	7	.364	6.80	23	17	0	1	1	0	86.0	108	66	65	18	42	1	48	5	0	5	398			1.744	11.3	1.9	4.4	5.0	1.14	IWA AA
1995	24	CHC	NL	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	54	11.10	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
1996	25	CHC-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.85	51	1	18	0	0	4	72.1	80	42	39	7	33	2	51	3	1	6	315			1.562	10.0	0.9	4.1	6.3	1.55	IWA AA
1996	25	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	9.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	16	11	11	3	5	0	7	0	0	0	51	49	6.81	1.909	13.1	2.5	4.1	5.7	1.40
1997	26	TEX-min	AAA	8	6	.571	5.10	25	19	3	1	0	0	114.2	133	76	65	10	47	1	79	9	1	3	515			1.570	10.4	0.8	3.7	6.2	1.68	OKC AA
1997	26	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	8.27	9	5	1	0	0	0	32.2	45	30	30	6	18	0	18	0	1	1	155	59	6.05	1.929	12.4	1.7	5.0	5.0	1.00

1998	27	TEX-min	AAA,Rk,A+,AA	4	3	.571	4.24	18	6	2	0	0	0	46.2	49	24	22	5	25	0	47	3	0	1	210			1.586	9.5	1.0	4.8	9.1	1.88	OKC,RGS,CHT,TUL PCL,GULF,FLOR,TL
1999	28	CHW-min	AAA	9	4	.692	4.05	33	14	11	2	1	3	104.1	83	53	47	7	41	1	107	1	0	2	433			1.188	7.2	0.6	3.5	9.2	2.61	CHR IL
1999	28	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	22		3.47	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
2000	29	TOT	AL	5	2	.714	4.74	29	6	9	0	0	0	68.1	72	39	36	8	29	1	44	3	0	2	300	105	4.77	1.478	9.5	1.1	3.8	5.8	1.52
2000	29	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	12.06	10	1	2	0	0	0	15.2	25	23	21	4	15	0	6	2	0	1	85	42	8.94	2.553	14.4	2.3	8.6	3.4	0.40
2000	29	TBD	AL	4	0	1.000	2.56	19	5	7	0	0	0	52.2	47	16	15	4	14	1	38	1	0	1	215	193	3.53	1.158	8.0	0.7	2.4	6.5	2.71
2001	30	TBD	AL	11	12	.478	4.42	39	27	6	0	0	1	195.1	200	98	96	23	79	0	110	9	0	11	837	100	4.80	1.428	9.2	1.1	3.6	5.1	1.39
2002	31	TBD	AL	4	18	.182	5.18	33	33	0	4	0	0	224.0	*271*	141	*129*	33	89	2	137	9	2	7	1008	85	4.97	1.607	10.9	1.3	3.6	5.5	1.54
2003	32	TOR	AL	7	6	.538	5.94	40	8	7	0	0	0	89.1	107	67	59	14	43	3	54	7	0	6	415	80	5.54	1.679	10.8	1.4	4.3	5.4	1.26
2004	33	LAD-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.0	26	11	10	2	12	0	32	0	0	3	141			1.056	6.5	0.5	3.0	8.0	2.67	LVG PCL
2004	33	NYY	AL	6	2	.750	5.47	28	3	7	0	0	1	77.1	75	49	47	9	33	2	56	6	1	2	337	83	4.63	1.397	8.7	1.0	3.8	6.5	1.70
2005	34	NYY-min	A+	0	1	.000	6.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14			1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	12.0		TAM FLOR
2005	34	NYY	AL	5	3	.625	4.73	64	1	12	0	0	1	78.0	76	43	41	10	27	1	45	6	0	3	332	90	4.80	1.321	8.8	1.2	3.1	5.2	1.67
2006	35	NYY	AL	0	0		7.59	18	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	17	10	9	3	6	0	6	1	0	0	56	61	7.65	2.156	14.3	2.5	5.1	5.1	1.00

2007	36	ATL-min	A,AAA,AA,Rk	0	6	.000	9.53	12	12	0	0	0	0	11.1	17	12	12	0	12	0	7	0	0	1	63			2.559	13.5	0.0	9.5	5.6	0.58	ROM,RMD,MSS,KIS SALL,IL,SOUL,GULF
2008	37	LAD-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	4.38	39	1	13	0	0	5	51.1	56	31	25	6	18	0	39	0	0	4	231			1.442	9.8	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.17	LVG,JCK PCL,SOUL
2008	37	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		3.56	0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
2009	38	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.14	8	0	8	0	0	4	7.1	9	6	5	1	5	0	7	0	0	0	35			1.909	11.0	1.2	6.1	8.6	1.40	ABQ PCL
12 Yrs				40	44	.476	5.19	272	84	48	4	0	3	797.0	886	490	460	110	333	9	480	41	4	32	3531	87	5.03	1.529	10.0	1.2	3.8	5.4	1.44
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.476	5.19	52	16	9	1	0	1	152	169	94	88	21	64	2	92	8	1	6	674	87	5.03	1.529	10.0	1.2	3.8	5.4	1.44

TBD (3 yrs)				19	30	.388	4.58	91	65	13	4	0	1	472.0	518	255	240	60	182	3	285	19	2	19	2060	98	4.74	1.483	9.9	1.1	3.5	5.4	1.57
NYY (3 yrs)				11	5	.688	5.26	110	4	21	0	0	2	166.0	168	102	97	22	66	3	107	13	1	5	725	84	4.90	1.410	9.1	1.2	3.6	5.8	1.62
CHC (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	18	13	13	4	6	0	7	0	0	0	60	50	7.47	1.846	12.5	2.8	4.2	4.8	1.17
CHW (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	8.72	11	2	2	0	0	0	21.2	29	23	21	4	17	0	8	2	0	1	107	59	7.43	2.123	12.0	1.7	7.1	3.3	0.47
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		3.56	0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	.500	8.27	9	5	1	0	0	0	32.2	45	30	30	6	18	0	18	0	1	1	155	59	6.05	1.929	12.4	1.7	5.0	5.0	1.00
TOR (1 yr)				7	6	.538	5.94	40	8	7	0	0	0	89.1	107	67	59	14	43	3	54	7	0	6	415	80	5.54	1.679	10.8	1.4	4.3	5.4	1.26

AL (9 yrs)				39	44	.470	5.15	261	84	44	4	0	3	781.2	867	477	447	106	326	9	472	41	4	32	3462	88	4.99	1.526	10.0	1.2	3.8	5.4	1.45
NL (3 yrs)				1	0	1.000	7.63	11	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	19	13	13	4	7	0	8	0	0	0	69	60	6.87	1.696	11.2	2.3	4.1	4.7	1.14

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tanyon Sturtze?

Tanyon Sturtze is 52 years old.

When was Tanyon Sturtze born?

Tanyon Sturtze was born on October 12, 1970.

Where was Tanyon Sturtze born?

Tanyon Sturtze was born in Worcester, MA.

How tall is Tanyon Sturtze?

Tanyon Sturtze is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Tanyon Sturtze weigh when playing?

Tanyon Sturtze weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Tanyon Sturtze play?

Tanyon Sturtze played 12 seasons.

Is Tanyon Sturtze in the Hall of Fame?

Tanyon Sturtze has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Tanyon Sturtze drafted?

Tanyon Sturtze was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester, MA).

What position did Tanyon Sturtze play?

Tanyon Sturtze was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Tanyon Sturtze have?

Tanyon Sturtze had 480 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Tanyon Sturtze played for?

Tanyon Sturtze played for 7 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.

When did Tanyon Sturtze retire?

Tanyon Sturtze last played in 2008.

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