Jeff Tabaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 17, 1964 in Barberton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent State University (Kent, OH).

High School: Copley HS (Copley, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: April 19, 1994 (Age 30-092d, 16,485th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 5, 2001 (Age 37-261d)
vs. HOU 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Jeffrey Jon Tabaka

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.31

139

148.1

119

WHIP

1.436

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
1986	22	MON-min	A-	2	4	.333	4.30	13	9	3	0	0	0	52.1	51	31	25	5	34	1	57	1	0	5				1.624	8.8	0.9	5.8	9.8	1.68	JAM NYPL
1987	23	MON-min	A	8	6	.571	4.17	28	15	8	0	0	5	95.0	90	46	44	3	58	3	71	3	0	6				1.558	8.5	0.3	5.5	6.7	1.22	WPB FLOR
1988	24	MON-min	A,AA	8	5	.615	2.21	18	18	0	2	2	0	106.0	85	46	26	1	39	1	59	1	1	8				1.170	7.2	0.1	3.3	5.0	1.51	WPB,JCK FLOR,SOUL
1989	25	PHI-min	AA,AAA	8	11	.421	5.05	27	23	1	6	1	0	132.0	141	85	74	10	77	3	95	6	1	10				1.652	9.6	0.7	5.3	6.5	1.23	REA,SWB EL,IL
1990	26	PHI-min	A+	5	2	.714	3.03	8	5	1	0	0	0	35.2	39	17	12	1	18	0	23	0	1	2				1.598	9.8	0.3	4.5	5.8	1.28	CLW FLOR
1991	27	PHI-MIL-min	AA,A+	4	10	.286	5.08	25	24	0	1	1	0	125.2	136	76	71	9	94	2	87	4	0	13	577			1.830	9.7	0.6	6.7	6.2	0.93	REA,STK EL,CALL
1992	28	MIL-min	AA	9	5	.643	2.52	50	0	23	0	0	10	82.0	67	23	23	1	38	1	75	4	0	5	332			1.280	7.4	0.1	4.2	8.2	1.97	ELP TL
1993	29	MIL-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.24	53	0	22	0	0	1	58.1	50	26	21	3	30	2	63	3	1	7	254			1.371	7.7	0.5	4.6	9.7	2.10	NOR AA
1994	30	PIT-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.38	9	0	5	0	0	1	5.1	3	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	23			1.313	5.1	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	BFL AA
1994	30	TOT	NL	3	1	.750	5.27	39	0	10	0	0	1	41.0	32	29	24	1	27	3	32	0	0	1	181	80	3.86	1.439	7.0	0.2	5.9	7.0	1.19
1994	30	PIT	NL	0	0		18.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	4	8	8	1	8	0	2	0	0	0	24	26	11.38	3.000	9.0	2.3	18.0	4.5	0.25
1994	30	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	3.89	34	0	8	0	0	1	37.0	28	21	16	0	19	3	30	0	0	1	157	107	3.05	1.270	6.8	0.0	4.6	7.3	1.58
1995	31	SDP-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.99	19	0	12	0	0	6	22.2	16	6	5	0	14	3	27	1	0	2	95			1.324	6.4	0.0	5.6	10.7	1.93	LVG PCL
1995	31	TOT	NL	1	0	1.000	3.23	34	0	6	0	0	0	30.2	27	11	11	2	17	1	25	0	0	1	128	124	3.98	1.435	7.9	0.6	5.0	7.3	1.47
1995	31	SDP	NL	0	0		7.11	10	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	10	5	5	1	5	1	6	0	0	1	32	61	5.63	2.368	14.2	1.4	7.1	8.5	1.20
1995	31	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	2.22	24	0	3	0	0	0	24.1	17	6	6	1	12	0	19	0	0	0	96	176	3.56	1.192	6.3	0.4	4.4	7.0	1.58
1996	32	HOU-min	AAA	6	2	.750	2.93	41	0	16	0	0	4	43.0	40	16	14	2	21	5	51	1	0	2	186			1.419	8.4	0.4	4.4	10.7	2.43	TUC PCL
1996	32	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	6.64	18	0	5	0	0	1	20.1	28	18	15	5	14	0	18	3	0	3	105	59	7.11	2.066	12.4	2.2	6.2	8.0	1.29
1997	33	CIN-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.65	58	0	23	0	0	3	57.2	44	19	17	5	19	3	68	1	0	8	228			1.092	6.9	0.8	3.0	10.6	3.58	INA AA
1997	33	CIN	NL	0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	10	112	13.11	1.000	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
1998	34	PIT-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.71	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	9	4	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	24			1.929	17.4	0.0	0.0	7.7		NVL PCL
1998	34	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	3.02	37	0	9	0	0	0	50.2	37	19	17	6	22	4	40	5	0	1	212	146	4.70	1.164	6.6	1.1	3.9	7.1	1.82
1999			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2000	36	COL-min	AAA,AA	0	2	.000	5.97	31	0	12	0	0	0	31.2	37	21	21	3	10	0	33	1	0	5	145			1.484	10.5	0.9	2.8	9.4	3.30	CSP,CAR PCL,SOUL
2001	37	STL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	2.60	32	0	14	0	0	2	27.2	24	10	8	2	10	2	23	0	0	1	116			1.229	7.8	0.7	3.3	7.5	2.30	MEM PCL
2001	37	STL	NL	0	0		7.36	8	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	17	64	5.78	1.909	14.7	2.5	2.5	7.4	3.00
6 Yrs				6	5	.545	4.31	139	0	31	0	0	2	148.1	131	81	71	16	82	8	119	10	0	6	653	98	4.79	1.436	7.9	1.0	5.0	7.2	1.45
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.545	4.31	68	0	15	0	0	1	73	64	40	35	8	40	4	58	5	0	3	319	98	4.79	1.436	7.9	1.0	5.0	7.2	1.45

PIT (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.12	42	0	11	0	0	0	54.2	41	27	25	7	30	4	42	5	0	1	236	107	5.19	1.299	6.8	1.2	4.9	6.9	1.40
SDP (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.36	44	0	11	0	0	1	43.1	38	26	21	1	24	4	36	0	0	2	189	96	3.43	1.431	7.9	0.2	5.0	7.5	1.50
HOU (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	4.23	42	0	8	0	0	1	44.2	45	24	21	6	26	0	37	3	0	3	201	93	5.17	1.590	9.1	1.2	5.2	7.5	1.42
STL (1 yr)				0	0		7.36	8	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	17	64	5.78	1.909	14.7	2.5	2.5	7.4	3.00
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	10	112	13.11	1.000	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00

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