Jon Lieber

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: April 2, 1970 in Council Bluffs, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL) and the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL).

High School: Abraham Lincoln HS (Council Bluffs, IA)

Schools: Iowa Western Community College (Council Bluffs, IA), University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)

Last Game: September 5, 2008 (Age 38-156d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Rex Gary

Full Name: Jonathan Ray Lieber

Pronunciation: \LEE-ber\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

131

124

ERA

4.27

401

327

2198.0

1553

WHIP

1.278

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1992	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	KCR	6	3	.667	2.90	3.77	12	11	1	0	0	0	62.0	71	26	20	3	10	0	42	1	1	0	259	1.306	10.3	0.4	1.5	6.1	4.20
1992	22	-0.5	Baseball City	FLOR	A+	KCR	3	3	.500	4.65	5.81	7	6	1	0	0	0	31.0	45	20	16	2	8	0	19	1	0	0	142	1.710	13.1	0.6	2.3	5.5	2.38
1992	22	0.9	Eugene	NORW	A-	KCR	3	0	1.000	1.16	1.74	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	26	6	4	1	2	0	23	0	1	0	117	0.903	7.5	0.3	0.6	6.7	11.50
1993	23		3 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR-PIT	15	6	.714	3.45	4.14	27	26	0	2	0	0	169.2	196	78	65	11	25	1	134	3	2	6	722	1.303	10.4	0.6	1.3	7.1	5.36
1993	23	-1.0	Memphis	SOUL	AA	KCR	2	1	.667	6.86	6.86	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	32	16	16	4	6	0	17	0	0	0	100	1.810	13.7	1.7	2.6	7.3	2.83
1993	23	-1.0	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	4	2	.667	3.97	3.97	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	39	15	15	3	10	0	28	1	1	3	146	1.441	10.3	0.8	2.6	7.4	2.80
1993	23	0.4	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	9	3	.750	2.67	3.69	17	16	0	2	0	0	114.2	125	47	34	4	9	1	89	2	1	3	476	1.169	9.8	0.3	0.7	7.0	9.89
1994	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	3	1	.750	1.49	1.70	6	6	0	1	1	0	42.1	29	8	7	1	3	0	42	0	0	0	157	0.756	6.2	0.2	0.6	8.9	14.00
1994	24	-2.4	Buffalo	AA	AAA	PIT	1	1	.500	1.69	1.69	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.1	16	4	4	1	1	0	21	0	0	0	79	0.797	6.8	0.4	0.4	8.9	21.00
1994	24	0.0	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	2	0	1.000	1.29	1.71	3	3	0	1	1	0	21.0	13	4	3	0	2	0	21	0	0	0	78	0.714	5.6	0.0	0.9	9.0	10.50
1994	24	-4.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	7	.462	3.73	5.13	17	17	0	1	0	0	108.2	116	62	45	12	25	3	71	1	3	2	460	1.298	9.6	1.0	2.1	5.9	2.84
1995	25	-1.0	Calgary	PCL	AAA	PIT	1	5	.167	7.01	8.06	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.0	122	69	60	6	19	0	34	0	0	0	365	1.831	14.3	0.7	2.2	4.0	1.79
1995	25	-2.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	4	7	.364	6.32	6.94	21	12	3	0	0	0	72.2	103	56	51	7	14	0	45	4	0	3	327	1.610	12.8	0.9	1.7	5.6	3.21
1996	26	-2.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	9	5	.643	3.99	4.44	51	15	6	0	0	1	142.0	156	70	63	19	28	2	94	3	0	0	600	1.296	9.9	1.2	1.8	6.0	3.36
1997	27	-1.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	14	.440	4.49	4.87	33	32	0	1	0	0	188.1	193	102	94	23	51	8	160	1	1	3	799	1.296	9.2	1.1	2.4	7.6	3.14
1998	28	-0.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	14	.364	4.11	4.89	29	28	1	2	0	1	171.0	182	93	78	23	40	4	138	3	3	0	731	1.298	9.6	1.2	2.1	7.3	3.45
1999	29	0.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	10	11	.476	4.07	4.74	31	31	0	3	1	0	203.1	226	107	92	28	46	6	186	1	2	2	875	1.338	10.0	1.2	2.0	8.2	4.04
2000	30	1.3	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	12	11	.522	4.41	4.66	35	35	0	6	1	0	251.0	248	130	123	36	54	3	192	10	2	2	1047	1.203	8.9	1.3	1.9	6.9	3.56
2001	31	2.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	20	6	.769	3.80	4.03	34	34	0	5	1	0	232.1	226	104	98	25	41	4	148	7	1	4	958	1.149	8.8	1.0	1.6	5.7	3.61
2002	32	3.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	6	8	.429	3.70	4.09	21	21	0	3	0	0	141.0	153	64	58	15	12	2	87	1	0	0	582	1.170	9.8	1.0	0.8	5.6	7.25
2003	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A+	NYY	0	0		6.75	6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	13	6	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	38	1.625	14.6	0.0	0.0	11.3
2003	33	10.3	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	18.0
2003	33	13.1	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	26	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2004	34	11.4	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	22	0.286	2.6	0.0	0.0	5.1
2004	34	5.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	14	8	.636	4.33	4.84	27	27	0	0	0	0	176.2	216	95	85	20	18	2	102	2	0	7	749	1.325	11.0	1.0	0.9	5.2	5.67
2005	35	5.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	17	13	.567	4.20	4.41	35	35	0	1	0	0	218.1	223	107	102	33	41	6	149	5	0	3	912	1.209	9.2	1.4	1.7	6.1	3.63
2006	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	PHI	0	2	.000	6.28	6.91	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	23	11	10	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	66	1.605	14.4	0.6	0.0	4.4
2006	36	13.0	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	2	.000	7.15	7.94	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	19	10	9	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	52	1.676	15.1	0.8	0.0	4.8
2006	36	15.6	Phillies	GULF	Rk	PHI	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2006	36	6.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	9	11	.450	4.93	5.36	27	27	0	2	1	0	168.0	196	100	92	27	24	3	100	6	0	3	714	1.310	10.5	1.4	1.3	5.4	4.17
2007	37	13.9	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	0		2.45	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	1.091	9.8	0.0	0.0	9.8
2007	37	8.0	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	6	.333	4.73	5.08	14	12	1	1	1	0	78.0	91	44	41	7	22	5	54	3	1	1	342	1.449	10.5	0.8	2.5	6.2	2.45
2008	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	CHC	0	1	.000	2.70	3.60	4	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	12	4	3	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	40	1.200	10.8	0.9	0.0	6.3
2008	38	16.3	Peoria	MIDW	A	CHC	0	1	.000	3.86	5.14	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	3	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	29	1.143	10.3	1.3	0.0	7.7
2008	38	17.8	Cubs	ARIZ	Rk	CHC	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2008	38	9.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	3	.400	4.05	4.63	26	1	7	0	0	0	46.2	59	24	21	10	6	4	27	2	0	0	204	1.393	11.4	1.9	1.2	5.2	4.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		131	124	.514	4.27	4.74	401	327	18	25	5	2	2198.0	2388	1158	1043	285	422	52	1553	49	13	30	9300	1.278	9.8	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.68
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		26	18	.591	3.93	4.66	71	67	1	3	1	0	394.0	472	204	172	23	57	1	284	7	3	7	1685	1.343	10.8	0.5	1.3	6.5	4.98
All Levels (17 Seasons)							157	142	.525	4.22	4.73	472	394	19	28	6	2	2592.0	2860	1362	1215	308	479	53	1837	56	16	37	10985	1.288	9.9	1.1	1.7	6.4	3.84

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	6	.250	5.86	6.68	17	17	0	0	0	0	98.1	138	73	64	7	20	0	55	0	0	0	444	1.607	12.6	0.6	1.8	5.0	2.75
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	3	.727	4.03	4.14	13	13	0	1	1	0	76.0	84	35	34	7	18	0	66	1	1	3	324	1.342	9.9	0.8	2.1	7.8	3.67
A+ (6 seasons)					Minors		13	8	.619	3.34	4.35	29	27	1	2	0	0	169.2	200	82	63	7	17	1	126	4	1	4	720	1.279	10.6	0.4	0.9	6.7	7.41
A (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.86	5.14	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	3	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	29	1.143	10.3	1.3	0.0	7.7
A- (1 season)					Minors		3	0	1.000	1.16	1.74	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	26	6	4	1	2	0	23	0	1	0	117	0.903	7.5	0.3	0.6	6.7	11.50
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		0	0		3.00	3.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	12.0	16	4	4	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	51	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	6.0