Tony Tarasco

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 9, 1970 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 15th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Monica HS (Santa Monica, CA).

High School: Santa Monica HS (Santa Monica, CA)

Debut: April 30, 1993 (Age 22-142d, 16,287th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 2002 (Age 31-266d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Full Name: Anthony Giacinto Tarasco

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Relatives: Cousin of Jimmy Rollins

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

1006

241

.240

151

RBI

118

OBP

.313

SLG

.397

OPS

.709

OPS+

Summary of 34 Home Runs

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

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 10 go ahead

5 Tms
MON	14
BAL	8
NYM	6
ATL	5
CIN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	31
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	15

Outs
2	13
1	11
0	10

20 Opps
FLA	4
PHI	3
LAD	3
SFG	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
DET	2
CLE	2
HOU	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
COL	1
OAK	1
NYY	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
MON	1
CHW	1

30 Pitchers
Mark Leiter	2
Jaime Navarro	2
Dan Miceli	2
Orel Hershiser	2
Greg Harris	1
Gary Wayne	1
Steve Mintz	1
Paul Quantrill	1
Lee Smith	1
Willie Banks	1
Ismael Valdez	1
John Burkett	1
Michael Jackson	1
Dustin Hermanson	1
Bobby Witt	1
Paul Byrd	1
Miguel Batista	1
David Cone	1
Xavier Hernandez	1
Brett Tomko	1
John Smiley	1
Doug Brocail	1
Justin Thompson	1
Brandon Duckworth	1
Anthony Young	1
Steve Karsay	1
Ramón Martínez	1
Blaine Neal	1
John Hudek	1
Roger Mason	1

13 Parks
Stade Olymp. (MON)	7
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
9	22
89	8
8	2
7	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	8
1	6
4	5
3	4
Unk	4
7+	3
5	3
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	8
12-	2
-2-	2
123	1
--3	1

52 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	20
1 on	11
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	14

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

1-3	11
4-6	7
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	4
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	8
-1	4
-3	1
-4..	10

Ahead	11
Tied	8
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	6
0-0	6
3-2	4
Unk	4
1-2	3
2-1	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
3-1	1
2-2	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	22
LF	9
PH	3

OrderPos
7th	11
1st	7
6th	5
9th	3
8th	3
3rd	2
5th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1994-04-10	ATL	@	LAD	Gary Wayne	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	0.214	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Gallagher Scores
2	2	2	1	1994-04-15	ATL	@	CHC	Anthony Young	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	9	0.070	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1994-04-22	ATL		PIT	Dan Miceli	behind 1-4	b 7	2	---	7,(3-2) .BFSFBBX	1	9	PH	0.073	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1994-05-21	ATL	@	COL	Greg Harris	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	--3	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	3	7	0.141	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sanders Scores
5	5	5	1	1994-06-20	ATL		NYM	Roger Mason	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	1--	7,(3-2) BF1BCB>F1>X	2	3	7	0.037	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Blauser Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1995-05-05	MON		FLA	John Burkett	behind 1-7	b 5	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	7	0.104	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Lansing Scores; C. Fonville Scores
7	7	2	1	1995-05-08	MON		FLA	Bobby Witt	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.095	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	3	1	1995-05-09	MON	@	PHI	Paul Quantrill	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	1	7	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	4	1	1995-05-16	MON		CIN	Xavier Hernandez	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	---		1	1	9	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
10	10	5	1	1995-05-25	MON		SDP	Dustin Hermanson	behind 0-4	b 8	1	-2-	2,(1-0) .BX	2	1	9	0.074	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Laker Scores
11	11	6	1	1995-06-09	MON	@	SFG	Steve Mintz	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	6	9	0.004	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
12	12	7	1	1995-06-16	MON	@	CIN	John Smiley	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) SBX	2	7	9	0.055	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lansing Scores
13	13	8	1	1995-06-20	MON		HOU	John Hudek	behind 3-7	b 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	9	1	1995-07-25	MON	@	CHC	Jaime Navarro	behind 0-6	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.020	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
15	15	10	1	1995-08-21	MON		LAD	Ismael Valdez	behind 1-7	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	7	9	0.011	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
16	16	11	1	1995-09-03	MON	@	LAD	Ramón Martínez	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	1	9	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	12	1	1995-09-06	MON	@	SFG	Mark Leiter	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	9	0.109	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
18	18	13	1	1995-09-16	MON		HOU	Doug Brocail	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	9	0.108	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
19	19	14	1	1995-09-26	MON	@	FLA	Willie Banks	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	0.098	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1996-04-11	BAL		CLE	Orel Hershiser	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	4,(3-0) BBBX	2	8	9	0.178	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Surhoff Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1997-05-12	BAL	@	OAK	Steve Karsay	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	9	0.243	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Surhoff Scores; C. Hoiles Scores
22	22	2	1	1997-05-31	BAL		CLE	Orel Hershiser	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---		1	7	9	0.069	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	3	1	1997-06-03	BAL		NYY	David Cone	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0.185	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); B. Surhoff Scores
24	24	4	1	1997-06-17	BAL		MON	Lee Smith	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	7	9	0.073	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Tarasco Scores
25	25	5	1	1997-07-05	BAL	@	DET	Justin Thompson	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	10,(3-2) CBBCFFBFFX	1	8	9	0.132	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball); T. Tarasco Scores
26	26	6	1	1997-07-06	BAL	@	DET	Dan Miceli	behind 6-12	t 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBSX	2	7	9	0.023	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Berroa Scores; T. Tarasco Scores
27	27	7	1	1997-07-20	BAL		CHW	Jaime Navarro	behind 0-10	b 9	1	1--		2	7	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Ledesma Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1998-09-21	CIN		PHI	Mark Leiter	behind 4-5	b 7	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	7	PH	0.371	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); S. Casey Scores; D. Young Scores; B. Boone Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2002-06-19	NYM		MIN	Michael Jackson	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	PH	0.099	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Ordóñez Scores
30	30	2	1	2002-06-22	NYM		KCR	Paul Byrd	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	7	0.117	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	3	1	2002-07-01	NYM	@	PHI	Brandon Duckworth	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.016	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	4	1	2002-07-05	NYM	@	FLA	Blaine Neal	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	9	7	0.164	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Ordóñez Scores/unER
33	33	5	1	2002-08-03 (2)	NYM		ARI	Miguel Batista	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BFBBCX	1	5	7	0.065	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	6	1	2002-08-15	NYM		SDP	Brett Tomko	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	5,(1-2) CCFBX	1	6	9	0.145	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)