John Jaso

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Born: September 19, 1983 in Chula Vista, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 12th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA).

High School: McKinleyville HS (McKinleyville, CA)

School: Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA)

Debut: September 6, 2008 (Age 24-353d, 19,448th in major league history)
vs. TOR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 34-012d)
vs. WSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: John Edward Jaso

Nicknames: Easy J

Pronunciation: \JAY-so\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.9

2224

573

.258

295

RBI

281

OBP

.356

SLG

.407

OPS

.763

OPS+

112

Summary of 55 Home Runs

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

7 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 30 go ahead

4 Tms
PIT	18
TBR	15
OAK	12
SEA	10

Platoon
vs RHP	53
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	27

Outs
2	20
0	19
1	16

25 Opps
LAA	6
TEX	5
STL	3
CIN	3
BAL	3
BOS	3
WSN	3
TOR	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
OAK	2
CHC	2
DET	2
KCR	2
CLE	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
TBR	1
COL	1
NYY	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
MIA	1
MIL	1

47 Pitchers
Dan Haren	3
Bud Norris	2
Yu Darvish	2
Tanner Roark	2
Koji Uehara	2
Justin Masterson	2
Jeremy Guthrie	2
Steven Okert	1
Seunghwan Oh	1
Jerad Eickhoff	1
Edinson Vólquez	1
Ernesto Frieri	1
Ross Ohlendorf	1
Max Scherzer	1
Jonathan Broxton	1
Alfredo Simón	1
André Rienzo	1
Chris Archer	1
Luke Farrell	1
Rick Porcello	1
Masahiro Tanaka	1
Chase Anderson	1
Kevin Jepsen	1
Pedro Báez	1
Jordan Walden	1
Adam Ottavino	1
Sonny Gray	1
Michael Wacha	1
John Lackey	1
Jake Arrieta	1
Anthony Swarzak	1
AJ Ramos	1
Scott Feldman	1
Joel Carreño	1
Chris Tillman	1
Nick Blackburn	1
Jeff Samardzija	1
Philip Humber	1
Jarrod Parker	1
Nick Tepesch	1
Rich Harden	1
Ricky Romero	1
Marco Estrada	1
Luis Ayala	1
Doug Fister	1
Jordan Zimmermann	1
Ervin Santana	1

20 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	9
TropicanaFld (STP)	7
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	6
Angel Stad (ANA)	6
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	4
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1

Where Hit
9	36
89	13
8	4
7	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	13
2	12
4	8
5	8
6	5
3	5
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	11
-2-	5
--3	3
1-3	3
12-	2

84 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	31
1 on	19
2 on	5
Any on	24

Inning
1	11
2	4
3	10
4	6
5	6
6	2
7	6
8	4
9	6

1-3	25
4-6	14
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	21
-1	14
-2	3
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	11
Tied	21
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	13
1-0	9
3-2	6
2-2	6
1-2	5
2-1	5
1-1	3
0-1	3
3-1	2
0-2	1
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	21
DH	12
1B	10
PH	6
RF	3
LF	3

OrderPos
1st	19
2nd	7
5th	6
8th	6
4th	5
9th	5
6th	4
3rd	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2010-04-24	TBR		TOR	Ricky Romero	behind 0-1	b 5	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.216	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Kapler Scores
2	2	2	1	2010-05-23	TBR	@	HOU	Bud Norris	behind 2-4	t 5	1	-2-	3,(1-1) >B.CX	2	3	2	0.211	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Crawford Scores
3	3	3	1	2010-06-06	TBR	@	TEX	Rich Harden	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	1	DH	0.175	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Upton Scores/unER
4	4	4	1	2010-08-25	TBR	@	LAA	Dan Haren	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	2	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	5	1	2010-09-04	TBR	@	BAL	Jeremy Guthrie	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	1	2	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2011-04-20	TBR		CHW	Philip Humber	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.208	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Kotchman Scores
7	7	2	1	2011-04-28 (2)	TBR	@	MIN	Anthony Swarzak	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.093	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	3	1	2011-05-29	TBR		CLE	Justin Masterson	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	--3	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	8	2	0.120	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Upton Scores
9	9	4	1	2011-08-26	TBR	@	TOR	Joel Carreño	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) ..CBCBX	1	8	2	0.048	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	5	1	2011-09-09	TBR		BOS	John Lackey	tied 0-0	b 2	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBC*BX	3	8	2	0.270	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Damon Scores; C. Kotchman Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2012-04-17	SEA		CLE	Justin Masterson	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	6,(2-2) BFFFBX	2	9	DH	0.229	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Ryan Scores
12	12	2	1	2012-05-29	SEA	@	TEX	Scott Feldman	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	2	0.192	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Smoak Scores
13	13	3	1	2012-06-27	SEA		OAK	Jarrod Parker	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.120	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	4	1	2012-07-14	SEA		TEX	Yu Darvish	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	2	0.016	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	5	1	2012-07-27	SEA		KCR	Jeremy Guthrie	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	2	0.194	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Saunders Scores; J. Montero Scores
16	16	6	1	2012-08-10	SEA	@	LAA	Ervin Santana	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1-3	4,(3-0) BBBX	3	4	2	0.134	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Saunders Scores/unER; J. Montero Scores
17	17	7	1	2012-08-11	SEA	@	LAA	Dan Haren	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	4	DH	0.067	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	8	1	2012-08-17	SEA		MIN	Nick Blackburn	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	4,(2-1) *BBCX	2	4	DH	0.187	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Saunders Scores
19	19	9	1	2012-09-17	SEA		BAL	Luis Ayala	behind 2-10	b 9	0	-2-	3,(0-2) CCX	2	5	DH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); J. Montero Scores
20	20	10	1	2012-09-27	SEA	@	LAA	Dan Haren	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	5,(2-2) 1BFB>F>X	2	5	DH	0.258	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); F. Gutiérrez Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2013-04-09	OAK	@	LAA	Kevin Jepsen	behind 4-5	t 7	2	12-	2,(1-0) .BX	3	5	PH	0.525	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Crisp Scores; Y. Céspedes Scores
22	22	2	1	2013-06-18	OAK	@	TEX	Yu Darvish	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	2	0.083	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	3	1	2013-07-24	OAK	@	HOU	Bud Norris	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	6,(3-2) BCCBBX	1	2	2	0.103	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2014-04-14	OAK	@	LAA	Ernesto Frieri	behind 1-2	t 9	1	1--	5,(1-2) .BCFFX	2	5	PH	0.678	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Donaldson Scores
25	25	2	1	2014-05-09	OAK		WSN	Doug Fister	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	5,(1-2) CFFBX	1	1	DH	0.101	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	3	1	2014-05-10	OAK		WSN	Tanner Roark	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	2	0.088	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	4	1	2014-05-14	OAK		CHW	André Rienzo	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	DH	0.109	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	2014-05-27	OAK		DET	Max Scherzer	behind 3-4	b 4	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	2	0.261	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); A. Callaspo Scores
29	29	6	1	2014-06-05	OAK	@	NYY	Masahiro Tanaka	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	2	0.106	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	7	1	2014-06-22	OAK		BOS	Koji Uehara	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	PH	0.490	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
31	31	8	1	2014-07-26	OAK	@	TEX	Nick Tepesch	behind 0-1	t 6	2	--3	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	2	0.311	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Sogard Scores
32	32	9	1	2014-08-16	OAK	@	ATL	Jordan Walden	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	1	2	2	0.096	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2015-07-07 (2)	TBR	@	KCR	Edinson Vólquez	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	DH	0.113	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
34	34	2	1	2015-08-22	TBR	@	OAK	Sonny Gray	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	DH	0.125	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	3	1	2015-09-12	TBR		BOS	Rick Porcello	behind 0-8	b 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	DH	0.016	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Kiermaier Scores
36	36	4	1	2015-09-17	TBR		BAL	Chris Tillman	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	DH	0.126	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	2015-10-03	TBR		TOR	Marco Estrada	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(2-2) BBFCX	1	1	7	0.104	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2016-04-30	PIT		CIN	Alfredo Simón	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	3	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	2	1	2016-05-01	PIT		CIN	Ross Ohlendorf	behind 4-5	b 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	3	0.489	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	2016-05-08	PIT	@	STL	Michael Wacha	tied 1-1	t 5	2	-2-	9,(3-2) *BFBFFFBFX	2	1	3	0.250	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); C. Stewart Scores
41	41	4	1	2016-06-22	PIT		SFG	Jeff Samardzija	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	3	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	5	1	2016-08-28	PIT	@	MIL	Chase Anderson	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	2	3	0.162	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	6	1	2016-09-15	PIT	@	PHI	Jerad Eickhoff	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	8,(3-2) CBFFBFBX	1	1	3	0.100	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
44	44	7	1	2016-09-28	PIT		CHC	Jake Arrieta	tied 1-1	b 4	0	1-3	6,(2-2) BSBFFX	3	6	3	0.155	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Joyce Scores; S. Rodríguez Scores
45	45	8	1	2016-10-02	PIT	@	STL	Jonathan Broxton	behind 2-4	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	1	3	0.264	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Frazier Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2017-04-29	PIT	@	MIA	AJ Ramos	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	3	0.017	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
47	47	2	1	2017-05-09	PIT	@	LAD	Pedro Báez	tied 2-2	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	PH	0.274	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
48	48	3	1	2017-05-18	PIT		WSN	Tanner Roark	tied 4-4	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	9	0.158	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
49	49	4	1	2017-06-13	PIT		COL	Adam Ottavino	tied 1-1	b 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	9	PH	0.289	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Mercer Scores
50	50	5	1	2017-06-23	PIT	@	STL	Seunghwan Oh	tied 3-3	t 9	2	---	8,(3-2) FBCBFFBX	1	8	3	0.412	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
51	51	6	1	2017-06-29	PIT		TBR	Chris Archer	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	7	0.101	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
52	52	7	1	2017-07-02	PIT		SFG	Steven Okert	behind 2-5	b 8	2	---	5,(1-2) .CBFFX	1	3	7	0.049	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	8	1	2017-08-07	PIT		DET	Jordan Zimmermann	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	1--	7,(3-2) .CS*BFBB>X	2	9	PH	0.165	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); F. Cervelli Scores
54	54	9	1	2017-08-29	PIT	@	CHC	Koji Uehara	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.069	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	10	1	2017-09-17	PIT	@	CIN	Luke Farrell	behind 0-5	t 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) CS*BX	2	1	9	0.031	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Bostick Scores