John Jaha

John Emil Jaha

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 27, 1966 in Portland, OR
High School: Douglas HS (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 14th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed September 3, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1992
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics 1992-2001

Final Game: June 27, 2001
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1992	MIL	AL	26	1B	38	32	29	290.1	308	286	22	0	22	1.000	2	6	9.55	8.11	.993	9.68	9.64
1992	MIL	AL	26	DH	8	7
1992	MIL	AL	26	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
1992	MIL	AL	26	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.50
1993	MIL	AL	27	1B	150	143	133	1280.1	1324	1186	128	10	116	.992	-4	-4	9.24	8.76	.993	9.57	9.48
1993	MIL	AL	27	2B	1	0	0	3.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	1.00	.980	5.13	5.10
1993	MIL	AL	27	3B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1994	MIL	AL	28	1B	73	71	66	626.0	715	660	47	8	61	.989	-1	-2	10.16	9.68	.992	9.57	9.49
1994	MIL	AL	28	DH	11	9
1995	MIL	AL	29	1B	81	81	56	657.0	711	649	60	2	86	.997	-1	-3	9.71	8.75	.993	9.61	9.50
1995	MIL	AL	29	DH	6	6
1996	MIL	AL	30	1B	85	82	74	718.0	740	676	58	6	84	.992	-3	-5	9.20	8.64	.992	9.24	9.18
1996	MIL	AL	30	DH	63	63
1997	MIL	AL	31	1B	27	26	24	223.0	236	220	14	2	26	.992	2	12	9.44	8.67	.992	9.31	9.23
1997	MIL	AL	31	DH	20	19
1998	MIL	NL	32	1B	57	55	31	445.2	467	441	23	3	57	.994	-1	-2	9.37	8.14	.993	9.46	9.41
1998	MIL	NL	32	DH	8	8
1999	OAK	AL	33	DH	121	121																AS,MVP-18
1999	OAK	AL	33	1B	8	5	1	37.0	46	42	4	0	3	1.000	0	13	11.19	5.75	.992	9.51	9.35	AS,MVP-18
2000	OAK	AL	34	DH	30	30
2001	OAK	AL	35	DH	12	12
	8 Seasons			1B	519	495	414	4277.1	4547	4160	356	31	455	.993	-6	-2	9.50	8.70	.993	9.50	9.42
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.50
	1 Season			2B	1	0	0	3.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	1.00	.980	5.13	5.10
	10 Seasons			TOT	522	495	414	4283.1	4548	4161	356	31	455	.993	-7	-2	9.49	8.65	.993	9.49	9.39
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof
1992	MIL	AL	26	1B	2	6	2	1	1	0
1992	MIL	AL	26	LF	0	0	0	0	0		0
1993	MIL	AL	27	1B	-4	-4	-5	-5	-0	1
1993	MIL	AL	27	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	MIL	AL	27	3B	-0	-360	-0	-0	0
1994	MIL	AL	28	1B	-1	-2	-2	-2	-0	1
1995	MIL	AL	29	1B	-1	-3	-2	-3	0	1
1996	MIL	AL	30	1B	-3	-5	-3	-2	-1	0
1997	MIL	AL	31	1B	2	12	2	2	0	0
1998	MIL	NL	32	1B	-1	-2	-1	-1	0	0
1999	OAK	AL	33	1B	0	13	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			1B	-6	-2	-9	-9	0	3
	1 Season			2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			3B	-0	-360	-0	-0	0
	1 Season			LF	0	0	0	0	0		0
	10 Seasons			TOT	-7	-2	-10	-9	0	3	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	LF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1992	MIL	AL	26	47	39	47	38	38	0	0	1	1	8	3	1
1993	MIL	AL	27	153	143	153	150	150	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
1994	MIL	AL	28	84	80	84	73	73	0	0	0	0	11	1	2
1995	MIL	AL	29	88	87	88	81	81	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
1996	MIL	AL	30	148	145	148	85	85	0	0	0	0	63	3	0
1997	MIL	AL	31	46	45	46	27	27	0	0	0	0	20	1	0
1998	MIL	NL	32	73	63	73	57	57	0	0	0	0	8	9	0
1999	OAK	AL	33	142	126	142	8	8	0	0	0	0	121	16	0
2000	OAK	AL	34	33	30	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3	0
2001	OAK	AL	35	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
	10 Seasons			826	770	826	519	519	1	1	1	1	279	41	4

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1992	MIL	AL	26	1162	56%	83%	35%	65	95%	0	286	14	270	2	29	22	17	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	4	100%
1993	MIL	AL	27	5561	57%	82%	33%	355	93%	4	1191	82	1090	19	135	128	94	13	5	7	10	0	4	6	6	116	5	4	1	105	11	10	2	8	26	85%
1994	MIL	AL	28	2743	55%	81%	36%	157	89%	0	659	41	610	8	55	47	30	13	2	4	8	0	8	0	5	61	4	2	0	52	7	8	5	3	4	75%
1995	MIL	AL	29	2905	58%	81%	34%	161	93%	1	645	37	596	11	56	62	43	14	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	86	5	1	1	81	7	5	1	4	1	0%
1996	MIL	AL	30	3187	54%	78%	31%	159	94%	0	677	34	628	15	63	61	41	13	0	2	6	2	4	0	4	84	1	2	2	79	5	5	1	4	7	86%
1997	MIL	AL	31	957	58%	74%	32%	42	98%	0	218	9	207	3	18	15	10	4	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	26	1	0	1	22	2	4	1	3	0
1998	MIL	NL	32	1901	63%	77%	33%	90	79%	0	442	18	412	13	37	22	13	2	0	4	3	1	2	0	2	57	1	1	0	52	3	5	3	2	4	100%
1999	OAK	AL	33	163	44%	76%	38%	11	91%	0	42	2	39	1	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			18579	57%	80%	33%	1040	91%	5	4160	237	3852	72	399	361	251	62	8	21	31	4	19	8	19	455	18	10	5	416	36	37	13	24	46	85%
	MLB Averages				58%	78%	32%		93%																											84%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1992	MIL	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	14	64%	64%	43%	1	0%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	14	64%	64%	43%	1	0%
	MLB Averages																														61.8%			2.6%			58%	78%	40%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1993	MIL	AL	27	11	91%	55%	27%	1	100%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			11	91%	55%	27%	1	100%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				58%	78%	32%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1993	MIL	AL	27	2	0%	100%	100%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			2	0%	100%	100%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				58%	78%	32%		87%																								62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1999 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1999 AL (18, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Putouts† s c a p y 1993 AL 1,187 (4th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1993 AL 150 (2nd)
Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1993 AL 1,186 (4th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1993 AL 128 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1993 AL 10 (3rd) 1994 AL 8 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1994 AL 10.16 (5th) Career 9.50 (69th)
Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1995 AL .997 (2nd) Career .993 (66th)

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