Kevin Jarvis

Q: When was Kevin Jarvis born?

Kevin Jarvis was born on August 1, 1969.

Q: Where was Kevin Jarvis born?

Kevin Jarvis was born in Lexington, KY .

Q: How tall is Kevin Jarvis?

Kevin Jarvis is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Kevin Jarvis weigh when playing?

Kevin Jarvis weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Kevin Jarvis play?

Kevin Jarvis played 12 seasons.

Q: Is Kevin Jarvis in the Hall of Fame?

Kevin Jarvis has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Kevin Jarvis drafted?

Kevin Jarvis was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Kevin Jarvis have?

Kevin Jarvis had 453 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Kevin Jarvis played for?

Kevin Jarvis played for 10 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox.

Q: When did Kevin Jarvis retire?

Kevin Jarvis last played in 2006.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: August 1, 1969 in Lexington, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC).

High School: Tates Creek HS (Lexington, KY)

School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)

Debut: April 6, 1994 (Age 24-248d, 16,467th in major league history)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 24, 2006 (Age 37-054d)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Kevin Thomas Jarvis

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Relatives: Father of Bryce Jarvis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-4.1

ERA

6.03

187

118

780.2

453

WHIP

1.536

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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
1991	21	CIN-min	Rk	5	6	.455	2.42	13	13	0	4	1	0	85.2	73	34	23	6	29	3	79	3	4	6	365			1.191	7.7	0.6	3.0	8.3	2.72	PRI APPY
1992	22	CIN-min	A	6	8	.429	3.09	29	18	3	2	1	0	134.0	124	59	46	3	37	1	131	1	2	9	553			1.201	8.3	0.2	2.5	8.8	3.54	CHL,CDR SALL,MIDW
1993	23	CIN-min	A+,AA	11	8	.579	3.06	28	23	0	4	1	0	182.1	159	75	62	13	59	2	119	1	2	7	750			1.196	7.8	0.6	2.9	5.9	2.02	WSM,CNG CARL,SOUL
1994	24	CIN-min	AAA	10	2	.833	3.54	21	20	0	2	0	0	132.1	136	55	52	13	34	2	90	1	1	9	562			1.285	9.2	0.9	2.3	6.1	2.65	INA AA
1994	24	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	7.13	6	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	22	14	14	4	5	0	10	0	0	1	79	60	5.79	1.528	11.2	2.0	2.5	5.1	2.00
1995	25	CIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.45	10	10	0	2	1	0	60.2	62	33	30	2	18	1	37	0	0	5	262			1.319	9.2	0.3	2.7	5.5	2.06	INA AA
1995	25	CIN	NL	3	4	.429	5.70	19	11	2	1	1	0	79.0	91	56	50	13	32	2	33	3	0	2	354	72	5.74	1.557	10.4	1.5	3.6	3.8	1.03
1996	26	CIN-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.06	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.2	45	27	24	3	12	0	32	1	0	3	186			1.336	9.5	0.6	2.5	6.8	2.67	INA AA
1996	26	CIN	NL	8	9	.471	5.98	24	20	2	2	1	0	120.1	152	93	80	17	43	5	63	2	0	3	552	71	5.08	1.620	11.4	1.3	3.2	4.7	1.47
1997	27	DET-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	6	6	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	36			1.375	7.9	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25	TOL IL
1997	27	TOT	MLB	0	4	.000	7.68	32	5	13	0	0	1	68.0	99	62	58	17	29	0	48	1	0	4	329	60	6.27	1.882	13.1	2.3	3.8	6.4	1.66
1997	27	TOT	AL	0	3	.000	7.08	23	5	10	0	0	0	54.2	78	46	43	13	22	0	36	0	0	2	259	66	6.09	1.829	12.8	2.1	3.6	5.9	1.64
1997	27	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	10.13	9	0	3	0	0	1	13.1	21	16	15	4	7	0	12	1	0	2	70	44	7.01	2.100	14.2	2.7	4.7	8.1	1.71
1997	27	MIN	AL	0	0		12.46	6	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	23	18	18	4	8	0	9	0	0	2	70	38	7.57	2.385	15.9	2.8	5.5	6.2	1.13
1997	27	DET	AL	0	3	.000	5.40	17	3	9	0	0	0	41.2	55	28	25	9	14	0	27	0	0	0	189	85	5.63	1.656	11.9	1.9	3.0	5.8	1.93

1998	28	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	7	7	3	1	0	5	0	0	2	32			1.571	12.9	3.9	1.3	6.4	5.00	INA IL
1999	29	OAK-min	AAA,A+	10	2	.833	3.27	19	18	0	2	1	0	110.0	114	48	40	14	27	0	74	2	0	3	465			1.282	9.3	1.1	2.2	6.1	2.74	VAN,MOD PCL,CALL
1999	29	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	11.57	4	1	0	0	0	0	14.0	28	19	18	6	6	0	11	1	0	0	75	41	8.63	2.429	18.0	3.9	3.9	7.1	1.83
2000	30	COL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	0.69	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	18	6	3	1	13	0	18	0	0	3	145			0.795	4.2	0.2	3.0	4.2	1.38	CSP PCL
2000	30	COL	NL	3	4	.429	5.95	24	19	0	0	0	0	115.0	138	83	76	26	33	3	60	4	0	2	505	98	5.99	1.487	10.8	2.0	2.6	4.7	1.82
2001	31	SDP	NL	12	11	.522	4.79	32	32	0	1	1	0	193.1	189	107	103	37	49	4	133	5	0	1	809	83	5.00	1.231	8.8	1.7	2.3	6.2	2.71
2002	32	SDP-min	A+,AA	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	28			0.625	4.5	0.0	1.1	4.5	4.00	LEL,MOB CALL,SOUL
2002	32	SDP	NL	2	4	.333	4.37	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.0	36	19	17	5	10	1	24	1	0	2	146	87	4.39	1.314	9.3	1.3	2.6	6.2	2.40
2003	33	SDP-min	A+	2	1	.667	4.09	3	3	0	0	0	0	22.0	18	11	10	1	4	0	19	0	0	0	85			1.000	7.4	0.4	1.6	7.8	4.75	LEL CALL
2003	33	SDP	NL	4	8	.333	5.87	16	16	0	0	0	0	92.0	113	65	60	15	32	5	49	2	0	2	413	67	5.19	1.576	11.1	1.5	3.1	4.8	1.53
2004	34	PIT-COL-min	AAA	2	9	.182	4.72	17	17	0	2	0	0	103.0	137	65	54	15	22	1	71	3	0	0	453			1.544	12.0	1.3	1.9	6.2	3.23	NVL,CSP PCL
2004	34	TOT	MLB	1	0	1.000	10.80	10	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	26	18	18	5	9	2	7	0	0	2	78	44	8.25	2.333	15.6	3.0	5.4	4.2	0.78
2004	34	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	8.31	8	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	20	12	12	4	5	0	7	0	0	2	63	56	7.13	1.923	13.8	2.8	3.5	4.8	1.40
2004	34	COL	NL	0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	6	6	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	15	21	15.55	5.000	27.0	4.5	18.0	0.0	0.00
2005	35	STL-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.38	26	25	0	1	0	0	157.0	164	63	59	19	39	1	112	2	0	4	652			1.293	9.4	1.1	2.2	6.4	2.87	MEM PCL
2005	35	STL	NL	0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	5	5	1	3	0	2	2	0	0	17	35	10.22	1.800	8.1	2.7	8.1	5.4	0.67
2006	36	ARI-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.44	15	13	1	0	0	0	83.2	76	40	32	7	22	0	58	3	0	1	347			1.171	8.2	0.8	2.4	6.2	2.64	TUC PCL
2006	36	TOT	MLB	0	2	.000	7.71	9	4	2	0	0	0	28.0	40	27	24	3	11	1	13	2	0	2	135	63	5.00	1.821	12.9	1.0	3.5	4.2	1.18
2006	36	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	11.91	5	1	1	0	0	0	11.1	18	15	15	2	5	0	6	1	0	2	58	41	5.97	2.029	14.3	1.6	4.0	4.8	1.20
2006	36	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	4.86	4	3	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	12	9	1	6	1	7	1	0	0	77	100	4.35	1.680	11.9	0.5	3.2	3.8	1.17
12 Yrs				34	49	.410	6.03	187	118	22	4	3	1	780.2	937	568	523	149	262	23	453	23	0	21	3492	73	5.51	1.536	10.8	1.7	3.0	5.2	1.73
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.410	6.03	42	26	5	1	1	0	174	209	127	117	33	58	5	101	5	0	5	779	73	5.51	1.536	10.8	1.7	3.0	5.2	1.73
				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
CIN (4 yrs)				12	15	.444	6.21	58	34	7	3	2	1	230.1	286	179	159	38	87	7	118	6	0	8	1055	68	5.47	1.619	11.2	1.5	3.4	4.6	1.36
SDP (3 yrs)				18	23	.439	5.06	55	55	0	1	1	0	320.1	338	191	180	57	91	10	206	8	0	5	1368	78	4.99	1.339	9.5	1.6	2.6	5.8	2.26
COL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	6.31	26	19	0	0	0	0	117.0	144	89	82	27	37	5	60	4	0	2	520	92	6.16	1.547	11.1	2.1	2.8	4.6	1.62
ARI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.91	5	1	1	0	0	0	11.1	18	15	15	2	5	0	6	1	0	2	58	41	5.97	2.029	14.3	1.6	4.0	4.8	1.20
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		12.46	6	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	23	18	18	4	8	0	9	0	0	2	70	38	7.57	2.385	15.9	2.8	5.5	6.2	1.13
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	5	5	1	3	0	2	2	0	0	17	35	10.22	1.800	8.1	2.7	8.1	5.4	0.67
BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.86	4	3	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	12	9	1	6	1	7	1	0	0	77	100	4.35	1.680	11.9	0.5	3.2	3.8	1.17
OAK (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.57	4	1	0	0	0	0	14.0	28	19	18	6	6	0	11	1	0	0	75	41	8.63	2.429	18.0	3.9	3.9	7.1	1.83
SEA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	8.31	8	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	20	12	12	4	5	0	7	0	0	2	63	56	7.13	1.923	13.8	2.8	3.5	4.8	1.40
DET (1 yr)				0	3	.000	5.40	17	3	9	0	0	0	41.2	55	28	25	9	14	0	27	0	0	0	189	85	5.63	1.656	11.9	1.9	3.0	5.8	1.93

NL (11 yrs)				33	44	.429	5.82	148	109	9	4	3	1	682.1	789	479	441	125	223	22	392	21	0	17	3018	75	5.39	1.483	10.4	1.6	2.9	5.2	1.76
AL (4 yrs)				1	5	.167	7.51	39	9	13	0	0	0	98.1	148	89	82	24	39	1	61	2	0	4	474	62	6.29	1.902	13.5	2.2	3.6	5.6	1.56

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kevin Jarvis?

Kevin Jarvis is 54 years old.

When was Kevin Jarvis born?

Kevin Jarvis was born on August 1, 1969.

Where was Kevin Jarvis born?

Kevin Jarvis was born in Lexington, KY.

How tall is Kevin Jarvis?

Kevin Jarvis is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Kevin Jarvis weigh when playing?

Kevin Jarvis weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Kevin Jarvis play?

Kevin Jarvis played 12 seasons.

Is Kevin Jarvis in the Hall of Fame?

Kevin Jarvis has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Kevin Jarvis drafted?

Kevin Jarvis was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC).

What position did Kevin Jarvis play?

Kevin Jarvis was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Kevin Jarvis have?

Kevin Jarvis had 453 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Kevin Jarvis played for?

Kevin Jarvis played for 10 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox.

When did Kevin Jarvis retire?

Kevin Jarvis last played in 2006.

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