Jeff Tabaka

Jeffrey Jon Tabaka

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 17, 1964 in Barberton, OH
High School: Copley HS (Copley, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1994
Teams (by GP): Padres/Pirates/Astros/Cardinals/Reds 1994-2001

Final Game: October 5, 2001
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1986	22	WSN-min	A-	13	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0	0		JAM · NYPL
1987	23	WSN-min	A	28	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222		1		0	0	0	0		WPB · FLOR
1988	24	WSN-min	A,AA	18	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900		2		0	0	0	0		WPB,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
1989	25	PHI-min	AAA,AA	27	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	1	0	0		SWB,REA · IL,EL
1990	26	PHI-min	A+	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLW · FLOR
1991	27	PHI-MIL-min	AA,A+	25	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222		1	0	0	0	0	0		REA,STK · EL,CALL
1992	28	MIL-min	AA	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ELP · TL
1993	29	MIL-min	AAA	54	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · AA
1994	30	PIT-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1994	30	TOT	NL	39	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	668	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	30	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	30	SDP	NL	34	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	668	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	SDP-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1995	31	TOT	NL	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1995	31	SDP	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	HOU	NL	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1996	32	HOU-min	AAA	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1996	32	HOU	NL	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	33	CIN-min	AAA	58	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · AA
1997	33	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	34	PIT-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
1998	34	PIT	NL	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000	36	COL-min	AAA,AA	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		CSP,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2001	37	STL-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2001	37	STL	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
6 Yrs				139	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	140	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	140	2	0	0	1	0	0

PIT (2 yrs)				42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				44	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	668	2	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
STL (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1994	30	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000	/1
1994	30	SDP	NL	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1995	31	SDP	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$140,000	1
1995	31	HOU	NL	24	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1996	32	HOU	NL	18	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$165,000	1
1997	33	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1998	34	PIT	NL	37	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$300,000	1

2001	37	STL	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$400,000	/1
6 Seasons				139	6	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	1	$1,114,000

PIT (2 yrs)				42	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$409,000
SDP (2 yrs)				44	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$140,000
HOU (2 yrs)				42	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$165,000
STL (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$400,000
CIN (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1994	30	TOT	NL	2	0	2		107	1.000	1.000	.271	1.000	.338	2.000	.424	3.000	.762	668	.000	1.2	0.1		2.000	1.000
1994	30	SDP	NL	2	0	2		107	1.000	1.000	.271	1.000	.338	2.000	.424	3.000	.762	668	.000	1.2	0.1		2.000	1.000
1995	31	TOT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.261	.000	.329	.000	.406	.000	.735	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1995	31	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.261	.000	.329	.000	.406	.000	.735	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1996	32	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.407	.000	.735	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1998	34	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	109		.000	.271	.000	.342	.000	.428	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				6	4	2	13.4	104	.500	.250	.266	.400	.335	.500	.416	.900	.751	140	.865	0.3	0.0	1.000	.500	.250
162 Game Avg.				7	5	2	13.4	104	.500	.250	.266	.400	.335	.500	.416	.900	.751	140	.865	0	0	1.000	.500	.250

HOU (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.406	.000	.735	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
PIT (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	109		.000	.271	.000	.342	.000	.428	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
SDP (2 yrs)				2	0	2		107	1.000	1.000	.271	1.000	.338	2.000	.424	3.000	.762	668		1.2	0.1		2.000	1.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1994	30	TOT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100%	0.00						50%	0%
1994	30	SDP	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100%	0.00						50%	0%
1995	31	TOT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	1.00	50%	0%		100%
1995	31	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	1.00	50%	0%		100%
1996	32	HOU	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

1998	34	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
6 Yrs				6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	2.00	2.0			1.00	1.00	33%	0%		100%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.6%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	1.84	5.3	31.7	7.4	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1994	30	TOT	NL	1.2	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	.57	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.74	1.2	0
1994	30	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1994	30	SDP	NL	1.2	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	.57	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.74	1.2	0
1995	31	TOT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.85	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.89	-0.4	0
1995	31	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1995	31	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.85	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.89	-0.4	0
1996	32	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
1997	33	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	34	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0

2001	37	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				0.3	0.0	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.51	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.71	0.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1994	30	TOT	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1994	30	SDP	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1995	31	TOT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	31	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	32	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	34	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1994	30	TOT	NL	2	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1994	30	SDP	NL	2	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1995	31	TOT	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	31	HOU	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	32	HOU	NL	1	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	0		0	0		0

1998	34	PIT	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				6	67%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	30	TOT	NL	1	3	3.00	2	67%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0
1994	30	SDP	NL	1	3	3.00	2	67%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0
1995	31	TOT	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	0%	0%	50%	50%	100%	0%	80%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1995	31	HOU	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	0%	0%	50%	50%	100%	0%	80%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1996	32	HOU	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	33%	33%	0%	67%	0%	50%	50%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0

1998	34	PIT	NL	1	4	4.00	4	100%	50%	25%	25%	0%	50%		50%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				5	16	3.20	13	81%	31%	15%	31%	23%	69%	0%	56%	78%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1994	30	39	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	668	2	0
1995	31	73	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	340	2	1
1996	32	91	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	212	2	1
1997	33	94	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	212	2	1
1998	34	131	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	140	2	1
1999	35	131	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	140	2	1
2000	36	131	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	140	2	1
2001	37	139	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	140	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1994	30	55	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	3	39
1995	31	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
1996	32	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18

1998	34	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	37
4 Yrs		148	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	3	128
162 Game Avg.		162	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	3	128

* 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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