Jeff Tabaka
Jeffrey Jon Tabaka
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 17, 1964 in Barberton, OH
High School: Copley (Copley, OH)
School: Kent State University
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1994
Final Game: October 5, 2001
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1994 30 TOT NL 3 1 .750 5.27 39 0 10 0 0 1 41.0 32 29 24 1 27 3 32 0 0 1 181 79 1.439 7.0 0.2 5.9 7.0 1.19
1994 30 PIT NL 0 0 18.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 8 8 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 24 24 3.000 9.0 2.3 18.0 4.5 0.25
1994 30 SDP NL 3 1 .750 3.89 34 0 8 0 0 1 37.0 28 21 16 0 19 3 30 0 0 1 157 106 1.270 6.8 0.0 4.6 7.3 1.58
1995 31 TOT NL 1 0 1.000 3.23 34 0 6 0 0 0 30.2 27 11 11 2 17 1 25 0 0 1 128 122 1.435 7.9 0.6 5.0 7.3 1.47
1995 31 SDP NL 0 0 7.11 10 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 10 5 5 1 5 1 6 0 0 1 32 57 2.368 14.2 1.4 7.1 8.5 1.20
1995 31 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 2.22 24 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 17 6 6 1 12 0 19 0 0 0 96 175 1.192 6.3 0.4 4.4 7.0 1.58
1996 32 HOU NL 0 2 .000 6.64 18 0 5 0 0 1 20.1 28 18 15 5 14 0 18 3 0 3 105 59 2.066 12.4 2.2 6.2 8.0 1.29
1997 33 CIN NL 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 95 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1998 34 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.02 37 0 9 0 0 0 50.2 37 19 17 6 22 4 40 5 0 1 212 145 1.164 6.6 1.1 3.9 7.1 1.82
2001 37 STL NL 0 0 7.36 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 17 59 1.909 14.7 2.5 2.5 7.4 3.00
6 Seasons 6 5 .545 4.31 139 0 31 0 0 2 148.1 131 81 71 16 82 8 119 10 0 6 653 96 1.436 7.9 1.0 5.0 7.2 1.45
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .545 4.31 68 0 15 0 0 1 73 64 40 35 8 40 4 58 5 0 3 319 96 1.436 7.9 1.0 5.0 7.2 1.45
PIT (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.12 42 0 11 0 0 0 54.2 41 27 25 7 30 4 42 5 0 1 236 106 1.299 6.8 1.2 4.9 6.9 1.40
SDP (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 4.36 44 0 11 0 0 1 43.1 38 26 21 1 24 4 36 0 0 2 189 95 1.431 7.9 0.2 5.0 7.5 1.50
HOU (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 4.23 42 0 8 0 0 1 44.2 45 24 21 6 26 0 37 3 0 3 201 92 1.590 9.1 1.2 5.2 7.5 1.42
STL (1 yr) 0 0 7.36 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 17 59 1.909 14.7 2.5 2.5 7.4 3.00
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 95 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1994 30 TOT NL 39 182 151 29 32 8 3 1 4 1 27 32 .212 .330 .325 .654 .261 49 2 0 3 1 3
1994 30 PIT NL 5 24 16 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 8 2 .250 .500 .563 1.063 .231 9 0 0 0 0 0
1994 30 SDP NL 34 158 135 21 28 6 3 0 4 1 19 30 .207 .303 .296 .600 .264 40 2 0 3 1 3
1995 31 TOT NL 34 128 111 11 27 3 1 2 0 2 17 25 .243 .344 .342 .686 .298 38 4 0 0 0 1
1995 31 HOU NL 24 96 84 6 17 0 1 1 0 2 12 19 .202 .302 .262 .564 .250 22 3 0 0 0 0
1995 31 SDP NL 10 32 27 5 10 3 0 1 0 0 5 6 .370 .469 .593 1.061 .450 16 1 0 0 0 1
1996 32 HOU NL 18 105 87 18 28 4 0 5 2 1 14 18 .322 .433 .540 .973 .359 47 0 3 1 0 0
1997 33 CIN NL 3 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .400 .571 .971 .000 4 0 2 0 0 0
1998 34 PIT NL 37 212 181 19 37 7 1 6 1 1 22 40 .204 .305 .354 .658 .226 64 6 5 2 2 4
2001 37 STL NL 8 17 16 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .375 .412 .563 .974 .417 9 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 139 654 553 81 131 22 5 16 7 5 82 119 .237 .344 .382 .726 .273 211 13 10 6 3 8
162 Game Avg. 68 320 271 40 64 11 2 8 3 2 40 58 .237 .344 .382 .726 .273 103 6 5 3 1 4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1994 30 TOT NL 39 39 10 3 1 1 1 0 100% 4 1 26 5 19% 0.645 6 10 23 5 5 29 17 22 18 17 19 10 3.2 19
1994 30 PIT NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 50% 8 0.296 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 2 3 2 1 2.4 22
1994 30 SDP NL 34 34 8 3 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 22 3 14% 8 0.698 5 9 20 4 5 25 15 19 16 14 17 9 3.3 19
1995 31 TOT NL 34 34 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 7 5 30 7 23% 0.704 12 3 17 11 7 16 18 16 7 18 10 7 2.7 15
1995 31 SDP NL 10 10 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 6 43% 7 0.573 3 0 7 3 2 5 7 3 1 6 1 2 1.9 15
1995 31 HOU NL 24 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 16 1 6% 8 0.747 9 3 10 8 5 11 11 13 6 12 9 5 3.0 16
1996 32 HOU NL 18 18 5 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 4 36% 8 1.065 4 4 10 3 4 11 6 12 8 8 11 1 3.4 24
1997 33 CIN NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.198 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 2.0 13
1998 34 PIT NL 37 37 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 24 8 33% 6 0.439 6 7 23 3 6 28 12 25 16 8 18 5 4.1 21
2001 37 STL NL 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 0 1 0 0% 8 0.498 1 2 5 5 0 3 1 7 0 6 1 2 1.4 8
6 Seasons 139 139 31 6 5 4 2 2 50% 17 8 93 24 26% 0.646 29 26 80 27 22 90 55 84 49 59 59 26 3.2 18

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1994 30 TOT NL 182 60% 0.6% 17.6% 14.8% 6.6% 38% 0.74 0.76 65% 18% 1.8% 18% 33 2 6%
1994 30 PIT NL 24 50% 4.2% 8.3% 33.3% 12.5% 75% 1.80 4.00 54% 21% 25.0% 20% 3 0 0%
1994 30 SDP NL 158 62% 0.0% 19.0% 12.0% 5.7% 32% 0.65 0.63 67% 17% 0.0% 17% 30 2 7%
1995 31 TOT NL 128 60% 1.6% 19.5% 13.3% 4.7% 22% 0.73 0.76 66% 23% 5.7% 27% 36 4 11%
1995 31 SDP NL 32 66% 3.1% 18.8% 15.6% 12.5% 40% 0.58 0.63 63% 29% 12.5% 33% 11 1 9%
1995 31 HOU NL 96 58% 1.0% 19.8% 12.5% 2.1% 12% 0.78 0.79 67% 22% 3.7% 25% 25 3 12%
1996 32 HOU NL 105 60% 4.8% 17.1% 13.3% 8.6% 32% 0.35 0.27 61% 20% 11.1% 12% 24 0 0%
1997 33 CIN NL 10 70% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 100% 0.20 0.25 50% 17% 20.0% 0% 1 0 0%
1998 34 PIT NL 212 69% 2.8% 18.9% 10.4% 6.6% 38% 0.76 1.22 65% 19% 8.6% 13% 35 6 17%
2001 37 STL NL 17 59% 5.9% 17.7% 5.9% 5.9% 17% 1.00 1.67 71% 23% 16.7% 0% 3 1 33%
6 Seasons 654 63% 2.5% 18.2% 12.5% 6.6% 33% 0.66 0.80 64% 20% 7.4% 16% 132 13 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1994 30 TOT NL 178 728 4.09 432 59% 20% 20% 32% 28% 80% 2% 48% 75% 56% 6% 10 2 21% 38 17 3 13% 6 5 4 0 0
1994 30 PIT NL 24 112 4.67 60 54% 23% 17% 37% 23% 77% 0% 41% 78% 42% 4% 1 0 25% 6 4 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1994 30 SDP NL 154 616 4.00 372 60% 19% 21% 31% 29% 81% 3% 49% 74% 58% 6% 9 2 21% 32 13 2 14% 5 4 4 0 0
1995 31 TOT NL 121 477 3.94 286 60% 23% 19% 30% 28% 77% 1% 46% 75% 55% 7% 8 3 21% 25 16 0 28% 9 4 7 0 0
1995 31 SDP NL 26 116 4.46 67 58% 27% 22% 28% 22% 73% 4% 42% 69% 46% 12% 3 1 12% 3 2 0 17% 2 1 6 0 0
1995 31 HOU NL 95 361 3.80 219 61% 22% 18% 31% 29% 78% 0% 47% 77% 57% 5% 5 2 23% 22 14 0 32% 7 3 1 0 0
1996 32 HOU NL 92 377 4.10 221 59% 22% 16% 32% 30% 78% 0% 46% 79% 47% 7% 6 5 12% 11 2 0 47% 1 1 13 0 0
1997 33 CIN NL 10 39 3.90 24 62% 21% 29% 25% 25% 79% 0% 49% 63% 40% 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 PIT NL 212 782 3.69 470 60% 25% 18% 27% 31% 75% 5% 45% 76% 61% 7% 14 7 16% 33 19 0 38% 6 3 0 0 0
2001 37 STL NL 17 62 3.65 40 65% 20% 28% 20% 33% 80% 0% 52% 66% 65% 0% 0 0 35% 6 4 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 630 2465 3.91 1473 60% 22% 19% 30% 29% 78% 2% 46% 76% 56% 6% 38 17 18% 114 58 4 29% 23 13 24 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1994 30 TOT NL 182 32 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 100% 3 1 2 74 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994 30 PIT NL 24 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 30 SDP NL 158 28 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 100% 3 1 2 63 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1995 31 TOT NL 128 27 1 0 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 10 5 3 50% 0 1 0 54 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
1995 31 SDP NL 32 10 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 8 4 2 50% 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 31 HOU NL 96 17 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 41 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
1996 32 HOU NL 105 28 4 0 5 0 4 4 1 0 5 4 4 0 100% 1 3 2 45 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1997 33 CIN NL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 PIT NL 212 37 6 0 6 0 12 5 1 2 4 10 5 3 50% 4 1 0 75 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 37 STL NL 17 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 654 131 16 0 16 0 26 14 2 5 11 31 21 6 68% 8 6 4 258 7 5 58% 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1994 30 3 1 .750 5.27 39 0 10 0 0 1 41.0 32 29 24 1 27 3 32 0 0 1 181 79 1.439 7.0 0.2 5.9 7.0 1.19 79
1995 31 4 1 .800 4.40 73 0 16 0 0 1 71.2 59 40 35 3 44 4 57 0 0 2 309 92 1.437 7.4 0.4 5.5 7.2 1.30 92
1996 32 4 3 .571 4.89 91 0 21 0 0 2 92.0 87 58 50 8 58 4 75 3 0 5 414 82 1.576 8.5 0.8 5.7 7.3 1.29 82
1997 33 4 3 .571 4.88 94 0 22 0 0 2 94.0 88 59 51 9 59 4 76 5 0 5 424 82 1.564 8.4 0.9 5.6 7.3 1.29 82
1998 34 6 5 .545 4.23 131 0 31 0 0 2 144.2 125 78 68 15 81 8 116 10 0 6 636 98 1.424 7.8 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.43 98
1999 35 6 5 .545 4.23 131 0 31 0 0 2 144.2 125 78 68 15 81 8 116 10 0 6 636 98 1.424 7.8 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.43 98
2000 36 6 5 .545 4.23 131 0 31 0 0 2 144.2 125 78 68 15 81 8 116 10 0 6 636 98 1.424 7.8 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.43 98
2001 37 6 5 .545 4.31 139 0 31 0 0 2 148.1 131 81 71 16 82 8 119 10 0 6 653 96 1.436 7.9 1.0 5.0 7.2 1.45 96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1994 30 2 4 .333 4.97 58.0 44 36 32 1 37 45 0 1.397 6.8 5.7 7.0 1.22 0.2 39
1995 31 2 1 .667 3.66 32.0 30 14 13 2 19 26 0 1.531 8.4 5.3 7.3 1.37 0.6 34
1996 32 0 2 .000 6.75 20.0 29 17 15 5 14 18 3 2.150 13.1 6.3 8.1 1.29 2.3 18
1997 33 0 0 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 4.5 3
1998 34 3 2 .600 2.88 50.0 36 18 16 6 21 39 5 1.140 6.5 3.8 7.0 1.86 1.1 37
2001 37 0 0 9.00 3.0 6 3 3 1 1 2 0 2.333 18.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 3.0 8
6 Seasons 7 9 .438 4.36 165.0 146 89 80 16 93 131 10 1.448 8.0 7.1 1.41 0.9 139

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