Jeff Tam
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: August 19, 1970 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Eau Gallie (Melbourne, FL)
School: Florida State University
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1998
Final Game: July 9, 2003
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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
1998 27 NYM NL 1 1 .500 6.28 15 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 13 10 10 2 4 1 8 2 0 0 60 67 1.186 8.2 1.3 2.5 5.0 2.00
1999 28 TOT MLB 0 0 5.40 10 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 8 7 7 3 4 1 8 0 0 0 47 82 1.029 6.2 2.3 3.1 6.2 2.00
1999 28 NYM NL 0 0 3.18 9 0 3 0 0 0 11.1 6 4 4 3 3 0 8 0 0 0 43 139 0.794 4.8 2.4 2.4 6.4 2.67
1999 28 CLE AL 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2000 29 OAK AL 3 3 .500 2.63 72 0 23 0 0 3 85.2 86 30 25 3 23 8 46 1 0 3 351 178 1.272 9.0 0.3 2.4 4.8 2.00
2001 30 OAK AL 2 4 .333 3.01 70 0 15 0 0 3 74.2 68 27 25 3 29 9 44 3 0 0 310 144 1.299 8.2 0.4 3.5 5.3 1.52
2002 31 OAK AL 1 2 .333 5.13 40 0 14 0 0 0 40.1 56 26 23 2 13 5 14 2 0 3 188 84 1.711 12.5 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.08
2003 32 TOR AL 0 4 .000 5.64 44 0 9 0 0 1 44.2 58 30 28 5 25 7 26 1 0 2 214 84 1.858 11.7 1.0 5.0 5.2 1.04
6 Seasons 7 14 .333 3.91 251 0 69 0 0 7 271.1 289 130 118 18 98 31 146 9 0 8 1170 115 1.426 9.6 0.6 3.3 4.8 1.49
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .333 3.91 68 0 19 0 0 2 73 78 35 32 5 27 8 40 2 0 2 317 115 1.426 9.6 0.6 3.3 4.8 1.49
OAK (3 yrs) 6 9 .400 3.27 182 0 52 0 0 6 200.2 210 83 73 8 65 22 104 6 0 6 849 137 1.370 9.4 0.4 2.9 4.7 1.60
NYM (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.91 24 0 8 0 0 0 25.2 19 14 14 5 7 1 16 2 0 0 103 88 1.013 6.7 1.8 2.5 5.6 2.29
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
TOR (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.64 44 0 9 0 0 1 44.2 58 30 28 5 25 7 26 1 0 2 214 84 1.858 11.7 1.0 5.0 5.2 1.04
AL (5 yrs) 6 13 .316 3.81 227 0 61 0 0 7 245.2 270 116 104 13 91 30 130 7 0 8 1067 119 1.469 9.9 0.5 3.3 4.8 1.43
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.91 24 0 8 0 0 0 25.2 19 14 14 5 7 1 16 2 0 0 103 88 1.013 6.7 1.8 2.5 5.6 2.29

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 29 OAK AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2001 30 OAK AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 6.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2 ALDS 0 0 6.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 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
1998 27 NYM NL 15 60 54 10 13 5 0 2 1 0 4 8 .241 .317 .444 .761 .250 24 2 2 0 0 1
1999 28 CLE AL 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 2 0 0 1 0 1
1999 28 NYM NL 9 43 40 4 6 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 .150 .209 .375 .584 .103 15 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 10 47 42 7 8 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 .190 .261 .405 .666 .161 17 0 0 1 0 1
2000 29 OAK AL 72 351 321 30 86 14 4 3 1 2 23 46 .268 .315 .364 .680 .301 117 16 1 2 4 8
2001 30 OAK AL 70 310 272 27 68 16 2 3 6 2 29 44 .250 .326 .357 .682 .285 97 12 3 3 3 9
2002 31 OAK AL 40 188 168 26 56 10 3 2 1 0 13 14 .333 .384 .464 .848 .351 78 7 2 3 2 5
2003 32 TOR AL 44 214 185 30 58 9 2 5 3 0 25 26 .314 .396 .465 .861 .342 86 7 1 2 1 7
6 Seasons 251 1170 1042 130 289 54 11 18 12 4 98 146 .277 .342 .402 .744 .305 419 44 9 11 10 31
162 Game Avg. 68 317 282 35 78 15 3 5 3 1 27 40 .277 .342 .402 .744 .305 114 12 2 3 3 8
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
1998 27 NYM NL 15 15 5 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 1 25% 7 0.807 4 3 7 4 4 7 2 13 3 4 4 2 2.9 14
1999 28 TOT MLB 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.288 0 3 7 3 0 7 2 8 4 4 4 1 3.5 17
1999 28 NYM NL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.218 0 2 7 3 0 6 2 7 4 3 4 1 3.8 17
1999 28 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.035 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 9
2000 29 OAK AL 72 72 23 3 3 6 3 3 50% 26 19 62 16 26% 8 1.133 28 17 25 41 10 21 40 32 27 24 34 17 3.6 18
2001 30 OAK AL 70 70 15 2 4 6 3 3 50% 31 25 38 10 26% 7 1.225 34 13 22 47 12 11 25 45 20 27 25 16 3.2 15
2002 31 OAK AL 40 40 14 1 2 4 0 4 0% 9 3 38 17 45% 7 0.651 12 3 25 18 2 20 22 18 12 15 15 7 3.0 16
2003 32 TOR AL 44 44 9 0 4 2 1 1 50% 8 6 26 8 31% 7 0.824 8 12 21 17 5 22 17 27 14 18 16 12 3.0 17
6 Seasons 251 251 69 7 14 19 7 12 37% 76 54 170 52 31% 0.973 86 51 107 130 33 88 108 143 80 92 98 55 3.2 17

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%
1998 27 NYM NL 60 23% 3.3% 13.3% 6.7% 11.7% 54% 1.42 2.09 73% 20% 14.3% 26% 9 2 22%
1999 28 TOT MLB 47 38% 6.4% 17.0% 8.5% 6.4% 38% 1.27 1.70 66% 17% 20.0% 0% 9 0 0%
1999 28 NYM NL 43 37% 7.0% 18.6% 7.0% 7.0% 50% 1.29 1.60 67% 16% 21.4% 0% 7 0 0%
1999 28 CLE AL 4 50% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 50% 33% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
2000 29 OAK AL 351 40% 0.9% 13.1% 6.6% 6.0% 24% 1.30 1.94 79% 23% 2.8% 8% 76 16 21%
2001 30 OAK AL 310 35% 1.0% 14.2% 9.4% 6.8% 31% 1.04 1.92 74% 28% 3.1% 13% 64 12 19%
2002 31 OAK AL 188 37% 1.1% 7.5% 6.9% 8.0% 27% 1.13 1.97 82% 26% 2.9% 6% 37 7 19%
2003 32 TOR AL 214 39% 2.3% 12.2% 11.7% 7.5% 28% 1.30 1.84 72% 15% 8.3% 13% 59 7 12%
6 Seasons 1170 37% 1.5% 12.5% 8.4% 7.1% 29% 1.20 1.92 76% 23% 5.0% 11% 254 44 17%
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
1998 27 NYM NL 60 208 3.47 132 63% 27% 15% 23% 35% 73% 5% 47% 79% 58% 3% 2 1 17% 10 8 0 63% 4 0 0 0 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 47 165 3.51 106 64% 29% 12% 25% 33% 71% 7% 45% 83% 62% 6% 3 2 13% 6 6 0 38% 3 0 0 0 0
1999 28 NYM NL 43 156 3.63 101 65% 30% 13% 26% 32% 70% 0% 46% 82% 60% 5% 2 2 14% 6 6 0 38% 3 0 0 0 0
1999 28 CLE AL 4 9 2.25 5 56% 20% 0% 20% 60% 80% 100% 44% 100% 75% 25% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 29 OAK AL 351 1301 3.71 809 62% 30% 10% 25% 35% 70% 7% 44% 85% 56% 5% 18 7 20% 70 39 5 54% 8 3 0 0 0
2001 30 OAK AL 310 1074 3.46 661 62% 31% 10% 23% 35% 69% 8% 42% 85% 59% 7% 23 7 16% 49 29 1 45% 7 7 0 0 0
2002 31 OAK AL 188 659 3.51 415 63% 28% 10% 24% 38% 72% 7% 45% 87% 62% 4% 7 2 11% 21 9 0 64% 4 0 0 0 0
2003 32 TOR AL 214 767 3.58 461 60% 25% 13% 28% 35% 75% 8% 45% 83% 54% 8% 18 5 19% 40 24 2 35% 6 6 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1170 4174 3.57 2584 62% 29% 11% 25% 35% 71% 7% 44% 85% 57% 6% 71 24 17% 196 115 8 49% 32 16 0 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
1998 27 NYM NL 60 13 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 50% 1 0 1 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 47 8 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 NYM NL 43 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 CLE AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 29 OAK AL 351 86 15 2 3 0 13 1 2 2 1 22 12 3 55% 5 3 1 156 1 2 33% 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 8 0
2001 30 OAK AL 310 68 3 0 3 0 17 2 1 0 3 24 12 2 50% 1 0 0 114 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2002 31 OAK AL 188 56 9 1 2 0 9 2 0 1 1 15 9 2 60% 3 3 0 83 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 32 TOR AL 214 58 7 1 5 0 13 3 2 2 3 29 17 4 59% 2 2 1 96 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 Seasons 1170 289 37 4 18 0 53 12 6 8 10 96 52 11 54% 12 8 3 479 12 4 75% 9 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 27 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+
1998 27 1 1 .500 6.28 15 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 13 10 10 2 4 1 8 2 0 0 60 67 1.186 8.2 1.3 2.5 5.0 2.00 67
1999 28 1 1 .500 5.88 25 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 21 17 17 5 8 2 16 2 0 0 107 73 1.115 7.3 1.7 2.8 5.5 2.00 73
2000 29 4 4 .500 3.39 97 0 31 0 0 3 111.2 107 47 42 8 31 10 62 3 0 3 458 136 1.236 8.6 0.6 2.5 5.0 2.00 136
2001 30 6 8 .429 3.24 167 0 46 0 0 6 186.1 175 74 67 11 60 19 106 6 0 3 768 139 1.261 8.5 0.5 2.9 5.1 1.77 139
2002 31 7 10 .412 3.57 207 0 60 0 0 6 226.2 231 100 90 13 73 24 120 8 0 6 956 125 1.341 9.2 0.5 2.9 4.8 1.64 125
2003 32 7 14 .333 3.91 251 0 69 0 0 7 271.1 289 130 118 18 98 31 146 9 0 8 1170 115 1.426 9.6 0.6 3.3 4.8 1.49 115

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
1998 27 0 1 .000 6.43 14.0 13 11 10 2 4 8 2 1.214 8.4 2.6 5.1 2.00 1.3 15
1999 28 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 8 7 6 3 4 8 0 1.000 6.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 2.3 10
2000 29 6 3 .667 2.52 82.0 81 26 23 3 22 44 1 1.256 8.9 2.4 4.8 2.00 0.3 72
2001 30 4 3 .571 3.21 70.0 67 28 25 3 29 41 3 1.371 8.6 3.7 5.3 1.41 0.4 70
2002 31 1 3 .250 5.54 39.0 57 27 24 2 13 14 2 1.795 13.2 3.0 3.2 1.08 0.5 40
2003 32 1 3 .250 5.32 44.0 56 29 26 5 24 26 1 1.818 11.5 4.9 5.3 1.08 1.0 44
6 Seasons 12 14 .462 3.93 261.0 282 128 114 18 96 141 9 1.448 9.7 4.9 1.47 0.6 251

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL--72--7th
2001 AL--70--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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