News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

 

Jay Tessmer

Jay Weldon Tessmer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 26, 1971 in Meadville, PA
High School: Port St. Lucie HS (Port St. Lucie, FL)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1998
Team: Yankees 1998-2002

Final Game: April 4, 2002
    About biographical information

62
57
48
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Pitching

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 26 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.12 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 4 3 3 1 4 0 6 0 0 1 33 148 0.923 4.2 1.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
1999 27 NYY AL 0 0 14.85 6 0 4 0 0 0 6.2 16 11 11 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 41 33 3.000 21.6 1.4 5.4 4.1 0.75
2000 28 NYY AL 0 0 6.75 7 0 5 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 5 3 1 1 5 0 0 0 31 75 1.500 12.2 4.1 1.4 6.8 5.00
2002 30 NYY AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 82 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
4 Yrs 1 0 1.000 7.71 22 0 12 0 0 0 23.1 29 21 20 5 11 3 14 1 0 1 111 63 1.714 11.2 1.9 4.2 5.4 1.27
162 Game Avg. 3 0 1.000 7.71 68 0 37 0 0 0 72 90 65 62 15 34 9 43 3 0 3 343 63 1.714 11.2 1.9 4.2 5.4 1.27

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1998 26 NYY AL 8.2 7 0 3 3.12 5.19 0.15 -0.39 92.1 4.28 1 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.1 2 .516 .501 $170,000
1999 27 NYY AL 6.2 6 0 11 14.85 5.29 -0.19 -0.39 95.9 4.88 -7 -0.6 .1 0.3 -0.3 -6 .396 .496 $
2000 28 NYY AL 6.2 7 0 6 8.10 5.44 -0.16 -0.40 96.9 5.04 -2 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -1 .470 .499 $
2002 30 NYY AL 1.1 2 0 1 6.75 4.34 -0.34 -0.33 92.0 4.00 -0 -0.0 .3 0.0 0.0 -0 .480 .500 $210,000
4 Seasons 23.1 22 0 21 8.10 5.24 -0.07 -0.39 94.5 4.65 -9 -0.8 .2 0.3 -0.3 -6 .465 .499 $380,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1998 26 NYY AL 7 33 28 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 6 .143 .242 .321 .564 .136 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL 6 41 36 11 16 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 .444 .512 .667 1.179 .469 24 1 1 0 0 2 1
2000 28 NYY AL 7 31 30 6 9 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 .300 .323 .633 .956 .273 19 0 0 0 0 1 1
2002 30 NYY AL 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 22 111 98 21 29 6 1 5 0 1 11 14 .296 .369 .531 .900 .300 52 1 1 0 1 3 2
162 Game Avg. 68 343 303 65 90 19 3 15 0 3 34 43 .296 .369 .531 .900 .300 161 3 3 0 3 9 6
MLB Averages .267 .338 .427 .765 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 26 NYY AL 1.6 0.2 35 0.2 0.2 -0.1 .30 0.1 0.4 2.4 0.2 0.30 2.9 1 0 6
1999 27 NYY AL -7.1 -0.6 41 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .14 -0.4 -0.7 -9.1 -0.8 0.14 -6.4 0 0 6
2000 28 NYY AL -1.6 -0.1 31 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .00 0.0 -0.8 -3.3 -0.3 0.00 -2.1 0 0 3
2002 30 NYY AL -0.1 -0.0 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .23 0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.1 0.23 0.4 0 0 2
4 Yrs -7.2 -0.6 113 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 .16 -0.3 0.1 -9.4 -0.8 0.16 -5.2 1 0 17

Reliever Pitching*

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 26 NYY AL 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 .297 1 0 6 2 1 4 2 5 2 2 2 2 3.7 18
1999 27 NYY AL 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 .138 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 4 2 2 2 2 3.3 25
2000 28 NYY AL 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 9 .004 0 0 3 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 0 2.9 16
2002 30 NYY AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .227 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.0 12
4 Yrs 22 22 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 4 33% .153 1 0 17 3 1 18 9 13 5 6 6 4 3.2 19

Ratio Pitching*

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 26 NYY AL 33 64% 3.0% 18.2% 12.1% 9.1% 75% 0.35 0.36 67% 17% 7.1% 18% 5 0 0%
1999 27 NYY AL 41 59% 2.4% 7.3% 9.8% 12.2% 31% 0.57 0.55 78% 21% 5.6% 14% 13 1 8%
2000 28 NYY AL 31 77% 9.7% 16.1% 3.2% 12.9% 44% 1.20 1.14 71% 12% 33.3% 10% 8 0 0%
2002 30 NYY AL 6 83% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.33 0.33 67% 0% 0.0% 33% 1 0 0%
4 Yrs 111 67% 4.5% 12.6% 9.9% 10.8% 41% 0.61 0.57 72% 16% 11.6% 16% 27 1 4%
MLB Averages 47% 2.9% 16.8% 9.0% 8.0% 34% 0.76 1.07 70% 23% 8.3% 14% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 26 NYY AL 33 129 3.91 81 63% 33% 12% 26% 28% 67% 0% 42% 81% 58% 9% 3 2 18% 6 3 0 33% 3 1 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL 41 148 3.61 94 64% 28% 10% 28% 35% 72% 15% 46% 87% 54% 5% 2 0 29% 12 5 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 28 NYY AL 31 114 3.68 74 65% 20% 22% 24% 34% 80% 10% 52% 73% 52% 3% 1 0 19% 6 3 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL 6 23 3.83 11 48% 27% 9% 27% 36% 73% 0% 35% 88% 33% 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 111 414 3.73 260 63% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 8% 46% 81% 53% 6% 7 2 22% 24 11 3 14% 4 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 26 NYY AL 33 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 40% 0 1 1 9 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 27 NYY AL 41 16 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 28 NYY AL 31 9 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 111 29 1 0 5 0 4 3 2 2 3 13 7 1 54% 2 1 1 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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 26 1 0 1.000 3.12 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 4 3 3 1 4 0 6 0 0 1 33 148 0.923 4.2 1.0 4.2 6.2 1.50 148
1999 27 1 0 1.000 8.22 13 0 7 0 0 0 15.1 20 14 14 2 8 2 9 1 0 1 74 58 1.826 11.7 1.2 4.7 5.3 1.13 58
2000 28 1 0 1.000 7.77 20 0 12 0 0 0 22.0 29 20 19 5 9 3 14 1 0 1 105 62 1.727 11.9 2.0 3.7 5.7 1.56 62
2001 29 1 0 1.000 7.77 20 0 12 0 0 0 22.0 29 20 19 5 9 3 14 1 0 1 105 62 1.727 11.9 2.0 3.7 5.7 1.56 62
2002 30 1 0 1.000 7.71 22 0 12 0 0 0 23.1 29 21 20 5 11 3 14 1 0 1 111 63 1.714 11.2 1.9 4.2 5.4 1.27 63

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 26 0 0 3.38 8.0 4 3 3 1 4 6 0 1.000 4.5 4.5 6.8 1.50 1.1 7
1999 27 0 0 12.86 7.0 16 11 10 1 4 3 1 2.857 20.6 5.1 3.9 0.75 1.3 6
2000 28 0 0 6.43 7.0 9 6 5 3 1 5 0 1.429 11.6 1.3 6.4 5.00 3.9 7
2002 30 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.000 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
4 Yrs 0 0 7.04 23.0 29 20 18 5 11 14 1 1.739 11.3 5.5 1.27 2.0 22

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page    

Viewed 4,857 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Jay jason Jay jim joe Weldon Tessmer

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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.