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Brett Tomko
Brett Daniel Tomko

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.
School Florida Southern College

Debut May 27, 1997

Born April 7, 1973 in Cleveland, OH

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1997 24 CIN NL  11   7  22  19   0   0   1  0  126.0  106   50   48  14   47   95   4   5   519   4   0  3.43  4.29  125 1.214 RoY-7
 1998 25 CIN NL  13  12  34  34   1   0   0  0  210.7  198  111  104  22   64  162   7   9   887   3   1  4.44  4.32   97 1.244
 1999 26 CIN NL   5   7  33  26   1   0   1  0  172.0  175  103   94  31   60  132   4   8   744  10   0  4.92  4.70   96 1.366
 2000 27 SEA AL   7   5  32   8   0   0  10  1   92.3   92   53   48  12   40   59   3   1   401   4   1  4.68  4.58   98 1.430
 2001 28 SEA AL   3   1  11   4   0   0   1  0   34.7   42   24   20   9   15   22   0   1   164   2   0  5.19  4.17   80 1.644
 2002 29 SDP NL  10  10  32  32   3   0   0  0  204.3  212  107  102  31   60  126   2   3   871   9   0  4.49  3.74   83 1.331
 2003 30 STL NL  13   9  33  32   2   0   0  0  202.7  252  126  119  35   57  114   5   6   903   2   0  5.28  4.11   78 1.525
 2004 31 SFG NL  11   7  32  31   2   1   1  0  194.0  196   98   87  19   64  108   0  10   825   3   0  4.04  4.36  108 1.340
 2005 32 SFG NL   8  15  33  30   3   0   1  1  190.7  205   99   95  20   57  114   7   5   823  11   0  4.48  4.27   95 1.374
 2006 33 LAD NL   8   7  44  15   0   0   2  0  112.3  123   67   59  17   29   76   2   3   491   0   1  4.73  4.49   95 1.353
 2007 34 TOT NL   4  12  40  19   0   0   9  0  131.3  149   89   81  18   48  105   2   5   588   1   0  5.55  4.46   80 1.500
         LAD NL   2  11  33  15   0   0   8  0  104.0  124   75   67  13   42   79   2   3   475   1   0  5.80  4.57   79 1.596
         SDP NL   2   1   7   4   0   0   1  0   27.3   25   14   14   5    6   26   0   2   113   0   0  4.61  4.04   88 1.134
 2008 35 TOT      2   7  18  10   0   0   2  0   63.7   81   50   48  11   15   43   0   4   283   1   0  6.79  4.30   63 1.508
         KCR AL   2   7  16  10   0   0   1  0   60.7   80   49   47  11   13   40   0   4   271   0   0  6.97  4.32   62 1.533
         SDP NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    1    1    1   0    2    3   0   0    12   1   0  3.00  3.90  130 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .490  95  99 364 260  12   1  28  2 1734.7 1831  977  905 239  556 1156  36  60  7499  50   3  4.70  4.29   91 1.376
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  39  28   1   0   3  0  189.0  199  106   98  26   60  125   3   6   817   5   0  4.70  4.29   91 1.376
 Career High     13  15  44  34   3   1  10  1  210.7  252  126  119  35   64  162   7  10   903  11   1  3.43  4.70  125 1.214
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 24 CIN NL  22   36    2    5   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  14  .139  .162  .167  -14    6   3   0   0   0   1 RoY-7
 1998 25 CIN NL  35   65    4    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  29  .108  .157  .123  -25    8   9   1   0   0   0
 1999 26 CIN NL  30   47    3   10   2  0   0    2   0  0   3  17  .213  .260  .255   30   12   8   0   0   0   0
 2002 29 SDP NL  30   66    2   12   2  0   0    6   0  0   1  20  .182  .194  .212   12   14   7   0   0   0   2
 2003 30 STL NL  32   63    4   18   1  0   0    9   0  1   4  15  .286  .328  .302   69   19  11   0   0   0   1
 2004 31 SFG NL  33   62    3    7   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  27  .113  .141  .129  -30    8  13   0   0   0   1
 2005 32 SFG NL  33   55    3    9   1  0   0    5   0  0   2  22  .164  .193  .182   -1   10  10   0   0   0   0
 2006 33 LAD NL  45   25    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  13  .120  .154  .120  -28    3   5   0   0   0   0
 2007 34 TOT NL  38   31    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  20  .000  .031  .000  -91    0   5   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL  31   23    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  16  .000  .042  .000  -88    0   5   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   7    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 35 TOT      3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         KCR AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     314  453   23   71   9  0   0   29   0  1  19 179  .157  .190  .177   -3   80  71   1   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        234   12   37   5  0   0   15   0  1  10  92  .157  .190  .177   -3   41  37   1   0   0   3
 Career High     45   66    4   18   2  0   0    9   0  1   4  29                          19  13   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 24 CIN NL   40   35    1   0.8   110| .139  .273| .162  .345| .167  .428| .329  .773| -14  .033  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1998 25 CIN NL   79   68    2   0.8   109| .108  .271| .157  .342| .123  .428| .280  .770| -25  .035 -12.2  -1.2   0%
 1999 26 CIN NL   58   45    4   2.4   118| .213  .279| .260  .355| .255  .450| .515  .805|  30  .187  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 2002 29 SDP NL   74   63    3   1.3    98| .182  .254| .194  .326| .212  .404| .406  .730|  12  .082  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 2003 30 STL NL   78   58    7   3.2   107| .286  .265| .328  .336| .302  .425| .630  .761|  69  .316  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 2004 31 SFG NL   77   69    2   0.8   112| .113  .271| .141  .343| .129  .439| .270  .782| -30  .032 -12.3  -1.2   0%
 2005 32 SFG NL   67   56    3   1.4   109| .164  .270| .193  .340| .182  .430| .375  .770|  -1  .098  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 2006 33 LAD NL   31   27    1   1.0   114| .120  .273| .154  .344| .120  .444| .274  .788| -28  .047  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 2007 34 TOT NL   37   36    0   0.0   112| .000  .273| .031  .343| .000  .437| .031  .780| -91  .000  -9.0  -0.8   0%
         LAD NL   29   28    0   0.0   115| .000  .277| .042  .348| .000  .443| .042  .791| -88  .000  -6.7  -0.6   0%
         SDP NL    8    8    0   0.0   103| .000  .262| .000  .330| .000  .418| .000  .748|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 2008 35 TOT       3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .269| .000  .338| .000  .419| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         KCR AL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .269| .000  .338| .000  .419| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      544  460   23   1.3   109| .157  .269| .190  .341| .177  .429| .367  .770|  -3  .084 -70.2  -6.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 24 CIN NL P 22 6 9 2 1 .882 .955 0.68 0.52 1.07 1.85 19 126.0 1998 25 CIN NL P 34 14 26 1 1 .976 .962 1.18 0.54 1.71 1.85 34 210.7 1999 26 CIN NL P 33 10 20 2 2 .938 .952 0.91 0.48 1.57 1.72 26 172.0 2000 27 SEA AL P 32 6 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.38 0.46 1.17 1.62 8 92.3 2001 28 SEA AL P 11 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.45 0.49 1.30 1.74 4 34.7 2002 29 SDP NL P 32 19 26 1 1 .978 .964 1.41 0.48 1.98 1.83 32 204.3 2003 30 STL NL P 33 18 30 0 0 1.000 .956 1.45 0.48 2.13 1.85 32 202.7 2004 31 SFG NL P 32 13 25 2 2 .950 .964 1.19 0.47 1.76 1.84 31 194.0 2005 32 SFG NL P 33 13 19 1 3 .970 .961 0.97 0.46 1.51 1.75 30 190.7 2006 33 LAD NL P 44 3 15 0 0 1.000 .957 0.41 0.43 1.44 1.72 15 112.3 2007 34 TOT NL P 40 7 15 2 2 .917 .965 0.55 0.40 1.51 1.68 19 131.3 LAD NL P 33 5 11 2 1 .889 .964 0.48 0.40 1.38 1.68 15 104.0 SDP NL P 7 2 4 0 1 1.000 .968 0.86 0.40 1.98 1.68 4 27.3 2008 35 TOT P 18 2 11 0 0 1.000 .956 0.72 0.45 1.84 1.67 10 63.7 KCR AL P 16 2 11 0 0 1.000 .956 0.81 0.45 1.93 1.66 10 60.7 SDP NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.80 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 24 CIN NL P 22 6 9 2 1 .882 .955 0.68 0.52 1.07 1.85 19 126.0 1998 25 CIN NL P 34 14 26 1 1 .976 .962 1.18 0.54 1.71 1.85 34 210.7 1999 26 CIN NL P 33 10 20 2 2 .938 .952 0.91 0.48 1.57 1.72 26 172.0 2000 27 SEA AL P 32 6 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.38 0.46 1.17 1.62 8 92.3 2001 28 SEA AL P 11 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.45 0.49 1.30 1.74 4 34.7 2002 29 SDP NL P 32 19 26 1 1 .978 .964 1.41 0.48 1.98 1.83 32 204.3 2003 30 STL NL P 33 18 30 0 0 1.000 .956 1.45 0.48 2.13 1.85 32 202.7 2004 31 SFG NL P 32 13 25 2 2 .950 .964 1.19 0.47 1.76 1.84 31 194.0 2005 32 SFG NL P 33 13 19 1 3 .970 .961 0.97 0.46 1.51 1.75 30 190.7 2006 33 LAD NL P 44 3 15 0 0 1.000 .957 0.41 0.43 1.44 1.72 15 112.3 2007 34 TOT NL P 40 7 15 2 2 .917 .965 0.55 0.40 1.51 1.68 19 131.3 LAD NL P 33 5 11 2 1 .889 .964 0.48 0.40 1.38 1.68 15 104.0 SDP NL P 7 2 4 0 1 1.000 .968 0.86 0.40 1.98 1.68 4 27.3 2008 35 TOT P 18 2 11 0 0 1.000 .956 0.72 0.45 1.84 1.67 10 63.7 KCR AL P 16 2 11 0 0 1.000 .956 0.81 0.45 1.93 1.66 10 60.7 SDP NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.80 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 364 113 205 11 14 .967 .960 0.87 0.47 1.65 1.78 260 1734.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 364 113 205 11 14 .967 .960 0.87 0.47 1.65 1.78 260 1735
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   1   0   1   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   2   0   7.20  0  0  0  0   5     3   4   4   4 
 2006   NLDS  LAD NYM     L   2   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     4   1   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   0   2.45  0  0  0  0   3.2   5   1   3   0 
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   5   0   5.19  0  0  0  0   8.2   8   5   7   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2006   NLDS  LAD NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
2003 NL-11-7
2004 NL-13-6
Act-71-22

Innings
Act-1734.7-30

Games Started
1998 NL-34-5

Comp. Games
2002 NL-3-10
2004 NL-2-7
2005 NL-3-6

Shutouts
2004 NL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1999 NL-31-9
2002 NL-31-2
2003 NL-35-2
Act-239-20

Hits Allowed
2002 NL-212-10
2003 NL-252-1
Act-1831-28

Losses
2005 NL-15-3
Act-99-28

Earned Runs Allow.
1998 NL-104-8
2002 NL-102-5
2003 NL-119-1
Act-905-23

Wild Pitches
1998 NL-9-10
2004 NL-10-4
Act-60-28

Batters Faced
2003 NL-903-8
Act-7499-29

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1573) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1467) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1995.

February 10, 2000: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jake Meyer (minors), Mike Cameron, and Antonio Perez to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Griffey.

December 11, 2001: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Tom Lampkin, Ramon Vazquez, and cash to the San Diego Padres for Ben Davis, Alex Arias, and Wascar Serrano.

December 15, 2002: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later and Luther Hackman. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Wodnicki (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 2, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

September 4, 2007: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

September 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1997Cincinnati Reds$150,000
1998Cincinnati Reds$230,000
1999Cincinnati Reds$400,000
2001Seattle Mariners$1,100,000
2002San Diego Padres$1,100,000
2003St. Louis Cardinals$3,300,000
2004San Francisco Giants$1,200,000
2005San Francisco Giants$2,650,000
2006Los Angeles Dodgers$3,600,000
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$4,100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,830,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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