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Jesse Chavez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Team: Atlanta Braves (minors)

Born: August 21, 1983 in San Gabriel, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from A. B. Miller HS (Fontana, CA) and the Texas Rangers in the 42nd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Riverside Community College (Riverside, CA).

High School: A. B. Miller HS (Fontana, CA)

School: Riverside Community College (Riverside, CA)

Debut: August 27, 2008 (Age 25-006d, 19,421st in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

2021 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2021): 10.108 • Free Agent: 2021

Agents: Sosnick Cobbe & Karon

Full Name: Jesse David Chavez

Nicknames: Flaco

Pronunciation: \chah-vez\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

W

L

ERA

4.52

G

481

GS

SV

IP

933.0

SO

832

WHIP

1.352

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2003	19	TEX-min	A-	2	2	.500	4.55	17	8	1	0	0	1	55.1	63	30	28	5	31	0	48	7	0	4	259			1.699	10.2	0.8	5.0	7.8	1.55	SPO NORW
2004	20	TEX-min	A	6	10	.375	4.68	27	22	1	0	0	0	123.0	148	75	64	8	35	1	96	3	0	4	537			1.488	10.8	0.6	2.6	7.0	2.74	CLI MIDW
2005	21	TEX-min	AA,A+	4	3	.571	4.65	42	0	13	0	0	3	81.1	87	49	42	12	34	2	58	2	0	8	353			1.488	9.6	1.3	3.8	6.4	1.71	FRI,BAK TL,CALL
2006	22	PIT-TEX-min	AA,AAA	4	6	.400	4.38	51	0	24	0	0	4	78.0	75	43	38	5	37	4	88	2	0	7	342			1.436	8.7	0.6	4.3	10.2	2.38	FRI,INA,OKC TL,IL,PCL
2007	23	PIT-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.92	46	1	12	0	0	2	80.1	94	41	35	4	17	1	65	1	0	3	348			1.382	10.5	0.4	1.9	7.3	3.82	INA IL
2008	24	PIT-min	AAA	2	6	.250	3.80	51	0	27	0	0	14	68.2	58	30	29	8	22	4	70	0	0	6	284			1.165	7.6	1.0	2.9	9.2	3.18	INA IL
2008	24	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	6.60	15	0	6	0	0	0	15.0	20	11	11	2	9	2	16	0	0	2	74	65	4.53	1.933	12.0	1.2	5.4	9.6	1.78
2009	25	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	4.01	73	0	24	0	0	0	67.1	69	33	30	11	22	3	47	1	0	5	286	104	4.85	1.351	9.2	1.5	2.9	6.3	2.14
2010	26	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	5.89	51	0	26	0	0	0	62.2	69	44	41	11	23	7	45	1	0	2	280	69	5.07	1.468	9.9	1.6	3.3	6.5	1.96
2010	26	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	5.89	28	0	16	0	0	0	36.2	40	24	24	6	12	3	29	1	0	0	162	67	4.69	1.418	9.8	1.5	2.9	7.1	2.42
2010	26	KCR	AL	2	3	.400	5.88	23	0	10	0	0	0	26.0	29	20	17	5	11	4	16	0	0	2	118	72	5.62	1.538	10.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.45
2011	27	KCR-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.75	45	0	30	0	0	16	57.2	63	30	24	6	16	3	54	0	0	4	249			1.370	9.8	0.9	2.5	8.4	3.38	OMA PCL
2011	27	KCR	AL	0	0		10.57	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	12	9	9	3	5	0	8	0	0	0	39	41	7.98	2.217	14.1	3.5	5.9	9.4	1.60
2012	28	TOR-OAK-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.77	21	18	2	1	0	2	105.0	98	47	44	10	22	0	95	1	1	5	429			1.143	8.4	0.9	1.9	8.1	4.32	LVG,SAC PCL
2012	28	TOT	AL	1	1	.500	9.85	13	2	3	0	0	0	24.2	34	29	27	7	11	1	30	3	0	1	123	44	6.05	1.824	12.4	2.6	4.0	10.9	2.73
2012	28	TOR	AL	1	1	.500	8.44	9	2	2	0	0	0	21.1	25	22	20	6	10	1	27	2	0	0	102	51	5.91	1.641	10.5	2.5	4.2	11.4	2.70
2012	28	OAK	AL	0	0		18.90	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	9	7	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	21	23	7.00	3.000	24.3	2.7	2.7	8.1	3.00
2013	29	OAK-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.70	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	35	16	9	1	5	0	26	1	0	0	130			1.333	10.5	0.3	1.5	7.8	5.20	SAC PCL
2013	29	OAK	AL	2	4	.333	3.92	35	0	16	0	0	1	57.1	50	27	25	3	20	4	55	3	0	5	248	99	3.01	1.221	7.8	0.5	3.1	8.6	2.75
2014	30	OAK	AL	8	8	.500	3.45	32	21	5	0	0	0	146.0	142	64	56	17	49	3	136	5	0	7	621	108	3.89	1.308	8.8	1.0	3.0	8.4	2.78
2015	31	OAK	AL	7	15	.318	4.18	30	26	3	0	0	1	157.0	164	78	73	18	48	2	136	2	0	3	672	93	3.85	1.350	9.4	1.0	2.8	7.8	2.83
2016	32	TOT	MLB	2	2	.500	4.43	62	0	9	0	0	0	67.0	71	36	33	12	18	3	63	2	0	1	282	95	4.49	1.328	9.5	1.6	2.4	8.5	3.50
2016	32	TOR	AL	1	2	.333	4.57	39	0	6	0	0	0	41.1	43	22	21	9	10	0	42	2	0	1	173	94	4.82	1.282	9.4	2.0	2.2	9.1	4.20
2016	32	LAD	NL	1	0	1.000	4.21	23	0	3	0	0	0	25.2	28	14	12	3	8	3	21	0	0	0	109	97	3.96	1.403	9.8	1.1	2.8	7.4	2.63
2017	33	LAA	AL	7	11	.389	5.35	38	21	6	0	0	0	138.0	148	83	82	28	45	2	119	2	0	1	586	80	5.09	1.399	9.7	1.8	2.9	7.8	2.64
2018	34	TOT	MLB	5	2	.714	2.55	62	0	26	0	0	5	95.1	84	28	27	13	17	1	92	0	0	1	377	178	3.54	1.059	7.9	1.2	1.6	8.7	5.41
2018	34	TEX	AL	3	1	.750	3.51	30	0	15	0	0	1	56.1	58	23	22	10	12	1	50	0	0	1	234	136	4.33	1.243	9.3	1.6	1.9	8.0	4.17
2018	34	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	1.15	32	0	11	0	0	4	39.0	26	5	5	3	5	0	42	0	0	0	143	363	2.39	0.795	6.0	0.7	1.2	9.7	8.40
2019	35	TEX	AL	3	5	.375	4.85	48	9	5	0	0	1	78.0	82	48	42	12	22	0	72	5	0	1	337	107	4.41	1.333	9.5	1.4	2.5	8.3	3.27
2020	36	TEX	AL	0	0		6.88	18	0	5	0	0	0	17.0	20	13	13	6	7	0	13	1	0	0	77	67	7.66	1.588	10.6	3.2	3.7	6.9	1.86
2021	37	ATL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.25	13	0	8	0	0	2	20.0	12	6	5	1	8	1	27	0	0	0	77			1.000	5.4	0.5	3.6	12.2	3.38	GWI AAAE
13 Yrs				41	58	.414	4.52	481	79	137	0	0	8	933.0	965	503	469	143	296	28	832	25	0	29	4002	92	4.38	1.352	9.3	1.4	2.9	8.0	2.81
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.414	4.52	58	10	17	0	0	1	113	117	61	57	17	36	3	101	3	0	4	486	92	4.38	1.352	9.3	1.4	2.9	8.0	2.81
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
OAK (4 yrs)				17	27	.386	3.98	101	47	25	0	0	2	363.2	365	176	161	39	118	9	330	11	0	16	1562	96	3.76	1.328	9.0	1.0	2.9	8.2	2.80
TEX (3 yrs)				6	6	.500	4.58	96	9	25	0	0	2	151.1	160	84	77	28	41	1	135	6	0	2	648	108	4.74	1.328	9.5	1.7	2.4	8.0	3.29
KCR (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.95	27	0	13	0	0	0	33.2	41	29	26	8	16	4	24	0	0	2	157	61	6.16	1.693	11.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.50
PIT (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	4.48	88	0	30	0	0	0	82.1	89	44	41	13	31	5	63	1	0	7	360	94	4.79	1.457	9.7	1.4	3.4	6.9	2.03
TOR (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	5.89	48	2	8	0	0	0	62.2	68	44	41	15	20	1	69	4	0	1	275	73	5.19	1.404	9.8	2.2	2.9	9.9	3.45
ATL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	5.89	28	0	16	0	0	0	36.2	40	24	24	6	12	3	29	1	0	0	162	67	4.69	1.418	9.8	1.5	2.9	7.1	2.42
LAD (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.21	23	0	3	0	0	0	25.2	28	14	12	3	8	3	21	0	0	0	109	97	3.96	1.403	9.8	1.1	2.8	7.4	2.63
CHC (1 yr)				2	1	.667	1.15	32	0	11	0	0	4	39.0	26	5	5	3	5	0	42	0	0	0	143	363	2.39	0.795	6.0	0.7	1.2	9.7	8.40
LAA (1 yr)				7	11	.389	5.35	38	21	6	0	0	0	138.0	148	83	82	28	45	2	119	2	0	1	586	80	5.09	1.399	9.7	1.8	2.9	7.8	2.64

AL (11 yrs)				34	50	.405	4.65	310	79	77	0	0	4	749.1	782	416	387	118	240	17	677	23	0	22	3228	90	4.43	1.364	9.4	1.4	2.9	8.1	2.82
NL (5 yrs)				7	8	.467	4.02	171	0	60	0	0	4	183.2	183	87	82	25	56	11	155	2	0	7	774	103	4.15	1.301	9.0	1.2	2.7	7.6	2.77

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