Jake Diekman

Q: When was Jake Diekman born?

Jake Diekman was born on January 21, 1987.

Q: Where was Jake Diekman born?

Jake Diekman was born in Wymore, NE .

Q: How tall is Jake Diekman?

Jake Diekman is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much does Jake Diekman weigh?

Jake Diekman weighs 195 lbs (88 kg).

Q: How many seasons has Jake Diekman played?

Jake Diekman is in his 12th season.

Q: When was Jake Diekman drafted?

Jake Diekman was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cloud County Community College (Concordia, KS) .

Q: How many strikeouts does Jake Diekman have?

Jake Diekman has 16 strikeouts this season and 676 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How much is Jake Diekman worth?

Jake Diekman makes $3,500,000.00 this year. His current contract terms are 2 yrs/$8M (22-23) & 24 team option.

Q: How many teams has Jake Diekman played for?

Jake Diekman has played for 8 teams; the Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays.

Q: What is Jake Diekman's Twitter account?

Jake Diekman is on Twitter at JakeDiekman .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Team: Tampa Bay Rays (majors)

Born: January 21, 1987 in Wymore, NE us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cloud County Community College (Concordia, KS).

High School: Southern HS (Wymore, NE)

Schools: Cloud County Community College (Concordia, KS), Doane University (Crete, NE)

Debut: May 15, 2012 (Age 25-115d, 20,181st in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2023 Contract Status: Signed thru 2023, 2 yrs/$8M (22-23) & 24 team option

Service Time (01/2023): 10.050 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Jacob Tanner Diekman

Nicknames: Gut It Out

Pronunciation: \DEEK-min\

Twitter: @JakeDiekman

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SUMMARY

2023

Career

WAR

-0.8

3.0

ERA

7.41

3.99

620

17.0

530.2

676

WHIP

1.824

1.413

6/2 1:05pm: The Pirates have now announced the deal and that Williams has been assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis. Infielder Mark Mathias has been recalled to take Stephenson’s spot on the active roster.
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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Tm		Opp	Result	App,Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	IR	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLi	RE24
2023-05-30	TBR	@	CHC	L 1-2	8-GF(8)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	0.034	1.38	0.02%	1.46	0.597
2023-05-27	TBR		LAD	L 5-6	6-6, H	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	7	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.077	1.05	0.05%	1.06	0.450
2023-05-26	TBR		LAD	W 9-3	6-6	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.012	0.51	0.01%	0.51	0.209
2023-05-25	TBR		TOR	W 6-3	9-9	3	0.1	2	2	2	1	1	4	18	10	5	0	0	0	2	0	-0.026	0.19	-0.02%	0.22	-1.060
2023-05-21	TBR		MIL	L 4-6	7-8	3	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	4	20	8	5	0	3	0	0	1	0.020	0.29	0.01%	0.30	0.659

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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
2007	20	PHI-min	Rk,A-	3	4	.429	2.72	13	10	1	0	0	0	53.0	39	16	16	2	21	0	46	4	0	1	218			1.132	6.6	0.3	3.6	7.8	2.19	CLR,WPT GULF,NYPL
2008	21	PHI-min	A,A-	4	9	.308	5.09	27	27	0	1	0	0	141.1	161	96	80	8	72	0	96	6	3	14	639			1.649	10.3	0.5	4.6	6.1	1.33	LWD,WPT SALL,NYPL
2009	22	PHI-min	A	2	0	1.000	4.04	32	2	11	0	0	2	55.2	59	32	25	3	28	0	52	0	3	4	252			1.563	9.5	0.5	4.5	8.4	1.86	LWD SALL
2010	23	PHI-min	A+,A	2	2	.500	2.91	45	0	12	0	0	0	55.2	38	31	18	2	38	0	56	11	0	5	254			1.365	6.1	0.3	6.1	9.1	1.47	CLW,LWD FLOR,SALL
2011	24	PHI-min	AA	0	1	.000	3.05	53	0	19	0	0	3	65.0	47	29	22	3	44	2	83	5	0	7	288			1.400	6.5	0.4	6.1	11.5	1.89	REA EL
2012	25	PHI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.69	25	0	14	0	0	7	26.2	19	5	5	0	13	1	37	2	0	0	114			1.200	6.4	0.0	4.4	12.5	2.85	LHV IL
2012	25	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	3.95	32	0	7	0	0	0	27.1	25	17	12	1	20	3	35	3	0	1	131	103	3.53	1.646	8.2	0.3	6.6	11.5	1.75
2013	26	PHI-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.70	30	0	23	0	0	11	30.0	31	22	19	1	24	1	37	1	0	1	142			1.833	9.3	0.3	7.2	11.1	1.54	LHV IL
2013	26	PHI	NL	1	4	.200	2.58	45	0	11	0	0	0	38.1	34	15	11	1	16	2	41	0	1	2	164	146	2.50	1.304	8.0	0.2	3.8	9.6	2.56
2014	27	PHI	NL	5	5	.500	3.80	73	0	19	0	0	0	71.0	66	36	30	4	35	5	100	3	0	7	313	99	2.65	1.423	8.4	0.5	4.4	12.7	2.86
2015	28	PHI-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	6	0	5	0	0	3	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	26			0.857	6.4	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00	LHV IL
2015	28	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	4.01	67	0	7	0	0	0	58.1	53	28	26	5	31	0	69	3	0	2	260	100	3.63	1.440	8.2	0.8	4.8	10.6	2.23
2015	28	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	5.15	41	0	6	0	0	0	36.2	40	23	21	3	24	0	49	2	0	1	175	75	3.65	1.745	9.8	0.7	5.9	12.0	2.04
2015	28	TEX	AL	0	0		2.08	26	0	1	0	0	0	21.2	13	5	5	2	7	0	20	1	0	1	85	206	3.60	0.923	5.4	0.8	2.9	8.3	2.86
2016	29	TEX	AL	4	2	.667	3.40	66	0	14	0	0	4	53.0	36	22	20	4	26	1	59	3	0	3	221	135	3.54	1.170	6.1	0.7	4.4	10.0	2.27
2017	30	TEX-min	AA,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.42	6	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	22			0.474	4.3	0.0	0.0	11.4		FRI,RRK TL,PCL
2017	30	TEX	AL	0	0		2.53	11	0	2	0	0	1	10.2	4	3	3	1	10	1	13	0	0	0	45	196	4.75	1.313	3.4	0.8	8.4	11.0	1.30
2018	31	TOT	MLB	1	2	.333	4.73	71	0	15	0	0	2	53.1	49	33	28	4	31	2	66	6	0	3	243	98	3.74	1.500	8.3	0.7	5.2	11.1	2.13
2018	31	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	3.69	47	0	10	0	0	2	39.0	31	18	16	2	23	1	48	3	0	0	172	129	3.37	1.385	7.2	0.5	5.3	11.1	2.09
2018	31	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	7.53	24	0	5	0	0	0	14.1	18	15	12	2	8	1	18	3	0	3	71	57	4.76	1.814	11.3	1.3	5.0	11.3	2.25
2019	32	TOT	AL	1	7	.125	4.65	76	0	5	0	0	0	62.0	49	34	32	3	39	1	84	11	0	6	282	100	3.55	1.419	7.1	0.4	5.7	12.2	2.15
2019	32	KCR	AL	0	6	.000	4.75	48	0	4	0	0	0	41.2	33	23	22	3	23	0	63	8	0	4	188	101	3.36	1.344	7.1	0.6	5.0	13.6	2.74
2019	32	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	4.43	28	0	1	0	0	0	20.1	16	11	10	0	16	1	21	3	0	2	94	99	3.95	1.574	7.1	0.0	7.1	9.3	1.31
2020	33	OAK	AL	2	0	1.000	0.42	21	0	2	0	0	0	21.1	8	2	1	1	12	1	31	1	0	0	84	1003	2.72	0.938	3.4	0.4	5.1	13.1	2.58
2021	34	OAK	AL	3	3	.500	3.86	67	0	17	0	0	7	60.2	47	29	26	10	34	2	83	4	0	8	262	107	4.46	1.335	7.0	1.5	5.0	12.3	2.44
2022	35	TOT	AL	5	4	.556	4.99	70	0	10	0	0	1	57.2	52	40	32	9	42	2	79	8	0	7	269	83	5.00	1.630	8.1	1.4	6.6	12.3	1.88
2022	35	BOS	AL	5	1	.833	4.23	44	0	8	0	0	1	38.1	27	22	18	5	30	1	51	6	0	5	171	100	4.96	1.487	6.3	1.2	7.0	12.0	1.70
2022	35	CHW	AL	0	3	.000	6.52	26	0	2	0	0	0	19.1	25	18	14	4	12	1	28	2	0	2	98	62	5.08	1.914	11.6	1.9	5.6	13.0	2.33
2023	36	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	7.41	21	0	7	0	0	0	17.0	15	18	14	2	16	0	16	1	2	2	81	59	5.94	1.824	7.9	1.1	8.5	8.5	1.00
2023	36	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	7.94	13	0	5	0	0	0	11.1	11	14	10	1	13	0	11	0	2	2	58	57	5.94	2.118	8.7	0.8	10.3	8.7	0.85
2023	36	TBR	AL	0	0		6.35	8	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	4	4	4	1	3	0	5	1	0	0	23	67	5.94	1.235	6.4	1.6	4.8	7.9	1.67
12 Yrs				25	30	.455	3.99	620	0	116	0	0	15	530.2	438	277	235	45	312	20	676	43	3	41	2355	106	3.71	1.413	7.4	0.8	5.3	11.5	2.17
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.455	3.99	68	0	13	0	0	2	58	48	30	26	5	34	2	74	5	0	4	258	106	3.71	1.413	7.4	0.8	5.3	11.5	2.17
				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
PHI (4 yrs)				9	11	.450	3.84	191	0	43	0	0	0	173.1	165	91	74	9	95	10	225	8	1	11	783	100	2.97	1.500	8.6	0.5	4.9	11.7	2.37
TEX (4 yrs)				5	3	.625	3.18	150	0	27	0	0	7	124.1	84	48	44	9	66	3	140	7	0	4	523	145	3.60	1.206	6.1	0.7	4.8	10.1	2.12
OAK (3 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.25	116	0	20	0	0	7	102.1	71	42	37	11	62	4	135	8	0	10	440	129	3.99	1.300	6.2	1.0	5.5	11.9	2.18
CHW (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	7.04	39	0	7	0	0	0	30.2	36	32	24	5	25	1	39	2	2	4	156	60	5.39	1.989	10.6	1.5	7.3	11.4	1.56
KCR (1 yr)				0	6	.000	4.75	48	0	4	0	0	0	41.2	33	23	22	3	23	0	63	8	0	4	188	101	3.36	1.344	7.1	0.6	5.0	13.6	2.74
ARI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.53	24	0	5	0	0	0	14.1	18	15	12	2	8	1	18	3	0	3	71	57	4.76	1.814	11.3	1.3	5.0	11.3	2.25
TBR (1 yr)				0	0		6.35	8	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	4	4	4	1	3	0	5	1	0	0	23	67	5.94	1.235	6.4	1.6	4.8	7.9	1.67
BOS (1 yr)				5	1	.833	4.23	44	0	8	0	0	1	38.1	27	22	18	5	30	1	51	6	0	5	171	100	4.96	1.487	6.3	1.2	7.0	12.0	1.70

AL (9 yrs)				16	18	.471	3.91	405	0	68	0	0	15	343.0	255	171	149	34	209	9	433	32	2	27	1501	113	4.04	1.353	6.7	0.9	5.5	11.4	2.07
NL (5 yrs)				9	12	.429	4.12	215	0	48	0	0	0	187.2	183	106	86	11	103	11	243	11	1	14	854	94	3.11	1.524	8.8	0.5	4.9	11.7	2.36

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jake Diekman?

Jake Diekman is 36 years old.

When was Jake Diekman born?

Jake Diekman was born on January 21, 1987.

Where was Jake Diekman born?

Jake Diekman was born in Wymore, NE.

How tall is Jake Diekman?

Jake Diekman is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much does Jake Diekman weigh?

Jake Diekman weighs 195 lbs (88 kg).

How many seasons has Jake Diekman played?

Jake Diekman is in his 12th season.

When was Jake Diekman drafted?

Jake Diekman was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cloud County Community College (Concordia, KS).

What position does Jake Diekman play?

Jake Diekman is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Jake Diekman have?

Jake Diekman has 16 strikeouts this season and 676 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Jake Diekman worth?

Jake Diekman makes $3,500,000.00 this year. His current contract terms are 2 yrs/$8M (22-23) & 24 team option.

How many teams has Jake Diekman played for?

Jake Diekman has played for 8 teams; the Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays.

What is Jake Diekman's Twitter account?

Jake Diekman is on Twitter at JakeDiekman.

What are Jake Diekman's nicknames?

Gut It Out is a nickname for Jake Diekman.

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