Jesse Jefferson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 188lb (190cm, 85kg)

Born: March 3, 1949 in Midlothian, VA us

Died: September 8, 2011 in Midlothian, VA

Buried: First Baptist Church Cemetery, Midlothian, VA

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Carver HS (Midlothian, VA).

High School: Carver HS (Midlothian, VA)

Debut: June 23, 1973 (Age 24-112d, 13,375th in major league history)
vs. BOS 10.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1981 (Age 32-211d)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Jesse Harrison Jefferson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

4.81

237

144

1085.2

522

WHIP

1.539

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
1968	19	BAL-min	Rk	3	7	.300	5.09	16	12		3	0		69.0	64	65	39	5	66	4	99	3	2	10				1.884	8.3	0.7	8.6	12.9	1.50	BLD APPY
1969	20	BAL-min	Rk,WRk,A	0	9	.000	5.61	20	11		0	0	0	69.0	45	54	43	3	84	0	85	3	0	14				1.870	5.9	0.4	11.0	11.1	1.01	BLD,ORI,MIA APPY,FLIN,FLOR
1970	21	BAL-min	A	8	16	.333	3.67	26	26		9	3	0	157.0	129	89	64	6	123	0	177	8	1	18				1.605	7.4	0.3	7.1	10.1	1.44	STK CALL
1971	22	BAL-min	AA	12	11	.522	3.45	27	27		7	2	0	172.0	144	84	66	4	109	4	150	5	1	10				1.471	7.5	0.2	5.7	7.8	1.38	DFW DIXA
1972	23	BAL-min	AAA,AA	11	7	.611	2.79	28	28		7	2	0	174.0	149	72	54	9	101	1	121	3	0	15				1.437	7.7	0.5	5.2	6.3	1.20	ROC,AVL IL,SOUL
1973	24	BAL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.41	10	10		4	0	0	66.0	52	29	25	2	53	1	39	0	1	0				1.591	7.1	0.3	7.2	5.3	0.74	ROC IL
1973	24	BAL	AL	6	5	.545	4.11	18	15	2	3	0	0	100.2	104	53	46	15	46	1	52	0	0	8	439	91	4.84	1.490	9.3	1.3	4.1	4.6	1.13
1974	25	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	4.40	20	2	7	0	0	0	57.1	55	30	28	2	38	2	31	0	0	2	253	79	3.94	1.622	8.6	0.3	6.0	4.9	0.82
1975	26	TOT	AL	5	11	.313	4.92	26	21	4	1	0	0	115.1	105	72	63	11	102	3	71	2	2	5	538	79	5.30	1.795	8.2	0.9	8.0	5.5	0.70
1975	26	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	2.35	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	5	3	2	0	8	2	4	0	0	0	33	159	4.67	1.696	5.9	0.0	9.4	4.7	0.50
1975	26	CHW	AL	5	9	.357	5.10	22	21	1	1	0	0	107.2	100	69	61	11	94	1	67	2	2	5	505	77	5.35	1.802	8.4	0.9	7.9	5.6	0.71
1976	27	CHW	AL	2	5	.286	8.52	19	9	5	0	0	0	62.1	86	62	59	4	42	0	30	2	1	4	307	42	4.62	2.053	12.4	0.6	6.1	4.3	0.71
1977	28	TOR	AL	9	17	.346	4.31	33	33	0	8	0	0	217.0	224	123	104	23	83	4	114	1	1	3	938	97	4.23	1.415	9.3	1.0	3.4	4.7	1.37
1978	29	TOR	AL	7	16	.304	4.38	31	30	1	9	2	0	211.2	214	109	103	28	86	5	97	3	1	4	907	89	4.65	1.417	9.1	1.2	3.7	4.1	1.13
1979	30	TOR	AL	2	10	.167	5.51	34	10	12	2	0	1	116.0	150	75	71	19	45	2	43	2	0	2	513	79	5.34	1.681	11.6	1.5	3.5	3.3	0.96
1980	31	TOT	MLB	5	13	.278	5.26	30	19	4	2	2	0	128.1	133	79	75	12	54	2	57	2	2	1	558	82	4.39	1.457	9.3	0.8	3.8	4.0	1.06
1980	31	TOR	AL	4	13	.235	5.47	29	18	4	2	2	0	121.2	130	78	74	12	52	2	53	2	2	0	535	79	4.49	1.496	9.6	0.9	3.8	3.9	1.02
1980	31	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	290	2.45	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
1981	32	CAL	AL	2	4	.333	3.62	26	5	5	0	0	0	77.0	80	39	31	4	24	4	27	2	3	4	333	101	3.59	1.351	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.13
1983	34	CAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.40	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	19	8	8	3	3	0	4	0	1	0				1.650	12.8	2.0	2.0	2.7	1.33	EDM PCL
9 Yrs				39	81	.325	4.81	237	144	40	25	4	1	1085.2	1151	642	580	118	520	23	522	14	10	33	4786	83	4.58	1.539	9.5	1.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
162 Game Avg.				7	14	.325	4.81	42	26	7	4	1	0	194	205	115	104	21	93	4	93	2	2	6	854	83	4.58	1.539	9.5	1.0	4.3	4.3	1.00

TOR (4 yrs)				22	56	.282	4.75	127	91	17	21	4	1	666.1	718	385	352	82	266	13	307	8	4	9	2893	87	4.60	1.477	9.7	1.1	3.6	4.1	1.15
BAL (3 yrs)				7	7	.500	4.13	42	17	12	3	0	0	165.2	164	86	76	17	92	5	87	0	0	10	725	88	4.52	1.545	8.9	0.9	5.0	4.7	0.95
CHW (2 yrs)				7	14	.333	6.35	41	30	6	1	0	0	170.0	186	131	120	15	136	1	97	4	3	9	812	60	5.08	1.894	9.8	0.8	7.2	5.1	0.71
PIT (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	290	2.45	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
CAL (1 yr)				2	4	.333	3.62	26	5	5	0	0	0	77.0	80	39	31	4	24	4	27	2	3	4	333	101	3.59	1.351	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.13

AL (9 yrs)				38	81	.319	4.83	236	143	40	25	4	1	1079.0	1148	641	579	118	518	23	518	14	10	32	4763	82	4.59	1.544	9.6	1.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	290	2.45	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00

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