Rudy Seánez

Q: When was Rudy Seánez born?

Rudy Seánez was born on October 20, 1968.

Q: Where was Rudy Seánez born?

Rudy Seánez was born in Brawley, CA .

Q: How tall is Rudy Seánez?

Rudy Seánez is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Rudy Seánez weigh when playing?

Rudy Seánez weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Rudy Seánez play?

Rudy Seánez played 17 seasons.

Q: Is Rudy Seánez in the Hall of Fame?

Rudy Seánez has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Rudy Seánez drafted?

Rudy Seánez was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brawley Union HS (Brawley, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Rudy Seánez have?

Rudy Seánez had 574 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Rudy Seánez played for?

Rudy Seánez played for 9 teams; the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies.

Q: When did Rudy Seánez retire?

Rudy Seánez last played in 2008.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 20, 1968 in Brawley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brawley Union HS (Brawley, CA).

High School: Brawley Union HS (Brawley, CA)

Debut: September 7, 1989 (Age 20-322d, 15,700th in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2008 (Age 39-344d)
vs. WSN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Alan Nero, David Schwarz

Full Name: Rudy Caballero Seánez

Nicknames: Action Traction

Pronunciation: \see-AHN-yez\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.3

ERA

4.10

544

566.0

574

WHIP

1.413

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
1986	17	CLE-min	Rk	5	2	.714	3.20	13	12	1	1	1	0	76.0	59	37	27	5	32	0	56	3	0	6				1.197	7.0	0.6	3.8	6.6	1.75	BRL APPY
1987	18	CLE-min	A	0	4	.000	6.75	10	10	0	0	0	0	34.2	35	29	26	6	23	0	23	1	2	2				1.673	9.1	1.6	6.0	6.0	1.00	WLO MIDW
1988	19	CLE-min	A	6	6	.500	4.69	22	22	0	1	1	0	113.1	98	69	59	10	68	0	93	6	2	14				1.465	7.8	0.8	5.4	7.4	1.37	WLO MIDW
1989	20	CLE-min	A,AAA	8	10	.444	4.11	26	25	1	1	0	0	114.0	95	66	52	0	111	1	149	5	1	13				1.807	7.5	0.0	8.8	11.8	1.34	KIN,CSP CARL,PCL
1989	20	CLE	AL	0	0		3.60	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	1	2	2	0	4	1	7	0	1	1	20	119	2.36	1.000	1.8	0.0	7.2	12.6	1.75
1990	21	CLE-min	AA,AAA	2	4	.333	4.08	27	0	21	0	0	6	28.2	24	14	13	2	22	0	34	1	0	3				1.605	7.5	0.6	6.9	10.7	1.55	CAK,CSP EL,PCL
1990	21	CLE	AL	2	1	.667	5.60	24	0	12	0	0	0	27.1	22	17	17	2	25	1	24	1	0	5	127	71	4.86	1.720	7.2	0.7	8.2	7.9	0.96
1991	22	CLE-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	4.04	41	0	29	0	0	7	55.2	34	26	25	4	52	1	92	2	0	6	247			1.545	5.5	0.6	8.4	14.9	1.77	CAK,CSP EL,PCL
1991	22	CLE	AL	0	0		16.20	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	12	9	2	7	0	7	0	0	2	33	28	9.46	3.400	18.0	3.6	12.6	12.6	1.00
1992			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1993	24	SDP-COL-min	AAA,A+	0	3	.000	7.55	22	1	12	0	0	0	31.0	36	27	26	3	23	0	26	0	1	8	149			1.903	10.5	0.9	6.7	7.5	1.13	LVG,CNV,CSP PCL,CALL
1993	24	SDP	NL	0	0		13.50	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.1	8	6	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	34	8.09	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	2.7	0.50
1994	25	LAD-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.32	20	0	16	0	0	9	22.0	28	14	13	3	13	1	26	0	0	8	105			1.864	11.5	1.2	5.3	10.6	2.00	ABQ PCL
1994	25	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	2.66	17	0	6	0	0	0	23.2	24	7	7	2	9	1	18	1	0	3	104	150	3.98	1.394	9.1	0.8	3.4	6.8	2.00
1995	26	LAD-min	A+	2	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	23			0.833	3.0	0.0	4.5	7.5	1.67	SBR CALL
1995	26	LAD	NL	1	3	.250	6.75	37	0	12	0	0	3	34.2	39	27	26	5	18	3	29	1	0	0	159	56	4.95	1.644	10.1	1.3	4.7	7.5	1.61

1996	27	LAD-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.52	20	0	13	0	0	6	19.1	27	18	14	0	11	1	20	1	0	3	98			1.966	12.6	0.0	5.1	9.3	1.82	ABQ PCL
1997	28	KCR-NYM-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.97	37	3	8	0	0	0	60.1	65	50	40	14	36	0	63	2	0	2	289			1.674	9.7	2.1	5.4	9.4	1.75	OMA,NFK AA,IL
1998	29	ATL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.29	16	0	13	0	0	7	21.0	13	9	3	1	7	1	33	0	0	1	85			0.952	5.6	0.4	3.0	14.1	4.71	RMD IL
1998	29	ATL	NL	4	1	.800	2.75	34	0	8	0	0	2	36.0	25	13	11	2	16	0	50	1	0	2	148	153	2.50	1.139	6.3	0.5	4.0	12.5	3.13
1999	30	ATL	NL	6	1	.857	3.35	56	0	13	0	0	3	53.2	47	21	20	3	21	1	41	1	0	3	225	134	3.56	1.267	7.9	0.5	3.5	6.9	1.95
2000	31	ATL-min	AA	0	0		0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		GRV SOUL
2000	31	ATL	NL	2	4	.333	4.29	23	0	8	0	0	2	21.0	15	11	10	3	9	1	20	1	0	0	89	109	4.51	1.143	6.4	1.3	3.9	8.6	2.22
2001	32	SDP-min	A+	2	0	1.000	2.08	7	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	7	3	2	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	34			1.038	7.3	1.0	2.1	8.3	4.00	LEL CALL
2001	32	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	2.75	38	0	8	0	0	1	36.0	23	12	11	4	19	0	41	1	0	4	150	153	3.88	1.167	5.8	1.0	4.8	10.3	2.16
2001	32	SDP	NL	0	2	.000	2.63	26	0	8	0	0	1	24.0	15	8	7	3	15	0	24	1	0	1	102	154	4.67	1.250	5.6	1.1	5.6	9.0	1.60
2001	32	ATL	NL	0	0		3.00	12	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	17	0	0	3	48	153	2.30	1.000	6.0	0.8	3.0	12.8	4.25
2002	33	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	6.8		OKC PCL
2002	33	TEX	AL	1	3	.250	5.73	33	0	4	0	0	0	33.0	28	25	21	5	24	1	40	0	0	6	150	83	4.69	1.576	7.6	1.4	6.5	10.9	1.67
2003	34	BOS-CHC-TEX-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.74	35	0	17	0	0	5	38.0	35	28	20	6	24	3	44	0	1	4	175			1.553	8.3	1.4	5.7	10.4	1.83	PAW,IWA,OKC IL,PCL
2003	34	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	6.23	9	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	11	7	6	2	6	1	9	0	0	3	44	78	6.03	1.962	11.4	2.1	6.2	9.3	1.50
2004	35	KCR-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.57	24	0	11	0	0	3	34.1	19	8	6	3	12	0	41	2	0	3	136			0.903	5.0	0.8	3.1	10.7	3.42	OMA PCL
2004	35	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	3.33	39	0	15	0	0	0	46.0	39	17	17	3	19	3	46	0	0	4	193	135	3.14	1.261	7.6	0.6	3.7	9.0	2.42
2004	35	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	3.91	16	0	7	0	0	0	23.0	21	10	10	0	11	2	21	0	0	3	100	124	2.66	1.391	8.2	0.0	4.3	8.2	1.91
2004	35	FLA	NL	3	1	.750	2.74	23	0	8	0	0	0	23.0	18	7	7	3	8	1	25	0	0	1	93	152	3.61	1.130	7.0	1.2	3.1	9.8	3.13
2005	36	SDP-min	A+	0	1	.000	36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7			4.000	27.0	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	LEL CALL
2005	36	SDP	NL	7	1	.875	2.69	57	0	9	0	0	0	60.1	49	19	18	4	22	4	84	2	0	4	248	144	2.29	1.177	7.3	0.6	3.3	12.5	3.82
2006	37	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	4.92	49	0	22	0	0	0	53.0	58	32	29	8	32	4	54	1	0	7	249	96	4.94	1.698	9.8	1.4	5.4	9.2	1.69
2006	37	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	4.82	41	0	16	0	0	0	46.2	51	28	25	6	26	1	48	1	0	7	216	99	4.50	1.650	9.8	1.2	5.0	9.3	1.85
2006	37	SDP	NL	1	2	.333	5.68	8	0	6	0	0	0	6.1	7	4	4	2	6	3	6	0	0	0	33	75	8.20	2.053	9.9	2.8	8.5	8.5	1.00
2007	38	LAD	NL	6	3	.667	3.79	73	0	19	0	0	1	76.0	78	33	32	10	27	3	73	4	0	2	329	118	4.25	1.382	9.2	1.2	3.2	8.6	2.70
2008	39	PHI-min	A,AAA	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		LWD,LHV SALL,IL
2008	39	PHI	NL	5	4	.556	3.53	42	0	14	0	0	0	43.1	38	24	17	2	25	4	30	1	0	2	189	124	4.15	1.454	7.9	0.4	5.2	6.2	1.20
2009	40	LAA-min	AAA	0	0		4.00	9	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	7	0	0	0	39			1.333	8.0	2.0	4.0	7.0	1.75	SLK PCL
17 Yrs				41	30	.577	4.10	544	0	159	0	0	12	566.0	515	285	258	58	285	28	574	15	1	48	2477	106	3.98	1.413	8.2	0.9	4.5	9.1	2.01
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.577	4.10	68	0	20	0	0	2	71	64	36	32	7	36	4	72	2	0	6	310	106	3.98	1.413	8.2	0.9	4.5	9.1	2.01
				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
ATL (4 yrs)				12	6	.667	3.30	125	0	29	0	0	7	122.2	95	49	45	9	50	2	128	3	0	8	510	135	3.29	1.182	7.0	0.7	3.7	9.4	2.56
SDP (4 yrs)				8	5	.615	3.26	94	0	26	0	0	1	94.0	79	37	34	10	45	7	115	3	0	5	403	122	3.50	1.319	7.6	1.0	4.3	11.0	2.56
LAD (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	4.35	127	0	37	0	0	4	134.1	141	67	65	17	54	7	120	6	0	5	592	97	4.38	1.452	9.4	1.1	3.6	8.0	2.22
CLE (3 yrs)				2	1	.667	6.75	34	0	14	0	0	0	37.1	33	31	28	4	36	2	38	1	1	8	180	60	5.14	1.848	8.0	1.0	8.7	9.2	1.06
BOS (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.04	50	0	20	0	0	0	55.1	62	35	31	8	32	2	57	1	0	10	260	95	4.74	1.699	10.1	1.3	5.2	9.3	1.78
KCR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.91	16	0	7	0	0	0	23.0	21	10	10	0	11	2	21	0	0	3	100	124	2.66	1.391	8.2	0.0	4.3	8.2	1.91
PHI (1 yr)				5	4	.556	3.53	42	0	14	0	0	0	43.1	38	24	17	2	25	4	30	1	0	2	189	124	4.15	1.454	7.9	0.4	5.2	6.2	1.20
TEX (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.73	33	0	4	0	0	0	33.0	28	25	21	5	24	1	40	0	0	6	150	83	4.69	1.576	7.6	1.4	6.5	10.9	1.67
FLA (1 yr)				3	1	.750	2.74	23	0	8	0	0	0	23.0	18	7	7	3	8	1	25	0	0	1	93	152	3.61	1.130	7.0	1.2	3.1	9.8	3.13

NL (12 yrs)				36	23	.610	3.62	411	0	114	0	0	12	417.1	371	184	168	41	182	21	418	13	0	21	1787	117	3.80	1.325	8.0	0.9	3.9	9.0	2.30
AL (7 yrs)				5	7	.417	5.45	133	0	45	0	0	0	148.2	144	101	90	17	103	7	156	2	1	27	690	85	4.51	1.661	8.7	1.0	6.2	9.4	1.51

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Rudy Seánez?

Rudy Seánez is 55 years old.

When was Rudy Seánez born?

Rudy Seánez was born on October 20, 1968.

Where was Rudy Seánez born?

Rudy Seánez was born in Brawley, CA.

How tall is Rudy Seánez?

Rudy Seánez is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did Rudy Seánez weigh when playing?

Rudy Seánez weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Rudy Seánez play?

Rudy Seánez played 17 seasons.

Is Rudy Seánez in the Hall of Fame?

Rudy Seánez has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Rudy Seánez drafted?

Rudy Seánez was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brawley Union HS (Brawley, CA).

What position did Rudy Seánez play?

Rudy Seánez was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Rudy Seánez have?

Rudy Seánez had 574 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Rudy Seánez played for?

Rudy Seánez played for 9 teams; the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies.

When did Rudy Seánez retire?

Rudy Seánez last played in 2008.

What are Rudy Seánez's nicknames?

Action Traction is a nickname for Rudy Seánez.

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