Brett Tomko

Q: When was Brett Tomko born?

Brett Tomko was born on April 7, 1973.

Q: Where was Brett Tomko born?

Brett Tomko was born in Cleveland, OH .

Q: How tall is Brett Tomko?

Brett Tomko is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Brett Tomko weigh when playing?

Brett Tomko weighed 220 lbs (99 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Brett Tomko in the Hall of Fame?

Brett Tomko has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Brett Tomko drafted?

Brett Tomko was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Brett Tomko have?

Brett Tomko had 1,209 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Brett Tomko played for?

Brett Tomko played for 10 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers.

Q: When did Brett Tomko retire?

Brett Tomko last played in 2011.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: April 7, 1973 in Cleveland, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

High School: El Dorado HS (Placentia, CA)

Schools: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA), Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Debut: May 27, 1997 (Age 24-050d, 17,050th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 24, 2011 (Age 38-047d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Joe Longo

Full Name: Brett Daniel Tomko

Pronunciation: \TOM-koh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

100

103

ERA

4.65

397

266

1816.0

1209

WHIP

1.366

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
1995	22	CIN-min	A	4	2	.667	1.84	9	7	0	0	0	0	49.0	41	12	10	1	9	1	46	1	2	4	192			1.020	7.5	0.2	1.7	8.4	5.11	CHL SALL
1996	23	CIN-min	AA	11	7	.611	3.88	27	27	0	0	0	0	157.2	131	73	68	20	54	4	164	5	5	6	647			1.173	7.5	1.1	3.1	9.4	3.04	CNG SOUL
1997	24	CIN-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.95	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.0	53	21	20	7	9	0	60	1	0	0	239			1.016	7.8	1.0	1.3	8.9	6.67	INA AA
1997	24	CIN	NL	11	7	.611	3.43	22	19	1	0	0	0	126.0	106	50	48	14	47	4	95	4	0	5	519	126	4.26	1.214	7.6	1.0	3.4	6.8	2.02	RoY-7
1998	25	CIN	NL	13	12	.520	4.44	34	34	0	1	0	0	210.2	198	111	104	22	64	3	162	7	1	9	887	97	3.97	1.244	8.5	0.9	2.7	6.9	2.53
1999	26	CIN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	4.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	15	7	7	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	54			1.263	10.7	0.7	0.7	6.4	9.00	INA IL
1999	26	CIN	NL	5	7	.417	4.92	33	26	1	1	0	0	172.0	175	103	94	31	60	10	132	4	0	8	744	95	5.06	1.366	9.2	1.6	3.1	6.9	2.20
2000	27	SEA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	4	4	1	5	1	8	0	0	0	53			1.421	9.2	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.60	TAC PCL
2000	27	SEA	AL	7	5	.583	4.68	32	8	10	0	0	1	92.1	92	53	48	12	40	4	59	3	1	1	401	98	4.94	1.430	9.0	1.2	3.9	5.8	1.48
2001	28	SEA-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.04	19	18	0	3	2	0	127.0	124	64	57	12	25	1	117	3	0	2	528			1.173	8.8	0.9	1.8	8.3	4.68	TAC PCL
2001	28	SEA	AL	3	1	.750	5.19	11	4	1	0	0	0	34.2	42	24	20	9	15	2	22	0	0	1	164	80	6.45	1.644	10.9	2.3	3.9	5.7	1.47
2002	29	SDP	NL	10	10	.500	4.49	32	32	0	3	0	0	204.1	212	107	102	31	60	9	126	2	0	3	871	84	4.61	1.331	9.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	2.10
2003	30	STL	NL	13	9	.591	5.28	33	32	0	2	0	0	202.2	252	126	119	35	57	2	114	5	0	6	903	78	5.07	1.525	11.2	1.6	2.5	5.1	2.00
2004	31	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	22			1.200	7.2	1.8	3.6	7.2	2.00	FRE PCL
2004	31	SFG	NL	11	7	.611	4.04	32	31	1	2	1	0	194.0	196	98	87	19	64	3	108	0	0	10	825	108	4.20	1.340	9.1	0.9	3.0	5.0	1.69
2005	32	SFG	NL	8	15	.348	4.48	33	30	1	3	0	1	190.2	205	99	95	20	57	11	114	7	0	5	823	95	4.19	1.374	9.7	0.9	2.7	5.4	2.00
2006	33	LAD-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9			2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00	LVG PCL
2006	33	LAD	NL	8	7	.533	4.73	44	15	2	0	0	0	112.1	123	67	59	17	29	0	76	2	1	3	491	95	4.59	1.353	9.9	1.4	2.3	6.1	2.62
2007	34	TOT	NL	4	12	.250	5.55	40	19	9	0	0	0	131.1	149	89	81	18	48	1	105	2	0	5	588	79	4.56	1.500	10.2	1.2	3.3	7.2	2.19
2007	34	LAD	NL	2	11	.154	5.80	33	15	8	0	0	0	104.0	124	75	67	13	42	1	79	2	0	3	475	77	4.62	1.596	10.7	1.1	3.6	6.8	1.88
2007	34	SDP	NL	2	1	.667	4.61	7	4	1	0	0	0	27.1	25	14	14	5	6	0	26	0	0	2	113	88	4.37	1.134	8.2	1.6	2.0	8.6	4.33
2008	35	SDP-min	AAA,A+	0	0		7.50	6	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	5	5	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	25			1.167	6.0	1.5	4.5	10.5	2.33	POR,LEL PCL,CALL
2008	35	TOT	MLB	2	7	.222	6.30	22	10	3	0	0	0	70.0	83	51	49	11	18	2	49	0	0	4	307	68	4.55	1.443	10.7	1.4	2.3	6.3	2.72
2008	35	KCR	AL	2	7	.222	6.97	16	10	1	0	0	0	60.2	80	49	47	11	13	0	40	0	0	4	271	62	4.81	1.533	11.9	1.6	1.9	5.9	3.08
2008	35	SDP	NL	0	0		1.93	6	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	3	2	2	0	5	2	9	0	0	0	36	205	2.81	0.857	2.9	0.0	4.8	8.7	1.80
2009	36	NYY-OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.75	13	2	8	0	0	4	19.2	17	7	6	1	6	0	25	1	0	1	82			1.169	7.8	0.5	2.7	11.4	4.17	SWB,SAC IL,PCL
2009	36	TOT	AL	5	3	.625	3.77	21	6	7	1	1	0	57.1	50	24	24	12	13	0	33	1	0	2	227	120	5.40	1.099	7.8	1.9	2.0	5.2	2.54
2009	36	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	5.23	15	0	7	0	0	0	20.2	19	12	12	5	7	0	11	0	0	1	85	89	6.19	1.258	8.3	2.2	3.0	4.8	1.57
2009	36	OAK	AL	4	1	.800	2.95	6	6	0	1	1	0	36.2	31	12	12	7	6	0	22	1	0	1	142	150	4.95	1.009	7.6	1.7	1.5	5.4	3.67

2010	37	OAK-min	AAA,A+,Rk	2	3	.400	7.18	14	14	0	0	0	0	62.2	92	52	50	17	16	1	50	4	1	4	293			1.723	13.2	2.4	2.3	7.2	3.13	SAC,STK,ATH PCL,CALL,ARIZ
2011	38	TEX-min	AAA	9	6	.600	6.15	21	18	0	0	0	0	108.1	130	81	74	21	42	0	82	13	0	7	505			1.588	10.8	1.7	3.5	6.8	1.95	RRK PCL
2011	38	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	4.58	8	0	3	0	0	0	17.2	15	9	9	4	10	1	14	0	0	1	74	98	6.08	1.415	7.6	2.0	5.1	7.1	1.40
2012	39	ARI-CIN-min	AA,AAA,Rk	2	7	.222	4.50	17	17	0	0	0	0	88.0	98	45	44	7	40	1	60	2	0	5	390			1.568	10.0	0.7	4.1	6.1	1.50	LOU,MOB,REN,RDL IL,SOUL,PCL,ARIZ
2014	41	KCR-COL-min	AAA	6	6	.500	4.74	19	18	0	0	0	0	87.1	104	49	46	11	28	0	60	4	0	8	387			1.511	10.7	1.1	2.9	6.2	2.14	OMA,CSP PCL
14 Yrs				100	103	.493	4.65	397	266	39	13	2	2	1816.0	1898	1011	939	255	582	52	1209	37	3	63	7824	92	4.60	1.366	9.4	1.3	2.9	6.0	2.08
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.493	4.65	41	27	4	1	0	0	186	195	104	96	26	60	5	124	4	0	6	802	92	4.60	1.366	9.4	1.3	2.9	6.0	2.08
				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
SDP (3 yrs)				12	11	.522	4.41	45	36	3	3	0	0	241.0	240	123	118	36	71	11	161	2	0	5	1020	86	4.51	1.290	9.0	1.3	2.7	6.0	2.27
CIN (3 yrs)				29	26	.527	4.35	89	79	2	2	0	0	508.2	479	264	246	67	171	17	389	15	1	22	2150	102	4.41	1.278	8.5	1.2	3.0	6.9	2.27
SFG (2 yrs)				19	22	.463	4.26	65	61	2	5	1	1	384.2	401	197	182	39	121	14	222	7	0	15	1648	102	4.20	1.357	9.4	0.9	2.8	5.2	1.83
LAD (2 yrs)				10	18	.357	5.24	77	30	10	0	0	0	216.1	247	142	126	30	71	1	155	4	1	6	966	85	4.60	1.470	10.3	1.2	3.0	6.4	2.18
SEA (2 yrs)				10	6	.625	4.82	43	12	11	0	0	1	127.0	134	77	68	21	55	6	81	3	1	2	565	93	5.35	1.488	9.5	1.5	3.9	5.7	1.47
KCR (1 yr)				2	7	.222	6.97	16	10	1	0	0	0	60.2	80	49	47	11	13	0	40	0	0	4	271	62	4.81	1.533	11.9	1.6	1.9	5.9	3.08
STL (1 yr)				13	9	.591	5.28	33	32	0	2	0	0	202.2	252	126	119	35	57	2	114	5	0	6	903	78	5.07	1.525	11.2	1.6	2.5	5.1	2.00
OAK (1 yr)				4	1	.800	2.95	6	6	0	1	1	0	36.2	31	12	12	7	6	0	22	1	0	1	142	150	4.95	1.009	7.6	1.7	1.5	5.4	3.67
TEX (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.58	8	0	3	0	0	0	17.2	15	9	9	4	10	1	14	0	0	1	74	98	6.08	1.415	7.6	2.0	5.1	7.1	1.40
NYY (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.23	15	0	7	0	0	0	20.2	19	12	12	5	7	0	11	0	0	1	85	89	6.19	1.258	8.3	2.2	3.0	4.8	1.57

NL (10 yrs)				83	86	.491	4.58	309	238	17	12	1	1	1553.1	1619	852	791	207	491	45	1041	33	2	54	6687	93	4.49	1.358	9.4	1.2	2.8	6.0	2.12
AL (5 yrs)				17	17	.500	5.07	88	28	22	1	1	1	262.2	279	159	148	48	91	7	168	4	1	9	1137	88	5.29	1.409	9.6	1.6	3.1	5.8	1.85

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Brett Tomko?

Brett Tomko is 49 years old.

When was Brett Tomko born?

Brett Tomko was born on April 7, 1973.

Where was Brett Tomko born?

Brett Tomko was born in Cleveland, OH.

How tall is Brett Tomko?

Brett Tomko is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Brett Tomko weigh when playing?

Brett Tomko weighed 220 lbs (99 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Brett Tomko play?

Brett Tomko played 14 seasons.

Is Brett Tomko in the Hall of Fame?

Brett Tomko has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Brett Tomko drafted?

Brett Tomko was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

What position did Brett Tomko play?

Brett Tomko was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Brett Tomko have?

Brett Tomko had 1,209 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Brett Tomko played for?

Brett Tomko played for 10 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers.

When did Brett Tomko retire?

Brett Tomko last played in 2011.

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