Jay Witasick

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: August 28, 1972 in Baltimore, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 63rd round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

High School: Wright HS (Bel Air, MD)

Schools: Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: July 7, 1996 (Age 23-314d, 16,920th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2007 (Age 35-029d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Jeff Borris

Full Name: Gerald Alphonse Witasick

Pronunciation: \wi-TASS-ick\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

ERA

4.64

405

731.1

645

WHIP

1.557

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
1993	20	STL-min	Rk,A	5	3	.625	4.15	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.2	72	45	34	8	21	0	82	0	1	5	315			1.262	8.8	1.0	2.6	10.0	3.90	JOH,SAV APPY,SALL
1994	21	STL-min	A	10	4	.714	2.32	18	18	0	2	0	0	112.1	74	36	29	5	42	0	141	2	0	5	443			1.033	5.9	0.4	3.4	11.3	3.36	MAD MIDW
1995	22	STL-min	A+,AA	9	11	.450	3.76	25	25	0	1	1	0	139.0	126	68	58	8	52	2	135	0	1	7	586			1.281	8.2	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.60	SPT,ARK FLOR,TL
1996	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	0	3	.000	2.51	31	6	17	0	0	6	75.1	56	25	21	4	32	2	72	4	2	4	313			1.168	6.7	0.5	3.8	8.6	2.25	HVL,EDM SOUL,PCL
1996	23	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	6.23	12	0	6	0	0	0	13.0	12	9	9	5	5	0	12	0	0	2	55	84	7.48	1.308	8.3	3.5	3.5	8.3	2.40
1997	24	OAK-min	AAA,A+	3	3	.500	4.23	22	3	5	0	0	1	44.2	41	22	21	4	20	3	46	1	0	3	196			1.366	8.3	0.8	4.0	9.3	2.30	EDM,MOD PCL,CALL
1997	24	OAK	AL	0	0		5.73	8	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	7	2	6	0	8	0	0	0	53	80	5.65	1.818	11.5	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.33
1998	25	OAK-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.87	27	26	1	2	1	0	149.0	126	74	64	19	49	0	155	7	1	5	621			1.174	7.6	1.1	3.0	9.4	3.16	EDM PCL
1998	25	OAK	AL	1	3	.250	6.33	7	3	1	0	0	0	27.0	36	24	19	9	15	1	29	0	0	2	131	72	6.99	1.889	12.0	3.0	5.0	9.7	1.93
1999	26	KCR	AL	9	12	.429	5.57	32	28	2	1	1	0	158.1	191	108	98	23	83	1	102	8	2	5	732	89	5.46	1.731	10.9	1.3	4.7	5.8	1.23
2000	27	TOT	MLB	6	10	.375	5.82	33	25	2	2	0	0	150.0	178	107	97	24	73	5	121	7	1	5	697	82	5.20	1.673	10.7	1.4	4.4	7.3	1.66
2000	27	KCR	AL	3	8	.273	5.94	22	14	2	2	0	0	89.1	109	65	59	15	38	0	67	4	0	3	410	86	5.23	1.646	11.0	1.5	3.8	6.8	1.76
2000	27	SDP	NL	3	2	.600	5.64	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.2	69	42	38	9	35	5	54	3	1	2	287	76	5.16	1.714	10.2	1.3	5.2	8.0	1.54
2001	28	TOT	MLB	8	2	.800	3.30	63	0	17	0	0	1	79.0	78	41	29	8	33	4	106	6	0	4	352	129	3.16	1.405	8.9	0.9	3.8	12.1	3.21
2001	28	SDP	NL	5	2	.714	1.86	31	0	9	0	0	1	38.2	31	14	8	3	15	3	53	4	0	3	164	215	2.79	1.190	7.2	0.7	3.5	12.3	3.53
2001	28	NYY	AL	3	0	1.000	4.69	32	0	8	0	0	0	40.1	47	27	21	5	18	1	53	2	0	1	188	96	3.52	1.612	10.5	1.1	4.0	11.8	2.94
2002	29	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8			1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	FRE PCL
2002	29	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	2.37	44	0	9	0	0	0	68.1	58	19	18	3	21	3	54	4	0	3	276	164	3.05	1.156	7.6	0.4	2.8	7.1	2.57
2003	30	SDP-min	AAA,A+	0	0		4.22	9	0	3	0	0	1	10.2	10	6	5	0	1	0	15	0	0	1	44			1.031	8.4	0.0	0.8	12.7	15.00	POR,LEL PCL,CALL
2003	30	SDP	NL	3	7	.300	4.53	46	0	14	0	0	2	45.2	42	24	23	6	25	4	42	1	0	5	202	88	4.61	1.467	8.3	1.2	4.9	8.3	1.68
2004	31	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	3.21	44	0	20	0	0	1	61.2	57	28	22	8	26	2	57	1	0	4	266	122	4.20	1.346	8.3	1.2	3.8	8.3	2.19
2005	32	COL-min	AAA	0	0		3.60	8	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	4	0	5	0	14	0	0	2	43			1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	12.6	2.80	CSP PCL
2005	32	TOT	MLB	1	5	.167	2.84	60	0	11	0	0	1	63.1	53	26	20	4	29	5	73	6	0	5	277	163	3.19	1.295	7.5	0.6	4.1	10.4	2.52
2005	32	COL	NL	0	4	.000	2.52	32	0	7	0	0	0	35.2	27	11	10	2	12	3	40	3	0	2	148	191	2.77	1.093	6.8	0.5	3.0	10.1	3.33
2005	32	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	3.25	28	0	4	0	0	1	27.2	26	15	10	2	17	2	33	3	0	3	129	136	3.74	1.554	8.5	0.7	5.5	10.7	1.94
2006	33	OAK-min	AAA,A+	1	0	1.000	3.79	15	3	2	0	0	0	19.0	14	9	8	2	5	0	12	2	0	1	77			1.000	6.6	0.9	2.4	5.7	2.40	SAC,STK PCL,CALL
2006	33	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	6.75	20	0	8	0	0	0	22.2	25	17	17	3	21	2	23	1	0	1	111	67	5.75	2.029	9.9	1.2	8.3	9.1	1.10
2007	34	TBD-min	AAA,A+	1	0	1.000	0.00	8	2	3	0	0	1	9.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	3	35			0.643	2.9	0.0	2.9	8.7	3.00	DHM,VRO IL,FLOR
2007	34	TOT	AL	1	0	1.000	5.17	36	0	10	0	0	0	31.1	31	19	18	2	27	2	18	1	0	4	146	87	5.60	1.851	8.9	0.6	7.8	5.2	0.67
2007	34	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	3.60	16	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	14	6	6	1	9	1	10	1	0	2	65	121	4.77	1.533	8.4	0.6	5.4	6.0	1.11
2007	34	TBD	AL	0	0		6.61	20	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	17	13	12	1	18	1	8	0	0	2	81	70	6.36	2.143	9.4	0.6	9.9	4.4	0.44
12 Yrs				32	41	.438	4.64	405	56	101	3	1	5	731.1	775	429	377	97	364	29	645	35	3	40	3298	97	4.69	1.557	9.5	1.2	4.5	7.9	1.77
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.438	4.64	60	8	15	0	0	1	108	114	63	56	14	54	4	95	5	0	6	486	97	4.69	1.557	9.5	1.2	4.5	7.9	1.77
				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 (6 yrs)				5	5	.500	5.26	91	3	25	0	0	1	116.1	127	78	68	22	73	6	115	5	0	10	544	87	5.62	1.719	9.8	1.7	5.6	8.9	1.58
SDP (4 yrs)				11	12	.478	3.96	132	11	43	0	0	4	206.2	199	108	91	26	101	14	206	9	1	14	919	102	4.31	1.452	8.7	1.1	4.4	9.0	2.04
KCR (2 yrs)				12	20	.375	5.71	54	42	4	3	1	0	247.2	300	173	157	38	121	1	169	12	2	8	1142	88	5.37	1.700	10.9	1.4	4.4	6.1	1.40
TBD (1 yr)				0	0		6.61	20	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	17	13	12	1	18	1	8	0	0	2	81	70	6.36	2.143	9.4	0.6	9.9	4.4	0.44
COL (1 yr)				0	4	.000	2.52	32	0	7	0	0	0	35.2	27	11	10	2	12	3	40	3	0	2	148	191	2.77	1.093	6.8	0.5	3.0	10.1	3.33
SFG (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.37	44	0	9	0	0	0	68.1	58	19	18	3	21	3	54	4	0	3	276	164	3.05	1.156	7.6	0.4	2.8	7.1	2.57
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	1.000	4.69	32	0	8	0	0	0	40.1	47	27	21	5	18	1	53	2	0	1	188	96	3.52	1.612	10.5	1.1	4.0	11.8	2.94

AL (9 yrs)				20	25	.444	5.52	197	45	42	3	1	1	420.2	491	291	258	66	230	9	345	19	2	21	1955	87	5.30	1.714	10.5	1.4	4.9	7.4	1.50
NL (6 yrs)				12	16	.429	3.45	208	11	59	0	0	4	310.2	284	138	119	31	134	20	300	16	1	19	1343	119	3.85	1.345	8.2	0.9	3.9	8.7	2.24

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