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b. January 5, 1963 · Montreal Expos 1991–1996, Seattle Mariners 1997–1999, Texas Rangers 1999, Boston Red Sox 2000, Chicago Cubs 2001–2002, St. Louis Cardinals 2002–2003, Colorado Rockies 2004, Arizona Diamondbacks 2004, San Francisco Giants 2005–2006

St. Louis drafted him in 1984 and released him in 1990. Montreal signed him, and he was a twenty-eight-year-old rookie relief pitcher in 1991. He became a starter at thirty and went 15-11 with a 3.30 earned run average and 222 strikeouts in 1996.

Sixteen seasons gave him 121 wins against 124, a 4.11 earned run average, 2,033 innings and 1,643 strikeouts across nine clubs. Seattle traded four players for him after that 1996 season and got 16 wins in 1997 for the club that won the division.

He went back to the bullpen in his late thirties and pitched until he was forty-three. No Hall of Fame ballot has ever listed him.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Pitcher of the Month	2	1996, 1997

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1991	MON	51	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
1992	MON	70	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	.143
1993	MON	56	32	3	2	1	0	0	1	23	0	.063
1994	MON	21	44	1	3	0	1	0	2	27	0	.068
1995	MON	30	57	6	4	0	0	1	5	29	0	.070
1996	MON	34	64	5	6	0	0	4	8	32	1	.094
1997	SEA	35	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200
1998	SEA	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
1999	SEA/TEX	37	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	.000
2000	BOS	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
2001	CHC	82	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
2002	CHC/STL	73	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
2003	STL	62	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.000
2004	ARI/COL	41	21	3	4	0	0	1	1	9	0	.190
2005	SFG	48	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	.000
2006	SFG	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Career	—	720	276	21	23	2	1	6	18	151	1	.083

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1991	MON	2	5	51	0	8	55.1	39	15	17	42	2.44
1992	MON	8	7	70	0	1	85.2	81	27	34	63	2.84
1993	MON	12	5	56	15	1	149.2	119	38	54	140	2.29
1994	MON	8	6	21	21	0	138.2	119	46	40	119	2.99
1995	MON	13	14	30	30	0	189.0	207	91	74	164	4.33
1996	MON	15	11	34	34	0	231.2	217	85	55	222	3.30
1997	SEA	16	9	35	35	0	234.1	226	94	84	189	3.61
1998	SEA	13	12	32	32	0	224.2	223	99	66	176	3.97
1999	SEA/TEX	5	14	37	27	0	156.1	208	125	83	114	7.20
2000	BOS	8	8	38	23	0	130.0	153	69	50	97	4.78
2001	CHC	4	4	82	0	12	73.2	66	28	23	79	3.42
2002	CHC/STL	8	6	73	0	0	69.0	81	41	27	56	5.35
2003	STL	1	7	62	6	3	77.2	93	49	34	55	5.68
2004	ARI/COL	3	8	41	12	0	112.0	136	68	44	60	5.46
2005	SFG	4	7	48	6	0	91.0	92	41	31	60	4.05
2006	SFG	1	1	10	1	0	15.0	23	13	8	7	7.80
Career	—	121	124	720	242	25	2033.2	2083	929	724	1643	4.11

On this day & linked events

1963

Born January 5, 1963

Springfield, IL, USA

1991

Major-league debut: Jeff Fassero

Jeff Fassero made a major-league debut on May 4, 1991.

2006

Final major-league game: Jeff Fassero

Jeff Fassero played a final major-league game on May 7, 2006.

Image: Joel Dinda, CC BY 2.0