1983
Born August 21, 1983
Victorville, CA, USA
Jesse Chavez Marquee
b. August 21, 1983 · Pittsburgh Pirates 2008–2009, Atlanta Braves 2010, 2021–2025, Kansas City Royals 2010–2011, Toronto Blue Jays 2012, 2016, Oakland Athletics 2012–2015, Los Angeles Dodgers 2016, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2017, 2022, Texas Rangers 2018–2020, Chicago Cubs 2018, 2022
He worked 85 games in relief for Oakland in 2013, then started 30 games there the next year, then went back to the bullpen for six more clubs across the rest of his career. Managers used him wherever the roster had a hole, which is a hard way to make an eighteen-year career and exactly what he did.
Eighteen seasons gave him 51 wins against 66, a 4.27 earned run average, 1,142 innings, 85 starts and 9 saves across 657 appearances. He struck out 73 batters in 2009 as a rookie reliever for Pittsburgh and was still pitching effectively in relief two decades later.
He is from Long Beach, California, and pitched for Texas as recently as 2020. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PIT | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | PIT | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2010 | ATL/KCR | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2011 | KCR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | OAK/TOR | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2013 | OAK | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2014 | OAK | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2015 | OAK | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| 2016 | LAD/TOR | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | LAA | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 |
| 2018 | CHC/TEX | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2019 | TEX | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| 2020 | TEX | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | ATL | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2022 | ATL/CHC/LAA | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | ATL | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | ATL | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | ATL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 657 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .091 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PIT | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 6.60 |
| 2009 | PIT | 1 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 67.1 | 69 | 30 | 22 | 47 | 4.01 |
| 2010 | ATL/KCR | 5 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | 69 | 41 | 23 | 45 | 5.89 |
| 2011 | KCR | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10.57 |
| 2012 | OAK/TOR | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 24.2 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 30 | 9.85 |
| 2013 | OAK | 2 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 57.1 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 55 | 3.92 |
| 2014 | OAK | 8 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 146.0 | 142 | 56 | 49 | 136 | 3.45 |
| 2015 | OAK | 7 | 15 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 157.0 | 164 | 73 | 48 | 136 | 4.18 |
| 2016 | LAD/TOR | 2 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 71 | 33 | 18 | 63 | 4.43 |
| 2017 | LAA | 7 | 11 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 138.0 | 148 | 82 | 45 | 119 | 5.35 |
| 2018 | CHC/TEX | 5 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 95.1 | 84 | 27 | 17 | 92 | 2.55 |
| 2019 | TEX | 3 | 5 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 78.0 | 82 | 42 | 22 | 72 | 4.85 |
| 2020 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6.88 |
| 2021 | ATL | 3 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 33.2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 2.14 |
| 2022 | ATL/CHC/LAA | 4 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 69.1 | 71 | 29 | 20 | 74 | 3.76 |
| 2023 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 34.2 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 1.56 |
| 2024 | ATL | 2 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 63.1 | 60 | 22 | 19 | 55 | 3.13 |
| 2025 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9.00 |
| Career | — | 51 | 66 | 657 | 85 | 9 | 1142.0 | 1159 | 542 | 363 | 1044 | 4.27 |
On this day & linked events
2008
Major-league debut: Jesse Chavez
Jesse Chavez made a major-league debut on August 27, 2008.
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