Jeremy Affeldt

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2015)

W–L 43–46
ERA 3.97
WHIP 1.40
SO 720
Pitcher PIV 5555.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'4" / 225 lb
Born
6/6/1979 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
MLB Debut
2002-04-06
Last Game
2015-10-04

Full name: Jeremy David Affeldt

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
43 46 774 42 0 0 28 926.0 904 408 76 396 720 3.97 5555.9

Career ERA 3.97 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 5.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2002 KCA AL 3 4 34 7 0 0 0 77.7 85 40 37 67 4.64 4.28 (-8%) 310.1
2003 KCA AL 7 6 36 18 0 0 4 126.0 126 55 38 98 3.93 4.40 (+11%) 2138.8
2004 KCA AL 3 4 38 8 0 0 13 76.3 91 42 32 49 4.95 4.46 (-11%) 585.1
2005 KCA AL 0 2 49 0 0 0 0 49.7 56 29 29 39 5.26 4.29 (-22%) 381.9
2006 KCA AL 4 6 27 9 0 0 0 70.0 71 46 42 28 5.91 4.53 (-31%) -2334.8
2006 COL NL 4 2 27 0 0 0 1 27.3 31 21 13 20 6.91 4.53 (-53%) -406.9
2007 COL NL 4 3 75 0 0 0 0 59.0 47 23 33 46 3.51 4.47 (+22%) 449.8
2008 CIN NL 1 1 74 0 0 0 0 78.3 78 29 25 80 3.33 4.32 (+23%) 1330.0
2009 SFN NL 2 2 74 0 0 0 0 62.3 42 12 31 55 1.73 4.32 (+60%) 1148.0
2010 SFN NL 4 3 53 0 0 0 4 50.0 56 23 24 44 4.14 4.08 (-1%) 127.2
2011 SFN NL 3 2 67 0 0 0 3 61.7 47 18 24 54 2.63 3.94 (+33%) 393.7
2012 SFN NL 1 2 67 0 0 0 3 63.3 57 19 23 57 2.70 4.01 (+33%) 2058.0
2013 SFN NL 1 5 39 0 0 0 0 33.7 27 14 17 21 3.74 3.87 (+3%) -486.8
2014 SFN NL 4 2 62 0 0 0 0 55.3 47 14 14 41 2.28 3.74 (+39%) 1230.5
2015 SFN NL 2 2 52 0 0 0 0 35.3 43 23 14 21 5.86 3.96 (-48%) -1368.7
Career · 15 seasons 43 46 774 42 0 0 28 926.0 904 408 396 720 3.97 — 5,556

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
774 17 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 .176 .263 .176 .440 0

Career AVG .176 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 32.2% below league average.

Career OBP .263 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 19.6% below league average.

Career SLG .176 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 57.2% below league average.

Career OPS .440 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 40.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2002 KCA AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 KCA AL 36 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2004 KCA AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 KCA AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 KCA AL 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 COL NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 COL NL 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 CIN NL 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 SFN NL 74 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2010 SFN NL 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 SFN NL 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 SFN NL 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 SFN NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 SFN NL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 SFN NL 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 774 17 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 .176 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2014 NLCS SFN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 NLDS1 SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 WS SFN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLCS SFN 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLDS2 SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 WS SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLCS SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 WS SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 NLCS COL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 NLDS2 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 WS COL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 0 33 0 0 31.3 14 3 8 20 0.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2014 NLCS SFN 1 0 4 0 0 4.7 1 0 2 1 0.00
2014 NLDS1 SFN 0 0 3 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 0.00
2014 WS SFN 1 0 4 0 0 5.3 3 0 0 0 0.00
2012 NLCS SFN 0 0 5 0 0 4.7 2 0 1 4 0.00
2012 NLDS2 SFN 0 0 3 0 0 3.7 3 0 1 2 0.00
2012 WS SFN 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 1 4 0.00
2010 NLCS SFN 0 0 3 0 0 2.7 0 1 1 4 3.38
2010 WS SFN 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 1 1 1 0 6.75
2007 NLCS COL 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.00
2007 NLDS2 COL 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 9.00
2007 WS COL 0 0 4 0 0 3.0 2 0 1 2 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home39240000.000
Away381130302.231

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home392453.04461991953683.95
Away381472.24582092013523.98

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2015-10-04 SFGCOL — 0.2000000
2015-10-01 SFGLAD — 0.2100010
2015-09-29 SFGLAD — 0.0333000
2015-09-25 SFGOAK — 0.2211000
2015-09-23 SFGSDP — 0.1000000
2015-09-18 SFGAZ — 0.1000000
2015-09-15 SFGCIN — 1.0100000
2015-09-09 SFGAZ — 0.1000000
2015-08-23 SFGPIT — 1.0111011
2015-08-17 SFGSTL — 0.1000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 774 42 45 184 13 13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2002 KCA P 34 7 4 14 2 1
2003 KCA P 36 18 4 19 1 2
2004 KCA P 38 8 3 12 2 2
2005 KCA P 49 0 1 6 1 0
2006 KCA P 27 9 0 6 1 0
2006 COL P 27 0 1 7 0 1
2007 COL P 75 0 2 12 0 0
2008 CIN P 74 0 7 22 1 2
2009 SFN P 74 0 4 12 1 2
2010 SFN P 53 0 3 15 3 0
2011 SFN P 67 0 7 11 0 0
2012 SFN P 67 0 5 13 1 1
2013 SFN P 39 0 1 9 0 0
2014 SFN P 62 0 0 20 0 2
2015 SFN P 52 0 3 6 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 774

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2009 This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2015 SFN NL $6,000,000
2014 SFN NL $6,000,000
2013 SFN NL $6,000,000
2012 SFN NL $5,000,000
2011 SFN NL $4,500,000
2010 SFN NL $4,000,000
2009 SFN NL $3,500,000
2008 CIN NL $3,000,000
2007 COL NL $1,250,000
2006 KCA AL $1,000,000
2005 KCA AL $950,000
2004 KCA AL $350,000
2003 KCA AL $313,000
2002 KCA AL $200,000
Total Career Earnings $42,063,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2009 Most Valuable Player NL 28th 1.0 448 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Jeremy Affeldt (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Mark Guthrie
    51-54, 4.05 ERA
  2. 87
    Hector Carrasco
    44-50, 4.00 ERA
  3. 73
    Tim Worrell
    48-59, 3.97 ERA
  4. 67
    Bryan Shaw
    43-46, 3.96 ERA
  5. 65
    Terry Adams
    51-62, 4.17 ERA
  6. 61
    Doug Brocail
    52-48, 4.00 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Jeremy Affeldt

What years did Jeremy Affeldt play?
Jeremy Affeldt played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2015.
Was Jeremy Affeldt a pitcher?
Yes. Jeremy Affeldt pitched in the major leagues, recording 43 wins and 720 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jeremy Affeldt hit?
Jeremy Affeldt hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.