What years did Jesse Chavez play?

Jesse Chavez played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2025.

Was Jesse Chavez a pitcher?

Yes. Jesse Chavez pitched in the major leagues, recording 51 wins and 1044 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jesse Chavez hit?

Jesse Chavez hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Jesse Chavez's career batting average?

Jesse Chavez batted .091 over his career, with 2 hits in 22 at bats.

What was Jesse Chavez's career ERA?

Jesse Chavez finished with a 4.27 career ERA, going 51-66 with 1,044 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jesse Chavez have?

Jesse Chavez recorded 1,044 career strikeouts.

Jesse Chavez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2025)

Jesse Chavez is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2008 for 9 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 18 seasons. Across 657 career appearances, he has gone 51-66 with a 4.27 ERA and 1,044 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 51–66

ERA 4.27

WHIP 1.33

SO 1,044

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 -1424.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 175 lb
Born: 8/21/1983 in Victorville, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2008-08-27

Full name: Jesse David Chavez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jesse Chavez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
51	66	657	85	0	0	9	1142.0	1,159	542	167	363	1,044	4.27	-1424.2

Career ERA 4.27 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jesse Chavez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	PIT	NL	0	1	15	0	0	15.0	20	11	9	16	6.60	4.32 (-53%)	-78.1
2009	PIT	NL	1	4	73	0	0	67.1	69	30	22	47	4.01	4.32 (+7%)	-888.5
2010	ATL	NL	3	2	28	0	0	36.2	40	24	12	29	5.89	4.08 (-44%)	-557.6
2010	KCA	AL	2	3	23	0	0	26.0	29	17	11	16	5.88	4.08 (-44%)	-999.5
2011	KCA	AL	0	0	4	0	0	7.2	12	9	5	8	10.57	—	0.0
2012	TOR	AL	1	1	9	2	0	21.1	25	20	10	27	8.44	4.01 (-110%)	-1009.4
2012	OAK	AL	0	0	4	0	0	3.1	9	7	1	3	18.90	—	0.0
2013	OAK	AL	2	4	35	0	1	57.1	50	25	20	55	3.92	3.87 (-2%)	1236.3
2014	OAK	AL	8	8	32	21	0	146.0	142	56	49	136	3.45	3.74 (+8%)	-554.4
2015	OAK	AL	7	15	30	26	1	157.0	164	73	48	136	4.18	3.96 (-6%)	464.0
2016	TOR	AL	1	2	39	0	0	41.1	43	21	10	42	4.57	4.19 (-9%)	-646.9
2016	LAN	NL	1	0	23	0	0	25.2	28	12	8	21	4.21	4.19 (avg)	145.2
2017	LAA	AL	7	11	38	21	0	138.0	148	82	45	119	5.35	4.36 (-23%)	-2533.8
2018	TEX	AL	3	1	30	0	1	56.1	58	22	12	50	3.51	4.15 (+15%)	-258.2
2018	CHN	NL	2	1	32	0	4	39.0	26	5	5	42	1.15	4.15 (+72%)	1727.3
2019	TEX	AL	3	5	48	9	1	78.0	82	42	22	72	4.85	4.51 (-8%)	195.5
2020	TEX	AL	0	0	18	0	0	17.0	20	13	7	13	6.88	4.45 (-55%)	-1363.7
2021	ATL	NL	3	2	30	4	0	33.2	23	8	11	36	2.14	4.27 (+50%)	1910.2
2022	CHN	NL	0	0	3	0	0	5.2	7	4	2	3	6.35	—	0.0
2022	LAA	AL	1	0	11	0	0	10.2	15	9	4	10	7.59	3.97 (-91%)	-221.8
2022	ATL	NL	3	3	46	1	0	53.0	49	16	14	61	2.72	3.97 (+32%)	1449.7
2023	ATL	NL	1	0	36	1	1	34.2	26	6	12	39	1.56	4.33 (+64%)	1116.0
2024	ATL	NL	2	2	46	0	0	63.1	60	22	19	55	3.13	4.08 (+23%)	-556.6
2025	ATL	NL	0	1	4	0	0	8.0	14	8	5	8	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 24 seasons			51	66	657	85	9	1,142.0	1,159	542	363	1,044	4.27	—	-1,424

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

Jesse Chavez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
657	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.091	.091	.091	.182	0

Career AVG .091 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 63.9% below league average.

Career OBP .091 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 71.6% below league average.

Career SLG .091 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 77.7% below league average.

Career OPS .182 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 75.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jesse Chavez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	PIT	NL	15	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	PIT	NL	73	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	ATL	NL	28	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	KCA	AL	23	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	KCA	AL	4	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TOR	AL	9	2	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	OAK	AL	35	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	OAK	AL	32	3	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	OAK	AL	30	3	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TOR	AL	39	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	23	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAA	AL	38	5	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TEX	AL	30	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CHN	NL	32	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TEX	AL	48	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	TEX	AL	18	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	ATL	NL	30	3	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	CHN	NL	3	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	LAA	AL	11	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	ATL	NL	46	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	ATL	NL	36	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	ATL	NL	46	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	ATL	NL	4	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 24 seasons			657	22	2	20	.091	—	—	—	—	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

Jesse Chavez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jesse Chavez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2024	NLWC2	ATL	1	.000
2022	NLDS1	ATL	2	.000
2021	NLCS	ATL	3	.000
2021	NLDS1	ATL	2	.000
2021	WS	ATL	2	.000
2018	NLWC	CHN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jesse Chavez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	11	1	0	12.2	10	2	4	6	1.42

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jesse Chavez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	NLWC2	ATL	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2022	NLDS1	ATL	2	0	3.1	4	2	1	3	5.40
2021	NLCS	ATL	3	1	2.2	2	0	1	0	0.00
2021	NLDS1	ATL	2	0	1.2	1	0	1	2	0.00
2021	WS	ATL	2	0	2.0	2	0	1	0	0.00
2018	NLWC	CHN	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jesse Chavez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	317	3	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	339	19	0	2	0	0	.105

Pitching — Home / Away

Jesse Chavez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	317	556.2	544	254	165	490	4.11
Away	339	583.1	615	288	198	553	4.44

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jesse Chavez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-07-13	ATL	STL	L	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	1
2025-07-08	ATL	OAK	—	3.0	4	2	2	1	4	2
2025-04-25	ATL	AZ	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0
2025-03-31	ATL	LAD	—	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	1
2024-09-17	ATL	CIN	—	1.2	3	2	1	0	2	0
2024-09-10	ATL	WAS	W	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2024-09-08	ATL	TOR	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2024-09-07	ATL	TOR	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2024-08-31	ATL	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2024-08-27	ATL	MIN	—	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jesse Chavez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	657	85	54	91	6	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jesse Chavez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	PIT	P	15	0	1	3	0	0
2009	PIT	P	73	0	6	5	0	1
2010	ATL	P	28	0	1	5	0	0
2010	KCA	P	23	0	2	1	0	0
2011	KCA	P	4	0	0	0	0	0
2012	TOR	P	9	2	0	1	1	0
2012	OAK	P	4	0	0	1	0	0
2013	OAK	P	35	0	7	7	0	0
2014	OAK	P	32	21	11	4	0	3
2015	OAK	P	30	26	10	10	2	0
2016	TOR	P	39	0	1	2	0	0
2016	LAN	P	23	0	0	2	0	0
2017	LAA	P	38	21	4	11	0	1
2018	TEX	P	30	0	1	6	0	0
2018	CHN	P	32	0	2	3	0	0
2019	TEX	P	48	9	2	7	0	0
2020	TEX	P	18	0	0	1	0	0
2021	ATL	P	30	4	1	4	1	0
2022	CHN	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
2022	LAA	P	11	0	0	0	0	0
2022	ATL	P	46	1	2	5	0	0
2023	ATL	P	36	1	1	4	1	1
2024	ATL	P	46	0	2	8	1	0
2025	ATL	P	4	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Jesse Chavez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	657

Salary History

Jesse Chavez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	TOR	AL	$4,000,000
2015	OAK	AL	$2,150,000
2014	OAK	AL	$775,000
2010	ATL	NL	$415,000
2009	PIT	NL	$402,000
Total Career Earnings			$7,742,000

College History

Jesse Chavez — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Riverside Community College	Riverside	CA	2002, 2003

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Jesse Chavez: the record in brief

Jesse Chavez made a major league debut on August 27, 2008 and is still active, so the totals on this page keep changing. Chavez played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (2008 to 2009), the Atlanta Braves (2010 to 2025), the Kansas City Royals (2010 through 2011), the Toronto Blue Jays (2012 to 2016), the Oakland Athletics (2012 to 2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017 through 2022), and the Texas Rangers (2018 to 2020), among other clubs in the table. Chavez played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on August 21, 1983, in Victorville, CA, USA, Chavez was listed at 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds. The given name on file is Jesse David Chavez.

Chavez has pitched in 657 games, starting 85, and owns a 51-66 record and 4.27 ERA. Also on Chavez's record: 1,044 strikeouts. Chavez's 4.27 ERA was close to the 4.14 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 8 wins of 2014.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jesse Chavez

What years did Jesse Chavez play?: Jesse Chavez played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2025.
Was Jesse Chavez a pitcher?: Yes. Jesse Chavez pitched in the major leagues, recording 51 wins and 1044 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jesse Chavez hit?: Jesse Chavez hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Jesse Chavez's career batting average?: Jesse Chavez batted .091 over his career, with 2 hits in 22 at bats.
What was Jesse Chavez's career ERA?: Jesse Chavez finished with a 4.27 career ERA, going 51-66 with 1,044 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jesse Chavez have?: Jesse Chavez recorded 1,044 career strikeouts.